Bear harvest in West Virginia up 19 percent in 2019
Hunters harvested 3,099 black bears during the combined archery and firearms seasons in West Virginia in 2019—the third-highest harvest ever recorded in the Mountain...
Canadian writer says West Virginia hunting traditions are unique
No other U.S. state may be as strongly associated with hunting as West Virginia, says a Canadian writer who's fallen in love with the...
Harvest down during two-week buck firearms season
Preliminary data collected from the electronic game checking system indicates hunters in West Virginia harvested 36,796 antlered deer during the two-week buck firearms season,...
W.Va. autumn turkey harvest slightly below normal
Turkey hunters in West Virginia harvested 1,113 birds in autumn 2019, according to preliminary figures provided by the state Division of Natural Resources.
Mike Peters,...
Buck, bear hunting seasons in W.Va. to run concurrently
Deer hunters in West Virginia are being reminded that a concurrent bear season (without dogs) will run from Nov. 25 through Dec. 7, 2019,...
Wild boar season opens in southern West Virginia
West Virginia's 2019 wild boar firearms season opens Oct. 26, runs through Nov. 2, and is open to West Virginia residents only. A second...
Nutritional wild game benefits the hungry in W.Va.
West Virginia's abundant wildlife and hunting seasons provide opportunities for many families to fill their freezers with highly nutritious wild game.
A low-fat, high-protein alternative,...
2019 fall turkey season in West Virginia opens Oct. 12
West Virginia’s fall wild turkey season opens Oct. 12. All 55 counties will have at least a one-week fall season, according to the West...
Big game in W.Va. to be checked through electronic system
Big-game hunting season is on the approach in West Virginia, and officials are reminding hunters that they must field-tag and electronically check their harvest.
Field...
Growing bear population prompts early hunt in W.Va.
An early black bear gun season, with or without hunting dogs, will run from Aug. 31 through Sept. 15 in all of Logan, McDowell,...
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease diagnosed in West Virginia deer
West Virginia is experiencing an outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in the state’s white-tailed deer herd, according to the Wildlife Resources Section of the...
Lottery will permit rare deer harvest at W.Va. observatory
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, West Virginia, has announced a special West Virginia resident-only controlled deer hunt at the observatory reserve...
