West virginia bear season 2017

Black bear season begins this weekend in some counties across. West virginia hunters harvested 2,606 black bears during the. During the firearms bear season in the counties of campbell west of norfolk southern railroad, carroll east of the new river, fairfax, floyd, franklin, grayson east of the new river, henry, loudoun, montgomery south of i81, patrick, pittsylvania west of norfolk southern railroad, pulaski south of i81, roanoke south of i81, and. Two bears may be taken with a bow during the bear archery season or one each in the archery and firearms seasons combined, provided at least one bear must be taken in boone, fayette, kanawha, logan, mcdowell, mingo, nicholas, raleigh or wyoming counties. See licenses, stamps, and permits section for appropriate required licenses.

Resident and nonresident bear hunting license privileges. West virginia woay an increase in black bears across the state of west virginia allows for some counties to get a head start on hunting. Recently, black bear sightings have been reported in all 55 counties of west virginia. The preliminary harvest for the combined 2018 seasons was 18 percent below the 2017 harvest of 3,160 bears but is the sixthhighest bearkill. Wvdnr hunting regulations bear general regulations. Two black bear may be taken during the archery season or firearms season, or one each in the archery and firearms seasons combined provided that at least one bear must be taken in boone, fayette, kanawha, logan, mcdowell, mingo, nicholas, raleigh or wyoming counties. Follow along as chase herndon tries to take a nice bear with his bow. The big game harvest figures for all of west virginia big ga. License requirements resident bear hunting license privileges to hunt black bear in west virginia, residents must have a valid class a, ab, x, xj, q, lifetime class al or abl license accompanied by a bear damage stamp class ds.

Published on sep 25, 2017 this week we traveled to southern west virginia to do a black bear hunt. In 2017, the traditional bucksonly firearm season harvest of antlered. Before west virginia s current bear hunting season began, wildlife officials predicted that hunters might kill more bears than ever. Aptly named the mountain state, west virginia gives hunters the opportunity to hunt in majestic solitude while pursuing deer, bear, turkey and small game. A bear damage stamp class ds is not required of landowners, senior. West virginia hunting seasons, 20192020 west virginia offers several big game hunting seasons through the beautiful appalachian mountains. The video caused outrage in the hound hunting community. The 3day early firearms season, archery and youthapprentice harvests increased over the 201718 seasons by 7%, 64% and 40%, respectively. We have reached a critical time for the future of deer hunting in west virginia. An exciting west virginia black bear hunt with an unexpected ending. During the 201819 bear hunting seasons, 2,715 bears were harvested in virginia, which represents the second highest harvest of bears ever in virginia.

This is down from the 3,160 that was bagged in 2017 or 17. The 2018 west virginia buck firearms season will start monday, nov. Deer archery and crossbow september 24 december 31 deer. Chase herndon 2017 archery bear hunt west virginia youtube.

Hunters in west virginia harvested 3,160 black bears during the combined 2017 archery and firearms seasons. Virginia 20192020 black bear harvest virginia dgif. The muzzleloader and firearms harvest both decreased. Bear archery and firearms seasons west virginia division. West virginia hunters harvest 3,160 black bears in 2017 wv dnr. West virginia hunting seasons, 20192020 hunting season hq. Me personally had no luck, but the land owner himself got it done with a nice bear. West virginia hunters harvest 108,856 deer during fall 2018. The total whitetailed deer harvest for the 2018 hunting season was 108,856. The black bear, ursus americanus, was selected as west virginias official state animal in 195455. Wvdnr hunting regulations west virginia division of. Anyway, dont worry, those of you in preston county, west virginia.