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Virginia

Hunting

Hunting

Public Hunting Lands

Wildlife Management Areas

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources maintains 46 WMAs totaling more than 215,000 acres for the benefit of all citizens for a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities. Many WMAs are open for some type of hunting. These lands are purchased and maintained with hunting, fishing, and trapping license fees and with Wildlife Restoration funds, derived from the sale of hunting-related equipment. We encourage the public to utilize all lands and enjoy the bountiful natural resources found there.

WMA - Acres

1.

* Amelia WMA - 2,217

2.

Big Survey WMA - 7,564

3.

Big Woods WMA - 2,208

4.

Briery Creek WMA - 3,164

5.

Cavalier WMA/Bear Garden WCS - 4,485

6.

* Chickahominy WMA - 5,218

7.

Clinch Mountain WMA - 25,477

8.

Crooked Creek WMA - 1,882

9.

* Dick Cross WMA - 1,400

10.

* Doe Creek WMA - 637

11.

Robert W. Duncan WMA - 1,300

12.

Fairystone Farms WMA - 5,414

13.

*/## Featherfin WMA - 3,084

14.

## Flippo-Gentry WMA - 2,000

15.

* Game Farm Marsh WMA - 530

16.

T.M. Gathright WMA - 13,428

17.

Goshen WMA - 16,163

18.

Guinea Marsh WMA - 728

19.

Hardware River WMA - 1,175

20.

Havens WMA - 9,023

21.

Hidden Valley WMA - 6,400

22.

Highland WMA - 14,283

23.

*/# Hog Island WMA/Lawnes Creek WCS - 3,908

24.

Horsepen Lake WMA - 2,910

25.

James River WMA - 1,213

26.

* Land’s End WMA (Salem Church Tract is squirrel only) - 450

27.

Little North Mountain WMA - 17,156

28.

Mattaponi WMA - 2,542

29.

* Mattaponi Bluffs WMA - 470

30.

* Merrimac Farm WMA - 301

31.

* Mockhorn Island WMA/Jones Cove WCS - 7,642

32.

Oakley Forest WMA - 4,459

33.

Pettigrew WMA - 934

34.

# C. F. Phelps WMA - 4,540

35.

Powhatan WMA - 4,463

36.

*/# Princess Anne WMA - 1,546

37.

Ragged Island WMA - 1,537

38.

Rapidan WMA - 10,870

39.

Saxis WMA - 5,574

40.

Short Hills WMA - 4,232

41.

Stewarts Creek WMA - 1,138

42.

G. Richard Thompson WMA - 3,963

43.

Turkeycock Mountain WMA - 2,678

44.

Tye River WMA - 1,044

45.

* Ware Creek WMA - 2,600

46.

White Oak Mountain WMA - 2,748

For additional information about WMAs, please visit: dwr.virginia.gov/wma/