Category: Press Releases

WV buck firearms season harvest up 18 percent

WVDNR releases preliminary harvest numbers from the 2022 season, reminds hunters to submit photos into the Big Buck Photo Contest...

WVDNR announces increased 2022 fall turkey harvest

FARMINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s 2022 fall turkey harvest increased by almost 46 percent over last year’s harvest, according to preliminary...

West Virginia’s muzzleloader deer season to open Dec. 12

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s muzzleloader deer hunting season will be open Dec. 12–18 and hunters who want a chance...

Gov. Justice, WVDNR announce 4th annual lifetime license giveaway

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced today that the West Virginia Division of Natural Resource’s lifetime license giveaway is back for a...

WVDNR announces starts of December deer, bear hunting seasons

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hunters will have several opportunities to target deer and bear in December with the next segments of...

Hunters in Barbour, Jackson, Mason, Upshur counties must bring harvested deer to data collection stations

FARMINGTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources reminds hunters that they are required to bring deer harvested on...

WVDNR reminds hunters to buy stamps for buck firearms season by Sunday deadline

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s two-week buck firearms season will open Nov. 21 and hunters who want a chance to...

WV bear firearms season to open Nov. 21

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The next segment of West Virginia’s firearms season for black bears will open Nov. 21 in 36...

Dunkard Fork WMA closed to vehicular traffic

DALLAS, W.Va. — Dunkard Fork Wildlife Management Area in Marshall County will be closed to vehicular traffic for two months while...

WVDNR Wildlife Resources chief honored for service

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia Division of Natural Resources official has been honored by the Southeastern Association of Fish and...