Category: Press Releases

Access roads open to hunters with disabilities during fall seasons

News Release: October 1, 2020 SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. — With the start of fall hunting seasons underway, the West Virginia Division...

WVDNR encourages hunters to get ready for buck firearms season

News Release: October 2, 2020 SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. — The opening of buck firearms season is a day many hunters have circled on...

WVDNR releases 2020 Mast Survey and Hunting Outlook

News Release: October 6, 2020 ELKINS, W.VA. — Hunters preparing for the fall hunting seasons can now consult the 2020 Mast Survey and...

Special antlerless deer and new bear seasons open Oct. 17

News Release: October 13, 2020 SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Youth, Class Q/QQ and senior citizen hunters in West Virginia will soon be...

West Virginia’s wild boar firearms season opens Oct. 24

News Release: October 19, 2020 SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. — West Virginia's wild boar firearms season, which is open to state residents only,...

Buck firearms season CWD sampling stations canceled

News Release: November 2, 2020 ROMNEY, W.VA. — Due to concerns regarding potential transmission of COVID-19 virus to hunters and West Virginia...

Small game hunting and trapping seasons underway in West Virginia

News Release: November 13, 2020 SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Hunting and trapping seasons for several small game species are underway in West...

WVDNR announces lottery for wild boar hunting on private land

News Release: January 4, 2021 SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Hunters in West Virginia will soon be able to enter a lottery to...

West Virginia hunters harvest record 3,541 black bears in 2020

News Release: January 26, 2021 SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. — West Virginia hunters harvested a record 3,541 black bears during the 2020 archery and firearms...

WV hunters harvest 106,861 deer during fall, winter seasons

News Release: February 9, 2021 SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — According to preliminary data collected by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources,...