Buckmasters News
2023 CRP signup open through April 7
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its voluntary Conservation Reserve Program. Private landowners can apply at their local USDA...
WV acquires new land for elk reintroduction
As part of its new elk reintroduction plan for southern West Virginia, 9,000 acres in Logan and McDowell counties will become a major part of the new elk...
WV hunters set record for black bear harvest
Hunters in West Virginia harvested 3,195 black bears during the combined 2015 archery and firearms seasons, according to Colin Carpenter, black bear project...
WV whitetail 2015 harvest increases 32 percent
Preliminary counts of deer registered through the new electronic game checking process indicate West Virginia hunters harvested 138,493 white-tailed deer...
West Virginia hunters harvest 2,606 black bears
West Virginia hunters harvested 2,606 black bears during the combined 2018 archery and firearms seasons.
The preliminary harvest for the combined 2018...
With all counties open to fall turkey hunts, harvest up 82%
Preliminary numbers show fall turkey hunters checked in 2,066 turkeys this fall, the first time in recent history all 55 counties were open to a fall season.
WV fall archery deer harvest up
West Virginia archery hunters are having a successful year in 2015, showing a 53 percent increase in their harvest of white-tailed deer.
As of Oct. 26, bow...
Hunters harvest 44,572 bucks in traditional firearms season
Preliminary data collected from the electronic game checking system indicates that deer hunters in West Virginia harvested 44,572 antlered deer during the...
WVA deer, bear and boar archery and crossbow seasons open
West Virginia’s 2015 archery and crossbow seasons for white-tailed deer, black bear and wild boar began Sept. 26 with the archery and crossbow deer and boar...