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ORIGINAL: madvilledoc
In southern West Virginia, there are four counties that have been archery-only for deer since the mid 70's.
Also due to the archery-only status and one-buck limit, the age structure is much higher than what is found elsewhere in the state. In these counties bucks have a great chance to reach their true potential.
You can still gun hunt small game, coyote, bear, birds, etc. The only species that is archery-only is whitetail.
These first threesentences reveal EXACTYLY why the Edmonton Bow Zone (1600sq miles)in Alberta is what it is (including the year they started bowhunting ONLY).A bowhunting big whitetail mecca! I have a question regarding the last part.Is this shotgun only, or riflein the four countiesfor these other species excluding whitetails?