Public Hunting Lands
Wildlife Management Areas, national forests, and state lands open to hunting across Virginia.
Wildlife Management Areas
Amelia Wildlife Management Area
Amelia, Nottoway · 2,217 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Big Survey Wildlife Management Area
Bland · 13,460 acres
Pressure: Low
Briery Creek Wildlife Management Area
Prince Edward · 3,148 acres
Pressure: Moderate
C.F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area
Fauquier · 4,539 acres
Pressure: High
Cavalier Wildlife Management Area
Halifax · 2,856 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Smyth, Tazewell, Russell, Washington · 25,477 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Crooked Creek Wildlife Management Area
Carroll · 11,608 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Dick Cross Wildlife Management Area
Carroll · 6,068 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Fairystone Farms Wildlife Management Area
Patrick · 5,230 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Featherfin Wildlife Management Area
Prince George · 1,132 acres
Pressure: Moderate
G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area
Clarke, Fauquier · 4,000 acres
Pressure: High
Gathright Wildlife Management Area
Bath, Alleghany · 13,428 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Goshen Wildlife Management Area
Rockbridge, Bath · 33,797 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Hardware River Wildlife Management Area
Fluvanna, Albemarle · 8,726 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Havens Wildlife Management Area
Roanoke · 7,440 acres
Pressure: High
Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area
Washington · 6,400 acres
Pressure: Low
Highland Wildlife Management Area
Highland · 14,283 acres
Pressure: Low
Hog Island Wildlife Management Area
Surry · 3,908 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Mattaponi Wildlife Management Area
Caroline · 1,152 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Mockhorn Island Wildlife Management Area
Northampton · 7,200 acres
Pressure: Low
North Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Frederick, Shenandoah · 3,086 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Pettigrew Wildlife Management Area
Brunswick · 1,267 acres
Pressure: Low
Powhatan Wildlife Management Area
Powhatan · 4,462 acres
Pressure: High
Ragged Island Wildlife Management Area
Isle of Wight · 1,537 acres
Pressure: High
Thompson Wildlife Management Area
Fauquier · 4,000 acres
Pressure: High
White Oak Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Pittsylvania · 2,712 acres
Pressure: Moderate
National Forests
George Washington National Forest - Dry River Ranger District
Rockingham, Augusta, Highland · 156,000 acres
Pressure: Low
George Washington National Forest - Lee Ranger District
Rockingham, Augusta, Page · 130,000 acres
Pressure: Moderate
George Washington National Forest - North Section
Augusta, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Page, Highland, Bath · 350,000 acres
Pressure: Low
George Washington National Forest - Pedlar Ranger District
Amherst, Rockbridge, Nelson, Bedford · 148,000 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Jefferson National Forest - Clinch Ranger District
Scott, Wise, Dickenson, Russell · 97,000 acres
Pressure: Low
Jefferson National Forest - Eastern Divide Ranger District
Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, Bedford · 153,000 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Jefferson National Forest - Mount Rogers NRA
Grayson, Smyth, Washington · 120,000 acres
Pressure: Low
Jefferson National Forest - New River Valley
Giles, Craig, Montgomery, Bland · 160,000 acres
Pressure: Moderate
State Forests
Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest
Appomattox, Buckingham · 19,808 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Channels State Forest
Scott, Washington · 3,060 acres
Pressure: Low
Cumberland State Forest
Cumberland · 16,233 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Lesesne State Forest
Nelson · 3,062 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Others
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Virginia Beach · 9,108 acres
Pressure: High
Barbours Creek Wilderness
Craig · 5,700 acres
Pressure: Low
Fort Barfoot (formerly Fort Pickett)
Nottoway, Dinwiddie, Brunswick · 41,000 acres
Pressure: Low
Laurel Fork Special Management Area
Highland · 10,000 acres
Pressure: Low
Little North Mountain
Augusta, Rockbridge, Rockingham · 35,000 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Massanutten Mountain
Rockingham, Page, Shenandoah, Warren · 60,000 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Quantico Marine Corps Base - Open Hunting Areas
Prince William, Stafford, Fauquier · 55,000 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Shenandoah Mountain
Augusta, Highland, Rockingham · 55,000 acres
Pressure: Moderate
Shenandoah National Park - Managed Deer Hunt
Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Greene, Albemarle, Augusta, Rockingham, Warren · 199,000 acres
Pressure: High