WV BUCK KILL DOWN 7% - DNR Issues Stats, Calhoun Down From 2008

(12/12/2009)

Preliminary data collected from game checking stations across the state indicate deer hunters in West Virginia harvested 62,491 bucks during the two-week buck firearms season, which ran from Nov. 23 through Dec. 5, according to Division of Natural Resources Director Frank Jezioro. The 2009 buck harvest was 7 percent less than the 2008 harvest of 67,365. The top ten counties for buck harvest were: Jackson (2,493), Lewis (2,215), Preston (2,123), Roane (2,116), Mason (2,105), Ritchie (1,979), Braxton (1,896), Randolph (1,896), Greenbrier (1,896) and Wood (1,853). Calhoun 859 (2005), 1,039 (2006), 1,163 (2007), 1,252 (2008), 1,147 (2009) Braxton 1,244 (2005), 1,308 (2006), 2,005 (2007), 1,731 (2008), 1,896 (2009) Clay 370 (2005), 399 (2006), 551 (2007), 540 (2008), 528 (2009) Gilmer 981 (2005), 1,182 (2006), 1,401 (2007), 1,585 (2008), 1,319 (2009) Ritchie 1,495 (2005), 2,147 (2006), 1,564 (2007), 2,369 (2008), 1,979 (2009) Roane 1,616 (2005), 1,691 (2006), 1,873 (2007), 2,010 (2008), 2,116 (2009) Wirt 928 (2005), 919 (2006), 1,006 (2007), 1,186 (2008), 1,272 (2009) STATE TOTALS 56,901 (2005), 66,115 (2006), 67,213 (2007), 67,365 (2008), 62,491 (2009) According to data provided every five years by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 460,000 resident and 137,000 nonresident hunters and anglers spent over 10.8 million days collectively each year hunting and fishing in West Virginia. Money spent by these sportsmen and women impacts our economy by over $1.2 billion annually and supports over 16,000 jobs.

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