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Wild Turkey Hunting Tips & Info -- West Virginia State Hunting Information

 

State West Virginia
Web Site West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Population & Subspecies 130,000 -- Eastern
Turkey Harvest
Turkey Harvest
Spring
Fall
2006
11,869
 
2005
10,804
1,110
2004
10,573
1,357
2003
12,535
2002
13,385
2,808
2001
17,875

 

Spring 2006 Turkey Harvest Sportsmen bagged 11,869 birds during the April 24-May 20 season, an increase of 8.3 percent from last spring. The higher harvest was the second in as many years, but state wildlife officials don’t expect the trend to continue.

“From the statistics I’m looking at, I’m not optimistic that we’ll get another increase next year,” said Curtis Taylor, the Division of Natural Resources’ wildlife chief. “We won’t have enough two-year-old birds coming into the population.”

Past DNR studies have shown that the number of two-year-old gobblers is the single greatest contributor toward hunter success.

“Some of those counties, especially those up in the mountains, were getting kills like back in the old glory days,” Taylor said.

Berkeley, Calhoun, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, McDowell, Mineral, Morgan, Nicholas and Webster counties were those that established five-year high-water marks.

Overall, the top 10 harvest counties were Mason, 495; Wood, 406; Preston, 403; Jackson, 353; Ritchie, 316; Mercer, 316; Monongalia, 310; Marshall, 306; Greenbrier, 298; and Hardy, 296.

Spring Season Info

2006 Season Dates: April 24 - May 20

Youth Season - April 22

Bag Limit: 2 bearded birds per season, 1 per day

Legal Hours: 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1 PM

Fall Season Info

Fall 2004 - selected counties

Season Dates: Oct 23 - Nov 20 (varies)

Bag Limit: 1 either sex

Legal Hours: 1/2 hour before sunrise to sunset

 

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