GHENT, WV (WVNS) — The harvest numbers for 2022’s hunting season are now available to the public. According to the West Virginia DNR, the numbers for white-tailed deer, wild turkey, black bear, and wild boar are made available each year in the West Virginia Big Game Bulletin. Physical free copies can be found at the […]
GHENT, WV (WVNS) — For the sixth year in a row the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources plans to do statewide stockings of golden rainbow trout for the West Virginia Gold Rush. This beautiful fish is highly prized by anglers all through the state. The WVDNR stocks over 50,000 golden trout every Spring so […]
The Airgun Sporting Association, the trade organization of the airgun industry, announced that West Virginia will soon be allowing air-rifle hunting for both small and big game.
WVDNR partners with various organizations on Musky Mortality Project
SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) has partnered with various state fish and wildlife agencies (Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Wisconsin), muskellunge angling organizations, Costal Carolina University and West Virginia University on a musky mortality project. The study will help determine whether Muskellunge catch-and-release angling during the summer poses a significant source of mortality in southern populations. Studies are concurrently taking place in the James River (VA) and Stonewall Jackson Lake (WV), as well as in a hatchery pond setting.
“We have implanted radio transmitters into several fish in all locations,” said Jeff Hansbarger, WVDNR fish biologist. “We track these fish throughout the summer months to evaluate the effects that warm water catch-and-release fishing may have on the musky population.”