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November – A Busy Month for Hunters
11/9/2010
When we think of the largest single-day sporting event West Virginians take part in, many say it is the day West Virginia and Marshall play football. Others say it is the day when a NASCAR race is going on. The truth is that the opening day of the buck gun deer season sees more West Virginians taking an active part than any other sporting event that takes place in West Virginia. On the opening day we will see nearly 300,000 orange clad hunters actively in the woods and fields hunting. When you throw in the opening of rabbit, raccoon, bear gun season and the opening of the trapping season, November becomes the busiest month of the year for the hunting and trapping community.
This figure highlights the fact that hunting in West Virginia is truly big business as well as a part of our heritage and tradition. If you check, you will find that there is someone in nearly every West Virginia family who hunts or fishes. This is one reason that the Division of Natural Resources is so important to so many people in our state. Through sound management and changes in natural habitat, the deer herd has spread and increased to the point that we have good deer hunting close to nearly everyone in our state.
Changes in Attitudes
One of the greatest changes has been the change in attitude toward the taking of a deer.
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Contact Information
Frank Jezioro
frankjezioro@wvdnr.gov