GHENT, WV (WVNS) — A bill currently moving through the West Virginia state legislature aims to disallow seniors from hunting during the special youth deer season. House Bill 41-76 wants to take out ...

DNR and lawmakers thread a needle to clear the way for youth buck hunt, but do wo without impacting the privileges of senior ...

The presentation from biologists with the DNR’s Game Management Division to the Natural Resources Commission during their March 12 th meeting called for four changes to the antlerless hunting season ...

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 ...

It is not currently deer hunting season in West Virginia. Investigators assume the deer being dragged by the driver was already dead when he picked it up and took it with him. This is not that deer.

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 ...