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Hunting In West Virginia

Hunting in West Virginia is a time-honored tradition in which the majority of families have at least one member who participates on a regular basis. Each year more than 350,000 hunters take to West Virginia's woods in search of some sort of quarry. With this pursuit millions of dollars are directed toward the state's economy, creating more than 5,000 jobs. West Virginia's hunting-related expenditures for food, lodging, transportation, and equipment brought in nearly  $270 million to the state's economy. The economic benefit of hunting in West Virginia is especially valuable because of the amount of revenue generated in our most rural areas.

 

General Research
Regulations Grouse
Licenses Bear
Wildlife Management Areas Turkey
Application for McClintic Waterfowl Hunt Gobbler Survival Survey
WV Big Buck Contest Deer

2007 Big Game Bulletin (PDF 1.69 MB)

Coyote
Resident Application for 2008 Antlerless Deer Permit (PDF) Disease
2008 MAST Survey and Hunting Outlook (PDF)*  
Bear Non-Hunting Mortality (PDF)  
Ruffed Grouse Ecology and Management in the Appalachian Region (11MB PDF)*  
Relationship of mast production to big-game harvests in WV (PDF)*  
Migratory Bird Hunting Regulation (1 MB PDF)  
2008 National Hunting And Fishing Day  
Check Stations  
Hunter Education  
Shooting Ranges  
Game Field Tags (PDF)*  
Urban Deer Archery Hunt Fact Sheet  
Furbearer Management Newsletter (PDF)  
   
   
Harvest Information Living With Nuisance Wildlife
Look in the 2007 Big Game Bulletin for Bear
     Harvest Information Bats
  Woodpeckers
  Deer
  Wildlife Damage Information
  Wildlife Control Information
   
   


 
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Bear Cub
Photo by Mark Shock


 

 



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