Mountaineer Heritage Season Opens January 9

One of the best things about hunting in West Virginia is not having to wait long after the new year for a big game season. If you're as ready to get back into the woods as we are, then mark your calendars for the start of Mountaineer Heritage Season on January 9. You don't want to miss it! This four-day season provides a unique opportunity to hunt deer and bear using primitive weapons, such as percussion side lock and flintlock rifles and pistols or long and recurve bows. Just make sure you have a 2020 hunting license before you go, and purchase a Class DS stamp if you want to hunt bear. Licenses and stamps are available online at www.wvhunt.com.

Need a license or stamps? Get them today before it's too late.

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The Mountaineer Heritage Season lasts until January 12 and is the last big game hunting opportunity until April. Here's what you need to know: The season is open statewide. Only long and recurve bows are legal in Logan, McDowell, Mingo and Wyoming counties. You must wear a blaze-orange outer garment of at least 400 square inches, unless you are hunting in Logan, McDowell, Mingo or Wyoming counties. You can take either a buck or doe during the season, but cannot take more than three antlered deer during the regular and Mountaineer Heritage Seasons combined. You can take one black bear during the season, but it won't count toward your annual bear season bag limit.

 Buck Firearms Season opens today and runs through December 7   

                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Fall Trout Stocking 2019

                              West Virginia Fall 2019 click here DAILY TROUT STOCKINGS 

chapmanville local temp

Using a GPS

 Using a GPS is a good way to keep track of all those spots you find scouting this spring / summer for a hunting spot or that ginseng you found 

Creating and navigating to a waypoint using your handheld satnav (GPS)


Importing Global Positioning Systems (GPS) data in Google Earth
The GPS unit I use https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/163 

some software I use google.earth for pchttps://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html 

google.earth for android 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details...

KMLZ to Earth for android 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details...

GPS Status & Toolbox for android 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details...

GPSBabel for pc 
https://www.gpsbabel.org/

EasyGPS for pc 
http://www.easygps.com/download.asp

BackCountry Navigator for android 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details...

Help Biologists Track the Distribution of West Virginia's State Reptile       /

                                            click here to participate

ginseng cultural

                        Want to learn about ginseng  cultural

      

then check out Appalachian Ginseng Hunters And Buyers Association web site also have a look at the FACEBOOK group where members share their photos knowledge techniques and allot more come join the fun also would like to give a very special thank you to the man that made this all come together  Dr. Rick Lengyel, L.Ac.

Founder AGHBA come learn all about ginseng and grow with us at AGHBA

West Virginia, with its extensive and diverse forests and bountiful rainfall, is an ideal region for the production of wild mushrooms. . .lots of them. In fact nearly 1,700 different species of mushrooms and other larger fungi have thus far been recorded for the state. This abundance includes some world-class prize edibles such as the Golden Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius), the King Bolete (Boletus edulis), and of course the eminently esculent Morels (Morchella spp.), of which there are about a half dozen varieties. Morels, which also go by numerous local names such as mollymoochers, haystacks, merkels, dry-land fish, and sponges, can only be found for an all too brief period in the spring (mid-April to mid-May), but dozens of other kinds of wild mushrooms, edible and otherwise, 

 This is an enjoyable outdoor activity, but it is not something to be taken casually as some mushrooms are poisonous. Unfortunately, there is no “rule of thumb” that can be used to separate the wholesome and delicious from others that are potentially dangerous if consumed. One common highly toxic mushroom that grows in summer and early fall is the Destroying Angel (Amanita virosa). This all white, innocent-looking mushroom has caused fatalities to some who have eaten it. Gathering wild mushrooms for the table is a rewarding pastime but you must know for certain which ones are edible and which are harmful. Those who want to forage for edible mushrooms should learn the safe edibles one by one, either from an experienced mushroom hunter or by studying mushroom field guidesLearn to identify fungi by downloading WVDNR's Mushrooms of West Virginia brochure.Click here to download the Mushrooms of WV Brochure

West Virginia 2019 Stockings

                                                                                                                                              click here DAILY TROUT STOCKINGS

Elk Restoration

 the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources in officially welcoming the first 20 elk to be stocked in the state Elk were native to West Virginia more than 140 years ago. Legislation in 2015 authorized the Division of Natural Resources to begin an active elk restoration plan, starting with finding enough suitable land for the elk management area to sustain an elk population.

read more about it  HERE

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              New laws  protect W.Va. fish

     

new law forbids removing fish from West Virginia public waters by a commercial enterprise.  House Bill 4330 became known as the “catfish bill”
read about it Here

            hatchery system getting substantial upgrades.                                                                                                                                               

   

read about it Here

numerous   eagles spotted in southern West Virginia during spring survey                                                                                                                                               

read about it Here

                                       National Hunting & Fishing Days                                                          scheduled for Sept.17 18,2016.                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                                                                           read more about it here

Like to hunt or fish this great state then check out The West Virginia Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Map tool will help you get started                                  
                                  CLICK HERE     

West Virginia 2015 Deer Harvest

                                    Hunters Harvest 138,493 Deer in 2015

                                                read about it HERE

                      

West Virginia hunters set record

West Virginia hunters set record  3,195 black bears in 2015  


  

       read about it here link

Short list of stockings done Monday, Jan. 11, 2016.