LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 09: A nursing mother coyote limps through Griffith Park, the nation’s largest urban park, after fleeing flames May 9, 2007 in …

LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 09: A nursing mother coyote limps through Griffith Park, the nation’s largest urban park, after fleeing flames May 9, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. The pups were not seen. The Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles Zoo, Travel Town, and various other park features were threatened but did not burn in the wildfire that broke out yesterday afternoon and forced nearby residents to evacuate their homes later that night. So far the fire has consumed 840 acres of brush and is 40 percent contained by firefighters. Five fires have broken out in the park, which is mostly native chaparral habitat open space, since December including one near the landmark Hollywood sign. Los Angeles is experiencing the driest rain season since records began in 1887. Two years ago, the city had its second-wettest winter. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

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Is it illegal to kill a coyote in West Virginia?

Posted: Feb 15, 2023 / 04:08 PM EST

Updated: Feb 15, 2023 / 04:08 PM EST

LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 09: A nursing mother coyote limps through Griffith Park, the nation’s largest urban park, after fleeing flames May 9, 2007 in …

LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 09: A nursing mother coyote limps through Griffith Park, the nation’s largest urban park, after fleeing flames May 9, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. The pups were not seen. The Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles Zoo, Travel Town, and various other park features were threatened but did not burn in the wildfire that broke out yesterday afternoon and forced nearby residents to evacuate their homes later that night. So far the fire has consumed 840 acres of brush and is 40 percent contained by firefighters. Five fires have broken out in the park, which is mostly native chaparral habitat open space, since December including one near the landmark Hollywood sign. Los Angeles is experiencing the driest rain season since records began in 1887. Two years ago, the city had its second-wettest winter. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Posted: Feb 15, 2023 / 04:08 PM EST

Updated: Feb 15, 2023 / 04:08 PM EST

(WTRF) Are you allowed to kill a coyote in West Virginia?

According to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources coyotes may be hunted year round.

Coyotes can also be hunted at night in West Virginia using any color artificial light or night vision technology, including image intensification, thermal imaging, or active illumination is legal from January 1 through August 31.

Coyote hunting at night with artificial lights is legal on private property from September 1 through December 31, with the condition that the hunter must notify the local Natural Resources Police Officer or District Office, and provide hunter’s name, landowner’s name, and hunting location during working hours for approval.

When hunting coyotes legal firearms for night coyote hunting are shotguns with No. 2 or smaller shot and rifles and handguns of .22 caliber centerfire or smaller, .22 caliber rimfire, and air rifles of .22 caliber.

Additionally, during closed small game seasons, coyotes may only be hunted in open fields.

There is no daily, annual or season bag limit on coyotes.

Electronic calls are legal for coyotes

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