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City of Charleston Urban Hunting

City of Charleston
Urban Hunting
Rules and Regulations

Information

Urban Hunt Season and Application Dates

  • The City of Charleston’s Urban Hunt season will be open from September 13 – December 31, 2025.
  • There will be no extended season this year.
  • The City will accept tract applications between June 11 - July 11, 2025.

    • All new tract and renewal tract applications must be by July 11, 2025. 


      Hunter Applications

  • Hunter applications will be accepted from July 14 - August 15, 2025.
  • Applications are $10.00 per hunter and copies of all documentation are required for the application to be processed.
  • The signed application, supporting documents and payment must be attached to your application.
  • The application can be mailed to the below address.  Please write “Urban Deer Hunt” on the outside of the envelope.  

Tommie Harless 
City of Charleston  
Urban Deer Hunt 
P.O. Box 2749 
Charleston, WV 25330          

Cross Bow Hunting 

Cross Bow Hunting Cross bow hunting is now permitted during the Urban Deer Hunt per Section 10-171 of the Municipal Code and falls under the same rules and regulations as bow and arrow hunting. 

The list of UDH Tracts will be posted on this web page as they become approved. If a phone number or email address is not provided for the property owner, this indicates that the owner has chosen not to accept public inquiries. 

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources 2025 – 2026 Hunting and Trapping Regulations can be accessed here

The City of Charleston’s Rules and Regulations for Urban Hunting can be accessed here 

 Please contact the City Manager's Office Urban Deer Hunt Coordinator with any questions: (304) 348-8014 or urbandeer@cityofcharleston.org

 

Pending Hunting Tract Applications

*Open For Public Comment*

 

The below listed Urban Deer Hunt program tract designation application has been received by the Office of the City Manager and is open for the 30-day comment period ending August 31, 2025:

 

1671 & 1700 Loop Rd. 

South Annex Tax Map 3, Parcels 9,13,18,18.1,& 22

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1137 & 1139 Woodward Rd.

North Charleston Tax Map 5, Parcels, 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,25

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Please send any comments with your name, address, and contact information to:

Office of the City Manager

City of Charleston

501 Virginia Street East

Charleston, WV 25301

 

 

2024 Approved Property Tracts

(URBAN DEER HUNT)

(map) No.1 Over Brook & Hickory Rd. (Daniels) 

(map) No.2 Pacific Street 

(map) No.5 Smith Road (Wellons) 

(map) No.6 Rambler Rd. (Dudley) 

(map) No.7 A,B,&C (Lane) Email - (tlane@bowlesrice.com) 

(map) No.11 Crescent Rd. (Frostick) 

(map) No.12 Cato Park 

(map) No.13 Angel Terrace (Woody) 

(map) No.21 Lawnview Rd. (Stevens) 

(map) No.22 Olympus Rd. (Busse) 

(map) No. 26: Mayview Addition ( Carper-Mallory) 

(map) No.27 Lawndale Lane (Hansen) 

(map) No.28 Louden Heights (Evans) 

(map) No. 44 Pinnacle (Litton) 

(map) No. 48 Chatwood Rd. (Doty) 

(map) No. 49 Oakwood Rd. (Walker) 

(map) No. 52 Connell Rd. (Francke) 

(map) No. 57 Bakers Fork Rd. (Reeves) 

(map) 59: 1515 Barberry Lane (Salango)

(map) No. 60 Ariel Heights 

(map) No. 61 33 Quarry Ridge (Sherman Smith) 

(map) No. 62 Cannady Drive (Harmon) 

(map) No. 63 Thomas Circle (Raab) 

(map) No. 64 Quarry Ridge (Wood)