Clark County, Nevada · 17,250 acres
Overton Wildlife Management Area Hunting 2026: Species & Access
Overton Wildlife Management Area covers 17,250 acres near Overton (about 65 miles northeast of Las Vegas) in Clark County. Where the Moapa and Virgin river valleys flow into the north end of the Overton Arm of Lake Mead — wetlands, managed ponds, bulrush marsh, and farmed fields built on land that was originally part of the 1940 Boulder Canyon National Wildlife Refuge before Nevada took over management in 1953.
01 — What you can hunt here
| Species | Notes |
|---|---|
| Waterfowl | The primary reason the WMA exists — ducks and geese over managed ponds, fields, and bulrush plots. |
02 — Access rules specific to this WMA
- During waterfowl season, an assigned hunt location program is in effect: hunters reserve a spot in advance for one of three hunt-location types (field, pond, or bulrush plot), and the specific location is then set by a drawing at the check station before each day's hunt.
- Reservations and applications are handled online through NDOW.
- This is one of the two Nevada WMAs (along with Key Pittman) that runs its own hunt-reservation system rather than open first-come access.
04 — Facilities
Camping: Camping available on-site. No shooting range on-site.
A check station on-site runs the daily hunt-location drawing during waterfowl season.
05 — Where to go next
Overton is Nevada's largest managed waterfowl ground, built where the Moapa and Virgin rivers meet Lake Mead's Overton Arm, with a lineage back to a 1940s federal wildlife refuge before the state took it over in 1953. Access here isn't first-come: NDOW runs an online reservation and daily check-station drawing system that assigns each hunter a field, pond, or bulrush-plot location for the day — worth planning around well before opening day rather than showing up and hoping for a spot.
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Verified · Nevada Department of Wildlife · Last verified 2026-08-13
Publisher's note. Read from NDOW, retrieved 2026-08-13. Review due 2027-08-01. WMA-specific rules and closures can change between seasons — confirm before you hunt.