ORIGINAL: cooter144
Of course if they do make these counties open to gun hunting it probably wouldn't take long for the "brown its downers" to to wipe out enough of the buck herdto eventually make hunting there no better than the rest of the state.
Am I wrong?
No you are not. Fortunately after speaking with the head of the DNR, they have no plans on opening a gun season anytime in the near future in those four counties. He said the population in those counties are actually down over the last couple of years due to EHD, which hit the area very hard over the last couple of years, especially in 2007.
The legislature, I suppose, could override the DNR, which is why the NRA lobbying them is such a concern.
I plan to go to the DNR Commission meeting next weekend. If I find out more, I'll post it here.
Another item of interest is that the head of the NRA in West Virginia posted on another forum that yes they did send out the questionaires, but the overwhelming response of their members in those counties was that a gun season was NOT wanted. He further said that they have no further plans on pursuring it at this time. This is certainly good news if it is true, but I am still cautious as I haven't seen anything "official" yet.