This is the latest report from the WVDNR: It just shows you what happens when baiting is allowed. Mast Failure + Uncontrolled Timber Harvest + Baiting = A Massacre On The Corn Piles = OverKill. How are they going to make money from all of the non-resident licenses now? You Reap What You Sow.
Earl Ray Tomblin, Governor
Frank Jezioro, Director
News Release: December 13, 2010
Hoy Murphy, Public Information Officer (304) 558-2003 ext. 365 hoy.r.murphy@wv.gov
Contact:
Curtis Taylor, Wildlife Resources Section 304-558-2771 dnr.wildlife@wv.gov
Deer Hunters in West Virginia Harvest 43,226 Bucks during the Buck Firearms Season SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Preliminary data collected from game checking stations across the state indicate deer hunters in West Virginia harvested 43,226 bucks during the two-week buck firearms season, which ran from Nov. 22 through Dec. 4, according to Frank Jezioro, Director of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR). The 2010 buck harvest was 31 percent less than the 2009 harvest of 62,986. The top ten counties for buck harvest were as follows: Preston (2,030), Randolph (1,817), Hardy (1,350), Greenbrier (1,348), Mason (1,264), Hampshire (1,261), Ritchie (1,236), Jackson (1,216), Lewis (1,141) and Wood (1,113).
This year’s buck harvest is significantly lower than last year, with declines occurring across all DNR Districts. The largest percent decreases occurred in the western and central counties of the state. The harvest was 30th among all recorded antlered buck firearm seasons. Overall, 14 counties were above or within one buck harvested per square of the harvest objective and 37 counties were one or more bucks per square mile below the harvest objective.
White-tailed deer are a product of the environment. Too many deer on a given tract of land will result in loss of body weight, reduction in antler development, decrease in reproduction and sometimes death due to starvation during winter months. The cumulative effects of too many deer over time causes a decline in herd condition, which actually reduces the deer herd’s resiliency to years of poor mast conditions and harsh winter weather. The below-average acorn crops in 2008 and 2009 (acorn mast in 2009 was the lowest in 40 years) and last year’s unusually severe winter had a significant impact on the deer population and the overall 2010 buck firearms season harvest. Fortunately, 2010 has been a banner year for mast and overall, deer are in good physical condition entering the winter months.
Wildlife Biologists will analyze data from the combined 2010 deer seasons (i.e., buck, antlerless, archery and muzzleloader) before making appropriate recommendations for next year’s deer seasons. These recommendations will be available for public review at 12 regulations meetings scheduled for March 14 and 15, 2011 (see current 2010 - 2011 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Summary page 5 or visit the DNR website at www.wvdnr.gov for scheduled times and places).
Director Jezioro reminds hunters that the traditional six-day antlerless deer season in selected counties on both public and private land ends Saturday, December 11. Muzzleloader deer season begins Dec. 13 and runs through Dec. 18. The Youth and Class Q/QQ antlerless deer season will be open on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 27 and 28 in any county with a firearms deer season, and will be followed by a three-day reopening of antlerless deer season (Dec. 29 - 31) in 46 counties or portions of counties (see 2010 - 2011 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Summary or visit the DNR website at www.wvdnr.gov for county and area listings).
[Editors: Please see attached table with West Virginia’s buck harvest statistics for 2006 – 2010.]
**DNR**
West Virginia Antlered Deer Gun Harvest, 2006-2010
County
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Barbour
1527
1380
1413
1307
860
Brooke
479
386
427
377
333
Hancock
447
361
357
339
302
Harrison
1810
1508
1680
1730
1054
Marion
1443
1114
1489
1183
801
Marshall
1648
1126
1339
1321
1091
Monongalia
1953
1474
1927
1536
1108
Ohio
505
438
485
412
405
Preston
2616
2309
2618
2122
2030
Taylor
903
724
808
727
498
Tucker
1020
974
951
874
747
Wetzel
1926
1767
2210
1474
944
Dist. I Subtotal
16,277
13,561
15,704
13,402
10,173
Berkeley
924
973
855
651
656
Grant
1544
1733
1531
1228
914
Hampshire
1949
2223
2153
1634
1261
Hardy
2178
2111
2046
1601
1350
Jefferson
713
657
605
461
488
Mineral
1388
1420
1383
1158
883
Morgan
845
953
806
573
485
Pendleton
1850
1698
1416
1257
884
Dist. II Subtotal
11,391
11,768
10,795
8,563
6,921
Braxton
1308
2005
1731
1891
992
Clay
399
551
540
552
355
Lewis
1778
1952
2027
2227
1141
Nicholas
991
1216
1082
1176
841
Pocahontas
1410
1277
1223
1346
1056
Randolph
1862
1968
2126
1930
1817
Upshur
1432
1517
1536
1383
1059
Webster
796
929
887
901
806
Dist. III Subtotal
9,976
11,415
11,152
11,406
8,067
Fayette
873
1101
905
896
727
Greenbrier
2143
2204
1925
1976
1348
McDowell
0
0
0
0
0
Mercer
662
820
537
604
363
Monroe
1886
2150
1431
1569
1012
Raleigh
651
842
577
706
440
Summers
944
1282
932
931
526
Wyoming
0
0
0
0
0
Dist. IV Subtotal
7,159
8,399
6,307
6,682
4,416
Boone
495
676
577
628
454
Cabell
683
947
787
695
488
Kanawha
1025
1395
1259
1257
887
Lincoln
832
1126
983
860
740
Logan
0
0
0
0
0
Mason
2067
2154
1892
2099
1264
Mingo
0
0
0
0
0
Putnam
1051
1401
1311
1065
793
Wayne
837
898
768
880
503
Dist. V Subtotal
6,990
8,597
7,577
7,484
5,129
Calhoun
1039
1163
1252
1124
565
Doddridge
1328
1227
1605
1416
765
Gilmer
1182
1401
1585
1398
670
Jackson
2122
2081
1948
2504
1216
Pleasants
588
398
630
531
351
Ritchie
2147
1564
2369
2010
1236
Roane
1691
1873
2010
2112
1066
Tyler
1429
1125
1590
1210
845
Wirt
919
1006
1186
1265
693
Wood
1877
1635
1655
1879
1113
Dist. VI Subtotal
14,322
13,473
15,830
15,449
8,520
State Total
66,115
67,213
67,365
62,986
43,226
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