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WV hunters harvest 106,861 deer during fall, winter seasons SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. According to preliminary data collected by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, hunters in the Mountain State harvested 106,861 white-tailed deer during the 2020-2021 fall and winter seasons. The harvest was 7.5 percent higher than the 2019 harvest of 99,437 deer and 6 percent below the five-year average of 113,444. A breakdown of the combined 2020 deer seasons reveals a total of 38,785 bucks were harvested during the traditional buck firearm season, 31,255 antlerless deer were taken during all antlerless firearm hunting opportunities, 31,564 deer were harvested by bows and crossbows in urban and regular archery/crossbow seasons, 4,615 deer were taken in the muzzleloader season and 642 deer were taken with primitive bow and muzzleloader weapons during the Mountaineer Heritage season in January 2021. ....
[email protected] CHARLESTON Randolph County harvested the second-most deer in the state during the two-week buck firearms season in West Virginia. Hunters in the Mountain State harvested 38,776 antlered deer during the season, according to preliminary data collected through the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources’ electronic game checking system. This year’s buck harvest was 6 percent higher than in 2019, when hunters took 36,796 bucks. The top 10 counties by harvest are Preston (1,469), Randolph (1,428), Hampshire (1,380), Greenbrier (1,317), Pendleton (1,296), Hardy (1,169), Braxton (1,089), Grant (1,088), Pocahontas (1,082), and Jackson (1,063). Upshur County harvested 1,055 bucks this year, while Barbour County tallied 846, and Tucker County harvested 632. Hunters in Randolph County led the state by harvesting 64 turkeys during the 2020 fall turkey season. Rounding out the top five counties for harvested birds are Greenbrier ....
Hunters harvest 38,776 bucks during West Virginia buck firearms season SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. Hunters in West Virginia harvested 38,776 antlered deer during the two-week buck firearms season, according to preliminary data collected through the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources’ electronic game checking system. The 2020 buck harvest was 6 percent higher than the harvest in 2019, when hunters took 36,796 bucks. The top 10 counties by harvest are Preston (1,469), Randolph (1,428), Hampshire (1,380), Greenbrier (1,317), Pendleton (1,296), Hardy (1,169), Braxton (1,089), Grant (1,088), Pocahontas (1,082), and Jackson (1,063). “It’s been a good year for deer hunting in West Virginia and these preliminary numbers for the buck season harvest are really encouraging,” said Gary Foster, assistant chief of game management for the WVDNR. ....
Buck harvest up six percent for 2020 By December 12, 2020 - 4:09 am Benjamin Helms of Hinton, W.Va killed this buck during the second week of the 2020 rifle season. His first buck in the second week and his first buck on a state Wildlife Management Area. PRESS RELEASE FROM WVDNR SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. Hunters in West Virginia harvested 38,776 antlered deer during the two-week buck firearms season, according to preliminary data collected through the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources’ electronic game checking system. The 2020 buck harvest was 6 percent higher than the harvest in 2019, when hunters took 36,796 bucks. The top 10 counties by harvest are Preston (1,469), Randolph (1,428), Hampshire (1,380), Greenbrier (1,317), Pendleton (1,296), Hardy (1,169), Braxton (1,089), Grant (1,088), Pocahontas (1,082), and Jackson (1,063). ....