West Virginia Hunters Harvest Record 3,195 Black Bears in 2015
by TBC Press on 01/14/16
West Virginia hunters harvested 3,195 black bears during the combined 2015 archery and firearms seasons, according to Colin Carpenter, Black Bear Project Leader for the West Virginia DNR. The preliminary harvest data for the combined 2015 seasons were 17 percent higher than the previous record set in 2012 (2,735 bears). The black bear harvest of 2015 marks the sixth time in six years that the harvest has topped 2,000.
In the 2015 Mast Survey and Hunting Outlook brochure, we predicted an increased archery harvest and a decreased December firearms harvest compared to the levels in 2014. Our prediction held true - however, the archery harvest increased a whopping 92 percent, a record, and the December harvest only decreased by 18 percent, Carpenter said. READ MORE
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