2026 Regular Session
Link to Bill History on Legacy Website (Click Here)Summary: To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts
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DOCX: HB4176 INTR.docx
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 4176
By Delegates Horst, Brooks, Burkhammer, Clark, Dean, Kimble, Martin, Masters, Phillips, Ridenour, and B. Ward
[Introduced January 14, 2026; referred to the Committee on Government Organization]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §20-2-46n, relating to allowing youths and those carrying a Class Q special hunting permit to take antlered deer.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
Article 2. Wildlife Resources.
§20-2-46n. Allowance for youths and Class Q special hunting permit carriers to take an antlered deer.
(a) A youth hunter or a Class Q permit holder legally participating in the "Special Youth Deer Season" established by the Natural Resources Commission pursuant to §20-1-17(b)(7) of this code, shall be allowed to take one antlered deer during that special season. Any antlered deer taken during this special season shall apply toward regular firearms deer hunting season bag limit.
(b) No class XS license holder shall be entitled to take an antlered deer according to the "Special Youth Deer Season" privileges established pursuant to this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow youths and those carrying a Class Q special hunting permit to take antlered deer.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.