Game Farm Marsh Wildlife Management Area features spectacular cypress forests and black water stained by tannic acid. It is also among the best areas in eastern Virginia to see a variety of interior wetland birds. Game Farm Marsh is on the northern shore of the Chickahominy lake in New Kent County adjacent to the Virginia Department of Forestry Tree Farm. The area’s entire 429 acres is wetland and can be accessed only by boat. Two creeks allow access into the interior of the eastern side of the property. The shallow waters of this area are clogged with submerged vegetation and covered by duck weed in the warmer months. This vegetation makes navigation difficult but its value to wildlife is immense. Waterfowl hunting is popular on the area and wood ducks are the number one species harvested. Most hunting is from floating blinds. Please note the no hunting safety zone near portions of New Kent Forestry Center’s walking trail. Game Farm Marsh WMA is open for hunting on Friday, Saturday and Monday of the October segment of the duck season, and on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays during the November (November 18–29), and December–January (December 19–January 31) segments of the duck season. Hunters may not occupy the area before 5:00 AM and must vacate the area by 1:00 PM. Hunting on Friday and Saturday of the October segment (October 9 & 10) and on the opening day of the November segment (November 18) and the December–January segment (December 19) will be by Quota Hunt only — see page 63 of our Hunting and Trapping Digest and our Quota Hunts page. Outside of the duck season segments listed above, hunting on Game Farm Marsh is open with no restrictions on hunt days, times, or hunter numbers.