West Virginia bow hunting only counties?
10-18-2002, 02:34 PM
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Location: LANCASTER SC USA
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West Virginia bow hunting only counties?
Has anyone ever hunt in these counties. I read an article that predicted some of the best places for a chance at a P&Y deer and these counties were listed. With the steep terrain and low deer destinies along with no gun hunting these counties allow deer to mature. I think the pre-rut maybe tough but I bet the rut would be awesome. Any Help.
Edited by - SCbowhunter on 10/18/2002 16:09:29
Edited by - SCbowhunter on 10/18/2002 16:09:29
10-18-2002, 08:18 PM
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Location: Peterstown WV USA
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RE: West Virginia bow hunting only counties?
I live close but do not hunt them but I have friends that do and most of the good hunting is far off road and you need a4 wheeler to get to it. And you are right the terrain is steep and rough most of the people that hunt in these counties keep pretty quiet about it and all of them are after a book deer. You also are right in when to hunt some of the guys I know are hunting there now but most are waiting for the rut.
10-18-2002, 08:18 PM
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Location: Hico, WV USA
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RE: West Virginia bow hunting only counties?
SC...steep is an understatement....big deer are there. If Hankfan reads this he will be able to give you a better assessment and has some great pics of some very, very nice bucks taken in those 4 counties.
Good Luck...
Good Luck...
10-18-2002, 09:46 PM
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Location: Rock WV USA
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RE: West Virginia bow hunting only counties?
SCbowhunter- I live 30 minutes away from one of the four bow hunting only counties here in West Virginia. I hunt them exclusively from Nov 1-30. I hunt there every single day in the month of November but I will admit it's a tough place to hunt. There is an extremely low deer population in these areas. I have went a whole week and never saw one deer but then again during an 8 day stretch I saw 8 bucks 8 points or better and 4 would have made the books. If you aren't 100% commited to do what ever it takes to kill a P&Y buck and nothing less, you will be better off somewhere else. However if you like the challenge of hunting a mature buck 1 on 1 with little to no interference form other hunters this is the place for you. The area I hunt is coal company property which is about 10,000 acres or so and can be hunted by anyone. If you have any more questions just let me know. Below is a couple pictures of our most recent bow kills from the bow hunting only counties:
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