Hunters ready for 2024 spring gobbler season
West Virginia's spring gobbler season opens April 15th and runs for five weeks
April 13, 2024 - 6:21 am
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West Virginia Wildlife Center reopens in Upshur County
The USDA agreed to allow the facility at French Creek to reopen to visitors after the installation of some secondary electric fence and additional surveillance cameras while work on a required perimeter fence happens.
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Jefferson County becomes sixth county in W.Va. with positive CWD cases
DNR officials were not surprised by the positive cases in Jefferson County and believed it was only a matter of time until they appeared given the proximity to other CWD positive counties.
April 9, 2024 - 1:46 pm
Outdoors
Wildlife Manager pleased with success of a large controlled burn on Tomblin WMA
Flames are the best way to knock back fast growing invasive plant life which can choke out the much more essential native grasses on the steep slopes in Logan County
April 6, 2024 - 1:26 pm
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Angler catches the first record for red breasted sunfish
It's the second record fish caught from New Creek Lake in 2024
March 30, 2024 - 6:26 am
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Gold Rush to run April 1-13 across West Virginia
Starting Monday, the streams of West Virginia will have a golden hue in hope of attracting anglers young and old
March 27, 2024 - 2:10 pm
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Final elk from USFS facility in Western Ky. have arrived in West Virginia
DNR officials say a large number of the cows received are bred and will start dropping calves in May
March 21, 2024 - 3:06 pm
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Mason County angler hauls in a record bowfin
Lauren Noble of Letart, W.Va. was looking for pre-spawn bass, but found another hungry mouth in the an Ohio River backwater in Mason County this week
March 15, 2024 - 10:15 am
Outdoors
Barnick wins air rifle; Mountaineers finish runner-up to TCU
West Virginia had individual champions in both events for the first time in seven years, but narrowly missed out on a 20th National Championship.
March 9, 2024 - 10:27 pm
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West Virginia angler claims a pair of bass tournament wins in South Carolina
Tim Isaacs of Fayette County won back to back kayak bass tournaments recently on Lake Murray in South Carolina
March 9, 2024 - 10:10 am
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Tucker wins smallbore; WVU rifle team leads after opening day of NCAA National Championship
The Mountaineers hope to claim their 20th National Championship and first since 2017 on Saturday.
March 8, 2024 - 6:29 pm
Outdoors
DNR ready to hear from hunters and anglers in W.Va.
March 7, 2024 - 3:11 pm
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Agreement between feds and DNR will allow trout program to resume normal operations
Four waters removed from the stocking list and 20 others will be back on the normal stocking schedule in an agreement with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A study of the trout diet by WVU will help determine the potential risk to endangered crayfish and candy darter
March 6, 2024 - 3:04 pm
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Whitetail deer research into the home stretch
Data collection will continue for another year, but those working to study whitetail deer movement and mortality are into the analysis phase of the project
March 1, 2024 - 5:00 am
Outdoors
Teen catches new state record tiger trout
Nathan Smith of Burlington, W.Va. caught a monster this past Saturday at New Creek Dam #14 and it stands as the new record for weight in West Virginia
February 26, 2024 - 1:36 pm
Outdoors
Wildlife Section presents recommended game and fish law changes
Commissioners will consider the proposed changes along with the input of West Virginia sportsmen from the March Sectional Meetings before making a decision.
February 25, 2024 - 6:35 pm