If you’re looking for a varied outdoor experience, come and enjoy Crooked Creek Wildlife Management Area. With its natural beauty, native and stocked trout fisheries, hiking, hunting, and wildlife viewing, this area offers visitors rich recreational opportunities in beautiful southwestern Virginia. The Crooked Creek Wildlife Management Area is located in the gently rolling mountains of Carroll county in Southwest Virginia. The area’s 1,796-acres, include both forested and open land and encompass portions of both Crooked Creek and the East Fork of Crooked Creek. Much of the area was formerly farmland, with several old home sites scattered throughout the property. Forested areas are primarily mixed hardwoods with scattered pine stands throughout. Open areas are former pasture land. Rhododendron thickets border much of the stream. Elevation ranges from 2,400 feet at the streambed to over 3,000 feet. Hunting Crooked Creek offers varied hunting opportunities. Deer, turkey, and squirrel are the most popular species hunted on the area, and forest management practices are directed toward these and other woodland wildlife. Old field habitat provides very good rabbit hunting in most years. To enhance these areas, management is being directed toward hedgerow development, manipulation of native vegetation and permanent wildlife plantings.