CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — If you cannot wait till deer or turkey year in West Virginia, there are some animals that you can hunt all year.
Coyotes, skunks, opossums, woodchucks, weasels, pigeons, English sparrows and European starlings can all be hunted calendar year-spherical in West Virginia, centered on the 2023-24 rules from the West Virginia Division of Normal Sources.
When looking coyotes, utilizing synthetic gentle is also allowed and evening hunting is permitted on private property from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31. However, for the duration of other smaller sport seasons, coyotes can only be hunted in open up fields.
Whilst looking season for skunks, opossums, coyotes and weasels is year-spherical, trapping year for all those animals is only in the winter season. In 2023-24, it was from Nov. 4 to Feb. 29.
Is it legal to destroy a coyote in West Virginia?
Even for animals that are constantly in season, hunters are expected to have a legitimate West Virginia hunting and trapping license.
Seasons for a number of animals from bears to crows are open up every 12 months in West Virginia. A whole timetable for the 2023-24 is accessible on the internet right here.
Game animals that are hardly ever in season in West Virginia are elk, song and insectivorous birds, owls, hawks, falcons and eagles.