West Virginia
Mountain State ruggedness, Monongahela National Forest, steep ridge whitetail deer, and historic black bear hound hunting.
State Field Guide
Small Game & Upland Hunting in West Virginia
Official Regulatory Authority
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR)
Allegheny Mountain Coverts
Ruffed Grouse
The rugged mountain hollows and high-elevation clearcuts of the Monongahela National Forest provide authentic wilderness grouse hunting.
Hardwood Ridge Bushytails
Eastern Grey & Fox Squirrel
West Virginia's oak, hickory, and beech ridges offer classic mountain squirrel hunting from September through February.
Mountain Briar Patch Small Game
Eastern Cottontail
Found in abandoned pasturelands, reclaimed coal clearings, and brushy creek bottoms through February.
Appalachian Predators
Red & Grey Fox
Regulated furbearer hunting across mountain ridges and valley pastures during winter months.