A dip in West Virginia deer hunting has been attributed to an increase in hard mast production along with a disease outbreak ...

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources says that hunters harvested more than 92,000 deer last season. That is nearly 20,000 fewer compared to the 2024 season. The DNR says the decrease is ...

Strong mast year and mortality from EHD blamed for a 17 percent drop in the overall whitetail deer harvest in West Virginia ...

The total is down from 111,646 deer reported in 2024 and below the five-year average of 107,434.

Hunters harvested 92,553 white-tailed deer during West Virginia’s 2025-26 hunting seasons, a 17% decline from the 111,646 deer taken in 2024, according to the West Virginia Division of ...

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) announced the white-tailed deer harvest reports for the 2025-2026 seasons, indicating a 17% decrease.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Amid the loss of federal SNAP benefits and the federal government shutdown, the always important Hunters Helping the Hungry program in West Virginia may be into its most important ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s most recent white-tailed deer harvest was down 17% from 2024, the state’s Division of Natural Resources said this week. Hunters harvested 92,553 white-tailed deer during ...

Sep. 9—CHARLESTON — Cases of hemorrhagic disease have been confirmed in deer across five West Virginia counties, but state wildlife officials remind the public that the seasonal illness is not ...

CO Tom Hutchins (Crookston) reports spending most of this week working the continuing firearms deer season. Time was also spent checking duck hunters, working trapping related complaints, and ...

In West Virginia, we are blessed with so many wildlife recreation opportunities. For many of us, we are immersed in nature simply by driving home from work or by spending ...