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2011 West Virginia Deer Gun Seasons Fact Sheet

West Virginia DNR

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. – -(Ammoland.com)-The West Virginia firearm buck gun season is Nov. 21 – Dec. 3. It is open in all counties except Logan, Mingo, McDowell and Wyoming.

• · Approximately 330,000 licensed hunters will be in West Virginia’s woods during this season.
• · Hunters should review the 2011 – 2012 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Summary for detailed instructions concerning bag limits and season dates. The regulations are available at license agents, DNR district offices, or online at www.wvdnr.gov .
• · A list of wildlife checking stations in West Virginia can be found online at www.wvdnr.gov/hunting/check_stations.asp
• · The firearm antlered deer bag limit during the two-week buck season is two (one on the base license and one on an RG [resident] or RRG [nonresident] stamp). A hunter may take no more than three antlered deer per calendar year in all archery and firearms seasons combined.
• · The last day to purchase an additional buck deer gun tag (Class RG/RRG Stamp) is November 20. Class RG and Class RRG additional buck stamps can only be used to take an additional antlered deer in firearm buck season. Unused Class RG and Class RRG stamps may not be used in antlerless or muzzleloader seasons.
• · All private land in counties having a firearms antlerless deer gun season (Class N for residents and Class NN for nonresidents) will be open Nov. 21 – Dec. 10 and Dec. 28 – 31. All public lands having an antlerless deer season will be open Nov. 23 – Dec. 10 and Dec. 28 – 31. Bag limits vary among counties and will be one, two or four antlerless deer. Only one deer may be taken per day, except that two antlerless deer may be taken on the same day during Dec. 5–10, 2011, on private land only, provided the first deer is legally checked prior to hunting a second deer.
• · All deer must be field tagged and checked in within 72 hours of the time of kill or within 24 hours of the close of the season, whichever comes first. Additional deer may not be taken until all previously taken deer have been checked. Only one deer may be taken per day during the buck season.
• · Black bear gun season will be open in Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Monongalia, Morgan, Nicholas (private land) and Raleigh counties Nov. 21 – Dec. 3 during the buck season and concurrent antlerless deer season. A hunter may bag one bear and one deer on the same day during the concurrent seasons in those counties. In addition, the season bag limit for bears is two, provided that at least one bear must be taken in Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Raleigh, or Wyoming counties. See the 2011-2012 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Summary for details.
• · The traditional muzzleloader season will be Dec. 12 – 17. Muzzleloader hunting for antlered deer is open in all counties open to buck season. A deer of either sex may be taken with muzzleloaders in all counties open to the antlerless deer season.
• · Hunters spend an estimated $285 million in West Virginia, much of it in the rural areas of the state that depend upon the deer seasons for a large portion of their annual income.
• · In 2010, deer hunters in West Virginia harvested 43,461 bucks during the two-week buck season, a decrease of 31 percent from the 2009 harvest. The 2010 antlerless season deer harvest decreased by 36.5 percent from 2009 for a total of 34,600.
• · WVDNR forecasts that the buck harvest will be higher for 2011. All regions should see a higher total harvest this year. The lower harvest and abundant mast conditions in 2010 should mean that there are plenty of mature, larger-racked bucks available in 2011.
• · Sunday hunting is legal in the following 14 counties on private land only: Boone, Brooke, Clay, Hancock, Jefferson, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Marshall, Mingo, Ohio, Wayne, Wetzel and Wyoming. The only Sunday that is open in these counties during the buck season is November 27. Hunters are reminded that deer gun seasons are closed in Logan, Mingo, McDowell and Wyoming counties.
• · Hunters are required to wear at least 400 square inches of blaze orange (about the size of a vest) as an outer garment for visibility and safety. Blaze orange camouflage patterns are legal as long as 400 square inches of blaze orange are displayed on the garment. A blaze orange hat is not required, but the hunter must have blaze orange visible from both the front and the back.
• · Hunting licenses may be purchased online at any time and printed out on a home computer printer. Go to the goWILD! Web site at www.wvhunt.com, fill out the application, and purchase it over a secure server with a credit card.
• · Hunters who wish to donate deer meat or dollars to the Hunters Helping the Hungry program, which distributes deer meat through the Mountaineer Food Bank and the Huntington Food Bank, should call 304-558-2771 or visit the DNR website at www.wvdnr.gov to find a participating meat processor.

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West Virginia Prosecutor Pam Neely’s Twisted Beliefs Can Put You in Jail

West Virginia Citizens Defense League

West Virginia --(Ammoland.com)- As some of you are likely aware, Berkeley County Prosecutor Pamela Games-Neely sent a letter to the legislature ranting in true Sarah Brady fashion about the lack of a law preventing lawful carry of firearms on college and university campuses.

Her rant requested a ban of carry on all such institutions.

Thanks to Delegate Larry Kump (a true believer in your Second Amendment rights) for bringing this to our attention.

Gun owners in the Panhandle had better be paying attention to this one. This truly matters to you. Law enforcement and prosecutors have, and constantly utilize a concept called “police discretion.” Within this concept, they often can use their discretion, based on the totality of the circumstances, and decide whether or not to prosecute (within reason) in any given situation.

Given that there are many gray areas surrounding firearms in West Virginia law (which the WVCDL has been trying to fix) this should be terrifying to you as a gun owner within her prosecutorial jurisdiction.

Berkeley County WV Prosecutor Pamela Games-Neely

In case some of you haven’t browsed over to Larry Kump’s site to read her ragingly anti-gun, anti-self defense diatribe, allow me to provide you with some real gems. Some of these beauties will be quite familiar to many of you, as you’ve seen them before in publications and commentary by such wonderfully liberty-loving folks like the Violence Policy Center or the Brady Campaign.

One of my favorites is this: “What happens if that student, parent or other person suddenly becomes angry at the score, the roommate, the party, or even the call on the field?” This was in discussion of the presence of lawfully carried firearms at a sporting event.

I’d like to introduce Ms. Neely to a psychological concept called “projection.” It works like this. Ms. Neely apparently feels that if she were at a sporting event and became upset with the score, she might be likely to whip out a handgun and start shooting. Because Ms. Neely fears her own levels of self control, she’s projecting that fear on to the rest of society. This is irrational. We can prove this easily. Because in the history of shall-issue carry permits in West Virginia, it has been legal to carry on college campuses statewide for the entire duration, and not once has her sick fantasy ever happened.

I hope Ms. Neely doesn’t carry a gun. She scares me.

Another beauty: “I can think of nothing worse than people attending an athletic event, living in a dorm, or sitting beside someone in a science class with a firearm strapped to their side or worse, concealed on their person.”

For a prosecuting attorney, Ms. Neely sure seems removed from reality, and certainly is not very imaginative. You see, I can definitely think of things far worse which could, and do occur on college campuses nationwide. For example, being robbed, shot, stabbed, or raped on campus. Yet, somehow, Ms. Neely can’t think of anything worse than sitting next to you at a football game. Have I mentioned that she’s a prosecuting attorney? Surely….. I mean…. isn’t it a near certainty that she’s prosecuted people for far worse things than sitting next to you or I at a football game? There was an instance of male-on-male rape at West Virginia State University last year. As a student there, I sure didn’t have to think very hard to come up with something a tiny bit worse than sitting next to any of you.

Now that we’ve clearly established Ms. Neely’s irrationality, let’s move on to why this matters to you. Ms. Neely can, and will prosecute you (She’s proven this in the Beck case) for lawfully exercising your Second Amendment rights.

I can see only one course of action for those who live in, work in, or travel through Ms. Neely’s prosecutorial jurisdiction (Berkeley County). This woman needs to be out of a job. She needs to be out of a job so you don’t go to jail for lawful activity.

How do we accomplish this? How do you protect yourself from someone who fears they might shoot up a football game, and will prosecute you based on that fear? Put her out of a job. How do you do that? The first step is to show up at noon on Friday, November 18th, at the intersection of Church Street and Stephen Street in Martinsburg carrying a sign. Do not come alone. Bring everyone you know with you.

The WVCDL is asking a few things, however. Please do not bring long-arms. This protest is about the standard tool of every day self-defense, which is the handgun. Also, remember that the south side of that street is courthouse property. If you’re carrying, concealed or open, please do not step a single foot on courthouse property. Lastly, please make sure all signs are non-profane and non-violent. Also, perhaps we could collect donation forms for VPC, The Brady Campaign, and maybe Nancy Pelosi’s campaign and deliver them to Ms. Neely. Clearly, she could put them to better use than us.

I hope to see you there. I want this woman on the unemployment line where she can no longer harass and prosecute law-abiding citizens.

About:
The West Virginia Citizens Defense League (WVCDL) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, all-volunteer, grassroots organization of concerned West Virginians who support our individual right to keep and bear arms for defense of self, family, home and state, and for lawful hunting and recreational use, as protected by the state constitution and the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. Visit: www.wvcdl.org

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