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Tate Lohr Wildlife Management Area, is located in Mercer County near the community of
Oakvale, West Virginia Oakvale is a town in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States, along the East River. The population was 137 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bluefield, WV- VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,578. History Oakvale was o ...
. Tate Lohr WMA is located on of sloping terrain varying from to . The WMA is accessed from Pigeon Creek Road south of Oakvale off U.S. Route 460.


Hunting

Hunting opportunities in Tate Lohr WMA include
deer Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer ...
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grouse Grouse are a group of birds from the order Galliformes, in the family Phasianidae. Grouse are presently assigned to the tribe Tetraonini (formerly the subfamily Tetraoninae and the family Tetraonidae), a classification supported by mitochondr ...
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raccoon The raccoon ( or , ''Procyon lotor''), sometimes called the common raccoon to distinguish it from other species, is a mammal native to North America. It is the largest of the procyonid family, having a body length of , and a body weight of ...
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squirrel Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. Squ ...
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. Hunting opportunities are limited by the small size of the WMA. Camping is not allowed in the WMA.


See also

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Animal conservation Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions. It is an int ...
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Hunting Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...
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List of West Virginia wildlife management areas This is a list of wildlife management areas in West Virginia. West Virginia wildlife management areas References See also *List of West Virginia state parks *List of West Virginia state forests {{Protected areas of West Virginia 01 Wild ...


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West Virginia DNR District 4 Wildlife Management AreasWest Virginia Hunting RegulationsWest Virginia Fishing Regulations
{{Protected Areas of West Virginia Wildlife management areas of West Virginia Protected areas of Mercer County, West Virginia IUCN Category V