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Preliminary counts of game checking tags indicate West Virginia hunters harvested a total of 154,524 white-tailed deer during the recently completed bucks-only, antlerless, muzzleloader, archery and youth/Class Q deer seasons.
This year's total harvest was 5.5 percent below the 2008 deer harvest.
Antlerless Deer Season
The 2009 antlerless deer season, which includes the youth/Class Q deer hunts, was 2.8 percent below 2008 but 4.8 percent above the five-year average of 52,095.
Muzzleloader Deer Season
The 2009 muzzleloader harvest of 8,759 was 150 deer more than the 2008 harvest but 7.4 percent below the five-year average of 9,464.
Archery Deer Season
The bowhunters' take of 27,558 deer was 12 percent below the 2008 harvest of 31,408 but four percent above the five-year average harvest of 26,465.
REGIONAL DEER HARVEST
Calhoun:
1,151 (Buck);
1,006 (Antlerless);
180 (Muzzleloader);
316 (Bow);
2,653 (Total)
Braxton: 1,909 (Buck);
1,654 (Antlerness);
331 (Muzzleloader);
653 (Bow);
4,547 (Total)
Clay: 556 (Buck);
184 (Antlerness);
37 (Muzzleloader):
293 (Bow);
1,070 (Total)
Gilmer:
1,328 (Buck);
1,165 (Antlerless);
239 (Muzzleloader);
325 (Bow);
3,057 (Total)
Ritchie:
2,026 (Buck);
2,098 (Antlerless);
254 (Muzzleloader);
455 (Bow);
4,833 (Total)
Roane:
2,153 (Buck);
1,610 (Antlerless);
206 (Muzzleloader);
547 (Bow);
4,516 (Total)
Wirt:
1,276 (Buck);
1,247 (Antlerless);
223 (Muzzleloader);
372(Bow);
3,118 (Total)
State Total:
63,590 (Buck);
54,617 (Antlerless);
8,759 (Muzzleloader);
27,558 (Bow); 154,524 (Total)
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