Hunting
2025 Wildlife, Hunting, and Boating Proposed Regulation Amendments
A public comment period on proposed regulation amendments is open through May 9, 2025. Read more…
When Your Deer Disappear
Understanding deer and how they utilize your property throughout the hunting season is the key to achieving your yearly goals. Read more…
Virginia’s 2025 Spring Gobbler Forecast
What do the poults-per-hen numbers say about the 2025 Spring Turkey Season? DWR's Upland Game Biologist, Mike Dye, weighs in. Read more…
Create Fawn Cover This Spring
One of the most important acts land managers can undertake is to create more habitat where does can have, hide, and feed their fawns. Read more…
Public Invited to Comment on the Draft Virginia Wild Turkey Management Plan
DWR is seeking public review & comment on the draft 2025–2034 Virginia Wild Turkey Management Plan through April 4, 2025. Read more…
Bear, Deer, and Turkey Harvest Data
Wildlife biologists with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources have compiled preliminary figures for the 2024–2025 hunting season. Read more…
Deer and Climate Change
Climate change's temperature increase is having, and will have, effects on the whitetailed deer populations. In the last 50 years, whitetails have expanded their range north more than 300 miles, as Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III wrote in this Whitetail Times article. Read more…
Keep an Eye Out for Avian Pox and Other Diseases While Turkey Hunting
Know what signs to look for to spot some diseases that, while rare, that wild turkeys in Virginia. Read more…
Treestand Safety Should Always be the #1 Priority!
A treestand accident highlights the need for safe practices when using an elevated platform. Read more…