Back Bay NWR
Virginia Beach city, VA
!8 special✕1 closed
🦌🐗🎣
2.2K huntable acres
State guide · 2026–2027 season
Virginia Wildlife Refuge Hunting
Virginia has 16 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and stations in our database, 14 of which list hunting opportunities. The largest huntable refuge areas are Great Dismal Swamp NWR (102K ac), Chincoteague NWR (9.9K ac) and Mackay Island NWR (8.7K ac).
16refuges & stations
69hunt units
105Khuntable acres
0WPAs
Map of refuges & WPAs in Virginia
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Virginia by the numbers
- Open4.1 ac 0%
- Special regulations104,789 ac 79%
- Closed27,948 ac 21%
8.8K
4.6K
1.3K
All refuges & stations in Virginia
Chincoteague NWR
Accomack County, VA
!5 special✕2 closed
🦌🦆🦃🕊️🐇🎣
9.9K huntable acres
Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR
Northampton County, VA
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
1.1K huntable acres
Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck NWR
Fairfax County, VA
!2 special✕1 closed
🦌🐇🎣
1.8K huntable acres
Featherstone NWR
Prince William County, VA
✓2 open✕1 closed
🦆🎣
4 huntable acres
Fisherman Island NWR
VA
!1 special✕1 closed
🦆🕊️
752 huntable acres
Great Dismal Swamp NWR
Chesapeake city, VA
!11 special✕3 closed
🦌🦃🐇🎣
102K huntable acres
Harrison Lake NFH
Charles City County, VA
✕1 closed
🎣
James River NWR
Prince George County, VA
!2 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐇🎣
3.9K huntable acres
Mackay Island NWR
Currituck County, NC · primary: NC
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🐇🐗🎣
8.7K huntable acres
Martin NWR
MD · primary: MD
✕2 closed
No hunting listed
Occoquan Bay NWR
Prince William County, VA
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐇
571 huntable acres
Plum Tree Island NWR
Poquoson city, VA
!1 special✕1 closed
🦆
213 huntable acres
Presquile NWR
Chesterfield County, VA
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐇
1.3K huntable acres
Rappahannock River Valley NWR
Richmond County, VA
!18 special✕2 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐇🎣
6.8K huntable acres
Wallops Island NWR
Accomack County, VA
!1 special
🦌🦆🦃🕊️🐇
365 huntable acres
Counties with federal public hunting land
- Accomack County 2 refuges
- Caroline County 1 refuge
- Charles City County 2 refuges
- Chesapeake city 1 refuge
- Chesterfield County 1 refuge
- Essex County 1 refuge
- Fairfax County 1 refuge
- Henrico County 1 refuge
- King George County 1 refuge
- Northampton County 1 refuge
- Poquoson city 1 refuge
- Prince George County 1 refuge
- Prince William County 2 refuges
- Richmond County 1 refuge
- Suffolk city 1 refuge
- Virginia Beach city 1 refuge
- Westmoreland County 1 refuge
Hunting in Virginia: what to know
Licenses & seasons
Refuge hunts follow Virginia seasons, bag limits and license requirements set by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. Refuges may be more restrictive — never less — than state rules.
Refuge-specific rules
Each refuge publishes hunt regulations in 50 CFR Part 32 and in its hunt brochure. Units marked special regulations may limit species, dates, weapons, or require quota permits.
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