
West Virginia wildlife officials look to relax some hunting regs
Changes would impact deer and bear hunts.

Changes would impact deer and bear hunts.
Would allow hunters 70 and older to shoot antlerless deer during the state’s fall open hunting season.

Sharpshooters killed 63 deer during last year’s hunt, and in 2015, city officials decided that the deer culling program would be for four years to help deal with overpopulation.

Many historically good deer counties saw decreases in harvest.
Public engagement meeting: Management strategies designed to benefit deer residing in varying geographic locales need to be adjusted to best take advantage of the area’s habitat.

That’s down slightly from last year, when 188,329 deer were checked.

Ohio pilot program will be featured on “Daily Planet,” which airs on Discovery Channel in Canada and the Science Channel in the United States.

Two deer farms will remain under quarantine for five years after the last potentially-exposed deer is gone.

Agency proposes assigning hunters drawn for a permit to individual zones, with permits valid over a span of several days to several weeks within existing deer seasons instead of the current one-day hunt.
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