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Through Nov. 7	Sora and Virginia Rails
Through Nov. 21	Crow hunting season (first split)
Through Nov. 21	Bear Archery Season
Through Dec. 12	Common Snipe
Through Dec.31	Deer archery hunting season
Through Dec.31	Wild boar archery hunting season
Through Jan. 31	Squirrel hunting season
Through Feb. 28	Ruffed grouse hunting season
Through Feb. 28	Raccoon hunting season
November
1	Irish Road Bowling at Stonewall Resort State Park
6-8	Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at Canaan Valley Resort State Park
7-Jan. 2	Bobwhite Quail Hunting Season
7-Jan. 2	Ring-necked Pheasant (cock birds only) Hunting Season
7-Jan. 31	Fisher Trapping Season
7-Feb. 28	Cottontail Rabbit, Snowshoe or Varying Hare Hunting Seasons
7-Feb. 28	Raccoon, Mink and Muskrat Trapping Seasons
7-Feb. 28	Red Fox, Gray Fox and Bobcat Hunting and Trapping Seasons
7-Mar. 31	Beaver Trapping Season
8	Trees of Our Heritage at Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park
10	Red Skelton Remembered at Canaan Valley Resort State Park
13	Dinner Theater at Cacapon Resort State Park
13-14	Wild Foods Weekend at Stonewall Resort State Park
13-15	Wine Weekend Getaway in the Mountains at Canaan Valley Resort State Park
14-Dec. 5	Ring-necked Pheasant (cock birds only) Hunting Season Hillcrest WMA
20-22	Country Line Dancing Weekend at Pipestem Resort State Park
20-22	Women’s Writing Weekend at Tygart Lake State Park
23-Dec. 5	Deer Buck Hunting Season
23-Dec. 5	Bear Gun Hunting Season (selected counties)
23-Dec.12	Deer Antlerless Hunting Season
25-29	Thanksgiving Celebration at Canaan Valley Resort State Park
December
4-6	Wild Women Weekend at Canaan Valley Resort State Park
4-6	Ballroom Dance Weekend at Pipestem Resort State Park
5	Murder Mystery at Cacapon Resort State Park
7-31	Bear (gun) hunting season (selected counties)
9-Jan. 23	Ducks, Gallinules and Coots, and Mergansers split hunting season (Zone 2)
11-13	Annual 18th Century Christmas Market at Prickett’s Fort State Park
12	Dinner Theater at Cacapon Resort State Park
14-19	Deer (muzzleloader) hunting split season
14-Jan. 31	Canada Goose, Snow and Blue Geese split hunting seasons (Zones 1 and 2)
14-Jan. 31	Brant hunting season (Zones 1 and 2)
16-Jan. 30	Ducks, Gallinules and Coots, and Mergansers split hunting seasons (Zone 1)
19	Breakfast with Santa at North Bend State Park
19	Audubon Christmas Bird Count at Pipestem Resort State Park
21-Jan. 2	Mourning Dove 3-way split hunting season
24-25	Christmas in Canaan Holiday Celebration at Canaan Valley Resort State Park
26-28	Deer (Youth/Class Q) hunting split season
29-31	Deer (antlerless) hunting split season
31	New Year’s Eve Party at Twin Falls Resort State Park
31	New Year’s Eve at North Bend State Park
31	New Year’s Eve Celebration at Cacapon Resort State Park
31	New Year’s Celebration 2010 at Canaan Valley Resort State Park
31	New Year’s Celebration at Tygart Lake State Park

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Message from the DNR Director:

Changes in Deer Hunting Traditions

Changes in the deer herd populations and the locations of these herds have drastically changed the deer hunting traditions.

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