What’s New for Virginia’s 2024–2025 Hunting & Trapping Seasons

CWD

Franklin, Roanoke, and Wythe counties have been added to Disease Management Area 3
Disease Management Area 4 has been created and encompasses Bland, Smyth, and Tazewell counties
Bedford, Botetourt, Henry, Russell, Smyth, and Washington counties have been added to the list of counties where feeding of deer is prohibited year-round
Mandatory CWD testing will take place in Carroll, Franklin, Patrick, Pulaski, Shenandoah, Tazewell, and Wythe counties on Saturday, November 16, 2024

Federal duck stamps purchased electronically are now valid for the entirety of the waterfowl hunting season.
Possession of a physical federal duck stamp during the waterfowl hunting season is no longer required.
The physical federal duck stamp will be sent to the designated mailing address after March 10, 2025.

Any person colliding with or discovering a bear, deer, elk, or turkey killed in a motor vehicle collision may claim the animal for their personal use as if the animal had been killed during the hunting season after receiving a call for service number or report number by a CPO or other law enforcement officer.