2015-2016 West Virginia Hunting and Trapping Regulations Summary Available

By Vanessa Torres

West Virginia -(Ammoland.com)- The 2015-2016 West Virginia Hunting and Trapping Regulations Summary brochure is available at West Virginia hunting and fishing license agents, Division of Natural Resources district offices and the DNR Elkins and South Charleston offices.

This regulations summary is also available online. Go online to see it at www.wvdnr.gov.

DNR officials urge hunters and trappers to carefully review these regulations, as there are several important changes in place this fall and next spring.

• Hunters and trappers must follow the new rules for electronic checking of game. This can be accomplished by either going online to wvhunt.com, stopping at a hunting and fishing license agent, or by calling 1-844-982-4325 (1-844-WVCheck). Additionally, these rules no longer require the hunter and/or trapper to take their game to an official game checking station. All field tagging, transporting and possession requirements still apply.
• A crossbow season for deer and wild boar will run Sept. 26 – Dec. 31 and for bear during the period fromSept. 26 – Nov. 21 and from Dec. 7-31. Additionally, crossbows are legal …read more

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