The firearm deer season on private land in Roanoke County has been increased from two weeks to four weeks in length (see Deer Hunting Seasons)
An early antlerless-only firearm deer season has been established on private lands in Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery, and Pulaski counties (see Deer Hunting Seasons)
An early and late antlerless-only firearm deer season has been established on private lands in Bedford and York counties (see Deer Hunting Seasons)
Either-sex hunting days have been increased during the general firearms season on private lands in Bland, Chesterfield, Gloucester, King George, Lancaster, Northumberland, Nottoway, Richmond, and Westmoreland counties as well as the cities of Chesapeake, Suffolk (east of the Dismal Swamp line), and Virginia Beach (see Deer Hunting Seasons)
Either-sex hunting days have been increased during the general firearms season on certain public lands in Bland, Craig, Giles, Nelson, Sussex, and Wythe counties (see Deer Hunting Seasons)
Either-sex hunting days have been increased during the muzzleloader seasons in Craig, Dickenson, Giles, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, and Wise counties (see Deer Hunting Seasons)
Earn a Buck has been established in Augusta, Botetourt, and Page counties (see Deer Hunting Earn a Buck)
In all areas where Earn a Buck is in effect, hunters are only required to harvest one antlerless deer prior to harvesting a second antlered deer (see Deer Hunting Earn a Buck)
The antler point restriction (APR) has been eliminated in Augusta County (see Deer Hunting Seasons)
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
Arlington, Fairfax, and Prince William counties have been added to Disease Management Area 2 (see Deer Hunting CWD)
Patrick County has been added to Disease Management Area 3 (see Deer Hunting CWD)
Augusta and Fluvanna counties have been added to the list of localities where feeding of deer is prohibited year-round (see Deer Hunting CWD)
Mandatory CWD testing will take place in Shenandoah, Prince William, Carroll, Patrick, and Pulaski counties on Saturday, November 18, 2023 (see Deer Hunting CWD)
Bear
The three-day early firearms season has been eliminated in 26 counties across northern and western Virginia (see Bear Hunting Firearms Seasons)
The general firearms season has been increased from three weeks to five weeks across 35 counties in central and southern Virginia (see Bear Hunting Firearms Seasons)
Turkey
The fall turkey season has been increased from four weeks to six weeks in Charles City County (see Turkey Hunting)
Certain remote trap-checking or cellular camera-based systems may now be used as a remote trap checking system in lieu of a physical trap check (see Furbearer Trapping)
The gray fox hunting season had been reduced to January 1 through the last day of February (see Furbearer Hunting)
The bag limit for gray fox is now one gray fox per hunting party per day taken between noon one day and noon the following day (see Furbearer Hunting)
Public Lands
Coastal Forest WMA (~8,000 acres) on Virginia’s Eastern Shore has been added to the Department’s Wildlife Management Area system (see Public Hunting Lands)
