# Go Outdoors VA

> Virginia hunting and fishing license management and outdoor information tool. (iPhone/iPad app by Go Outdoors Virginia, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/go-outdoors-va/id430899744 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Go Outdoors Virginia, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1188957332)
- Category: Sports, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.56/5 from 227 App Store ratings · 71 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 209 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2011-04-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-01
- Monetization: ad-supported
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/go-outdoors-va/id430899744/reviews.md

## What is Go Outdoors VA?

Do you hunt or fish in Virginia? This application is for you. Made available by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) and GoOutdoorsVirginia.com, this free application contains a variety of useful tools and information including: 

- Store your license on your phone and sync recent purchases
- Access to hunting and fishing regulations, season and bag limit information, and state record fish
- Access to DWR’s hunting and fishing licensing system
- Location based Sunrise/Sunset Timer and Moon Phases
- Prime wildlife feeding times
- Tides and Nautical weather
- Online Game Check and Boat renewals
- plus DWR  news feeds

The application requires Internet access for some features. Let us know your ideas for improvements and future features.

## Key features

- Store and sync licenses
- Access hunting and fishing regulations
- Sunrise/Sunset timer and moon phases
- Tides and nautical weather
- Online game check
- DWR news feeds

## Chart rankings

- #207 in Top Free · Sports (US App Store)

## What do users think of Go Outdoors VA?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to find information
- 👍 Convenient for licenses
- 👍 Good for regulations
- 👍 Usable with low data
- 👍 Good idea for app
- 👍 Accessible info
- 👍 Useful for outdoorsmen
- 👍 Great information source

**Cons**

- 🐛 Confusing layout
- 🐛 Slow map functions
- 🐛 Licenses not showing
- 🐛 Interface is a mess
- 🐛 Nightmare to use
- 🐛 From bad to worst
- 🐛 Clumsy and clunky
- 🐛 Freezes when adding license
- 🐛 Locks up when adding license
- 🐛 Requires frequent logins
- 🐛 Broken and useless
- 🐛 Cannot view licenses offline
- 🐛 App won't open
- 🐛 Crashes when adding license
- 🐛 Dual login required
- 🐛 Slow to load
- 🐛 License not displayed
- 🐛 Needs lots of improvement
- 🐛 Not compatible with older iOS
- 🐛 Poor performer
- 🐛 Botched government app
- 🐛 Crashes on eNotch
- 🐛 Will not connect to server
- 🐛 Impossible to use
- 🐛 Kicked out before license view
- 🐛 Never connects
- 🐛 Links won't open
- 🐛 Cannot find license info
- 🐛 App is broken
- 🐛 Screen goes black
- 🐛 Screen blanks out
- 🐛 Feeding/sun times not loading
- 🐛 Location is inaccurate
- 🐛 Sunrise/Sunset not working
- 🐛 Location services required
- 🐛 Does not support lifetime licenses
- 🐛 App closes on history view
- 🐛 Game check issues
- 🐛 Confirmation number not stored
- 🐛 Location services toggle missing
- 🐛 Won't connect to location
- 🐛 App is a con
- 🐛 Unusable for official standing
- 🐛 WEAK AF
- 🐛 Not user friendly
- 🐛 Difficult navigation
- 🐛 Kicks off app
- 🐛 Kicked out when entering info
- 🐛 Needs online support
- 🐛 Lookup doesn't work
- 🐛 Difficult to navigate
- 🐛 Crashes when adding multiple licenses
- 🐛 Links no longer work
- 🐛 Needs daily trout stockings
- 🐛 Location search not working
- 🐛 Lake info link unreliable
- 🐛 Sunrise/sunset time not working
- 🐛 Time doesn't update
- 🐛 Missing WMA
- 🐛 Booted off when recording trophy
- 🐛 Can't edit text features
- 🐛 Crashes when saving trophy

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Unable to purchase license
- Licenses not showing up
- Map functions slow or not working
- App sends to email, not updating licenses
- Digital copy purchase confusion
- App freezes when adding license
- App crashes when adding license
- Frequent login required
- App freezes on login
- Cannot view licenses offline
- App won't open after update
- App crashes when trying to use eNotch
- Will not connect to server
- App kicks out before license view
- 404 server errors
- Won't sync license
- Links won't open, shows error
- Cannot find license information
- App is broken
- Screen goes black after update
- Screen blanks out when buying license
- Feeding times or sun/moon times not loading
- Location is inaccurate
- Sunrise/Sunset not working
- Location services required
- Does not support lifetime fishing licenses
- App closes automatically on mobile history view
- Cannot make a notch or write confirmation number in app
- Confirmation code not stored in cloud
- Location services toggle missing
- Won't connect with location service
- App is a con, holds no official standing
- App kicks off when trying to enter info
- Lookup by SSN and last name doesn't work
- App crashes when adding multiple licenses
- Links to website no longer work
- Sunrise sunset times don't update automatically
- Missing WMA listing
- Booted off app when trying to record trophy date
- Cannot edit text features in trophy case
- App crashes when trying to save trophy

**Most requested features**

- More license card designs
- Save report to hard drive
- Dark mode option
- Save login information
- Offline license viewing
- Fingerprint login
- Eliminate dual login
- Show registration data on same page
- Tagging animals electronically
- Save trophy pictures
- Calibrate location
- Fix spelling errors when creating account
- Use location for bag limits/seasons
- Check in game directly through app
- Add game check feature
- Electronic game check-in
- Update hunting season info
- Add daily trout stockings
- Use location for bag limits and seasons
- iPad version of the app

## Recent user reviews (10 of 71)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/go-outdoors-va/id430899744/reviews.md

### 1/5 — No longer needed

*2025-12-04, version 2025.239.1*

As some conservation officers have been giving people a hard time about Special Use Permits in VA WMAs, so no need for this app or renewing my access pass. I’ll no longer be visiting VA WMAs.

### 1/5 — Not working

*2025-11-01, version 2025.239.1*

Unable to
Purchase license today. Will not work

### 3/5 — Not great layout

*2025-09-06, version 2025.239.1*

The layout is confusing and hard to navigate to where you wanna go. The map functions are slow or don’t work at all. They need a little rework

### 1/5 — Good not update

*2025-09-05, version 2025.239.1*

It just sends me to my email and does not update none of my lic are even showing up on the app I will just have to keep my receipt to show game wardens I have had nothing but problems with the app will never purchase from DWR again will go back to bass pro shop and buy my license has to call 6!times and they had to add another account under need to go back to the old way

### 2/5 — The interface is a mess

*2025-08-22*

The layout is confusing. I was under the impression I was buying a card for my fishing license. I made the purchase, waited a couple weeks, then emailed them and they said I never bought a card, but a digital copy. It’s because of the menu on the app. It was not clear enough on the details. I don’t even remember seeing so much as a check box that said “card” to indicate that I wanted a card.

### 5/5 — Good app

*2025-04-29*

I’ve had this app for almost a year now I love it a lot it very easy to find everything so you don’t have to go searching around just to find your license or places to hunt at only thing I suggest if there were more cards like ones with waterflow or bears on them❤️

### 1/5 — Va DWR

*2025-04-09, version 2024.233.0*

App is a nightmare to use anymore. Used to be handy and good, but with all the changes to the app, it’s now a joke.

### 2/5 — From bad to worst

*2024-11-18, version 2024.227.0*

Don’t think the app could get any worst but it did. The lazy developers now send you to a pdf for the regulation’s.   Hard to download in the field and you have to page through dozens of pages to find what you are looking for.  Very disappointed in the direction this app has gone

### 1/5 — No longer usable

*2024-10-31, version 2024.227.0*

Want to check a regulation? Download a PDF. Need to double check another regulation? Download the same PDF again. No hyperlink navigation whatsoever anymore. Very clumsy and clunky now. It feels like it was developed for a rotary dial telephone.

### 5/5 — Easy to use and feature request

*2024-10-28, version 2024.227.0*

The app has a great interface and is easy to use and even with 1 bar of cellular data is still very usable. But it would be nice if it had a feature where the enotch could save the report to the hard drive and once their was cellular data it could upload to the cloud and delete the report from hard drive.

## Frequently asked questions about Go Outdoors VA

### What does the Go Outdoors VA app do?

This app is designed for hunters and anglers in Virginia. It allows you to store your licenses on your phone, access hunting and fishing regulations, check game online, and provides useful tools like sunrise/sunset timers and tide information.

### What are the key features of Go Outdoors VA?

Key features include storing and syncing licenses, accessing regulations and bag limits, a sunrise/sunset timer with moon phases, tide and nautical weather information, online game checking, and DWR news feeds.

### Is Go Outdoors VA free to use?

Yes, the application is free to download and use. However, it does display advertisements.

### What information is needed to use the app?

Some features require internet access. You will need your hunting and fishing license information to store and manage it within the app. Access to DWR's licensing system is also integrated.

### Who is this app intended for?

This app is specifically for individuals who hunt or fish in Virginia. It provides tools and information relevant to outdoor activities within the state.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2026.249.0 — 2026-04-30

We're excited to announce the latest update to our application, which includes significant improvements to customer data syncing, user interface, and general performance enhancements.

### 2025.244.1 — 2026-02-16

We're excited to announce the latest update to our application, which includes significant improvements to customer data syncing, user interface, and general performance enhancements.

### 2025.244.0 — 2026-01-12

We're excited to announce the latest update to our application, which includes significant improvements to customer data syncing, user interface, and general performance enhancements.

### 2025.239.1 — 2025-09-03

We're excited to announce the latest update to our application, which includes significant improvements to customer data syncing, user interface, and general performance enhancements. Also, we fixed tags availability for seamless harvest reporting.

### 2025.239.0 — 2025-08-12

We're excited to announce the latest update to our application, which includes significant improvements to customer data syncing, user interface and general performance enhancements.

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