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West Virginia · 2026-27 season year

West Virginia Turkey Season 2026-27

Spring 2027: April 19, 2027 to May 23, 2027. Fall 2026: October 10, 2026 to November 15, 2026. Every date below was read from West Virginia Division of Natural Resources’s own published page, linked beside it, on the date shown.

This page covers the 2026-27 season year. Dates were read from the agency sources linked below, last checked September 2, 2026. Seasons change annually and agencies correct their own pages; confirm against the linked agency page before you hunt.
April 19, 2027 to May 23, 2027
Spring 2027
published
October 10, 2026 to November 15, 2026
Fall 2026
published
Statewide
Zone structure
as the agency draws it
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Source
read 2026-09-01
The flagship

Spring 2027 turkey season in West Virginia

Spring 2027 season

published

Spring 2027 season opens in 186 days, on April 19, 2027.

West Virginia spring 2027 season, as published by West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
ZoneOpensClosesNotes
StatewideApril 19, 2027May 23, 2027

Dates read from West Virginia Hunting and Trapping Regulations Summary, July 2026 to June 2027 (pp. 41-42), accessed 2026-09-01.

Spring gobbler 2027 dates carry explicit years in the official regulations summary. A two day youth spring gobbler season also exists in mid April 2027.

Season Limit: 2 bearded turkeys Statewide: April 19–May 23, 2027
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Read it at the source
Close view of a strutting male wild turkey with fanned tail in California grassland
A western tom in strut. Merriam’s and Rio Grande birds carry the western seasons. “Male wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) strutting” by Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
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The other half

Fall 2026 turkey season in West Virginia

Fall 2026 season

published

Fall 2026 season is OPEN now in the One week counties (Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Raleigh, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Wayne, Wetzel, Wirt, Wyoming), through October 18, 2026, with 3 zone segments open.

West Virginia fall 2026 season, as published by West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
ZoneOpensClosesNotes
One week counties (Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Raleigh, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Wayne, Wetzel, Wirt, Wyoming)October 10, 2026October 18, 2026
Two segment counties (Brooke, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Putnam, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Wood)October 10, 2026October 18, 2026first segment
Two segment counties (Brooke, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Putnam, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Wood)October 26, 2026November 1, 2026second segment
Extended counties (Berkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Tucker, Webster)October 10, 2026October 18, 2026first segment
Extended counties (Berkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Tucker, Webster)October 26, 2026November 15, 2026second segment

Dates read from West Virginia Hunting and Trapping Regulations Summary, July 2026 to June 2027 (pp. 41-42), accessed 2026-09-01.

Dates vary by county group, see agency. Counties not listed in the regulations summary table are not part of the listed fall groups.

Trail camera photo of a wild turkey flock feeding through green woods
A fall flock on a trail camera at Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge. Fall seasons, where held, hunt birds grouped like this. “Wild turkey flock” — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters — Public domain
Why the window sits where it does

Spring seasons are built around the breeding season

Spring turkey seasons exist because of a biological coincidence that favors the hunter and protects the flock at the same time: gobblers are at their most vocal and callable in the weeks when hens are being bred and beginning to nest. Agencies set their windows so that most hens are already on nests while gobblers are still responsive, which is why the opener sweeps north with spring itself, from the Gulf states in March to the northern tier in May.

The dates are an annual regulatory decision, not a fixed calendar, which is why this page reads them from West Virginia Division of Natural Resources each season year and states the year it covers.

Wild turkey hen crossing a path with three well grown poults
A hen with poults. Spring season structures exist to protect nesting hens while gobblers are still callable. “Wild turkeys (hen with poults)” — ShenandoahNPS / Luca Pfeiffer — Public domain
Rules

West Virginia turkey hunting regulations

Season windows are carried here with their source and read date attached. Everything else a hunter is bound by is set by West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, and its regulations page is linked below.

Current West Virginia regulations

Bag limits, legal methods, shooting hours, license and permit requirements, and youth or special season rules for West Virginia are set by West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, are legally binding and change annually. Its current regulations page is linked here.

West Virginia Division of Natural Resources: current regulations

Turkey season dates in other states

West Virginia duck seasonThe other 2026-27 season calendar: duck and goose dates by zone and flyway.West Virginia deer rutWhen deer actually breed, from the conception studies agencies publish.West Virginia fall foliageFall turkey weeks and peak color often overlap. Plan the same trip.

West Virginia turkey season questions

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Three wild turkey toms displaying side by side in late winter brush
Toms displaying in late winter. By the time most spring seasons open, flocks like this have broken up. “Leader Of The Pack” by Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0

This page covers the 2026-27 season year with data as of September 2, 2026. Every season window is republished from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources page linked beside it, read on the date shown; windows the agency had not yet published are labelled not yet published. Bag limits, legal methods, shooting hours and license rules are set by West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, whose page is the final word on the day you hunt. See also the national turkey season guide.