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W. Va. Code § 20-2-5l

Use of certain rifles to hunt in muzzleloader season

West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 20 — Natural Resources · Status: effective

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W. Va. Code § 20-2-5l, Use of certain rifles to hunt in muzzleloader season, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2374010
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or any rule promulgated thereunder to the contrary, any person lawfully entitled to hunt may hunt with a singleshot muzzleloading pistol or singleshot muzzleloading rifle, having a bore diameter of not less than thirty-eight one-hundredths of an inch, using an encapsulated propellant charge that loads from the breech, with the projectile loaded from the muzzle, during any established muzzleloader season: Provided, That such muzzleloading pistol or muzzleloading rifle may not be used for hunting during the Mountaineer Heritage season.