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West Virginia bear hunters
harvested a record 1,807 bears during the combined 2007 archery and
firearms seasons. This preliminary harvest data for the combined bear
season is six percent higher than the 1,703 bears taken in 2006 and
eclipses the previous record harvest of 1,730 bears established in 2003.
Gun hunters killed 1,071 bears, which is the second highest gun harvest on
record. The top five gun counties were Randolph (141), Pocahontas (123),
Pendleton (115), Greenbrier (85), and Webster (78).
Archery hunters took 736 bears, which is 42 percent higher than the 2006
harvest. It ranks as the second highest archery harvest on record. The top
five archery counties were Randolph (74), Webster (69), Greenbrier (54),
Nicholas (50), and Preston (47).
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Bow |
Gun |
Total |
Barbour |
15 |
6 |
21 |
Berkeley |
5 |
1 |
6 |
Boone |
31 |
49 |
80 |
Braxton |
5 |
6 |
11 |
Brooke |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Cabell |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Calhoun |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Clay |
10 |
10 |
20 |
Doddridge |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Fayette |
41 |
63 |
104 |
Gilmer |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Grant |
23 |
47 |
70 |
Greenbrier |
54 |
85 |
139 |
Hampshire |
12 |
6 |
18 |
Hancock |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Hardy |
35 |
69 |
104 |
Harrison |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Jackson |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Jefferson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kanawha |
28 |
46 |
74 |
Lewis |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Lincoln |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Logan |
20 |
0 |
20 |
Marion |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Marshall |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Mason |
0 |
0 |
0 |
McDowell |
31 |
4 |
35 |
Mercer |
17 |
2 |
19 |
Mineral |
6 |
20 |
26 |
Mingo |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Monongalia |
5 |
1 |
6 |
Monroe |
11 |
8 |
19 |
Morgan |
3 |
4 |
7 |
Nicholas |
50 |
55 |
105 |
Ohio |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Pendleton |
19 |
115 |
134 |
Pleasants |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Pocahontas |
27 |
123 |
150 |
Preston |
47 |
45 |
92 |
Putnam |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Randolph |
74 |
141 |
215 |
Raleigh |
22 |
39 |
61 |
Ritchie |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Roane |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Summers |
3 |
1 |
4 |
Taylor |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Tucker |
30 |
42 |
72 |
Tyler |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Upshur |
3 |
3 |
6 |
Wayne |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Webster |
69 |
78 |
147 |
Wetzel |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Wirt |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Wood |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Wyoming |
21 |
1 |
22 |
| State Totals |
736 |
1071 |
1807 |
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Related Links & Resources:
●
West Virginia Deer
Harvest Records
● Bear
Hunting in South Carolina
●
West Virginia Fall Turkey Harvest - 2007
● Bear Hunting
Pictures
● Black
Bears
● Fatal
Black Bear Attacks
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