West Virginia extended spring gobbler season open until May 23
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. West Virginia’s spring gobbler season is underway and turkey hunters have even more opportunities to bag a bird this year. “Our spring gobbler season includes eight extra days this year, so hunters have even more chances to have a successful season,” said Mike Peters, wild turkey and migratory game bird project leader for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. “For folks like me, who get cabin fever, this is a great time to get out and enjoy beautiful spring weather and our state’s hunting traditions.”
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Popular W.Va. Hunting and Fishing Show to return in 2022 By
April 19, 2021 - 11:41 am
Crowds will return to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center in 2022 for the 34th W.Va. Hunting and Fishing Show
CHARLESTON, W.Va. The excitement was evident in the voice of Glen Jarrell of the West Virginia Trophy Hunters Association when he stepped to the podium. As a matter of fact, Glen was talking even before he got to the podium to spread the word the 34th Annual West Virginia Hunting and Fishing Show will return in January 2022.
“We were really disappointed last year, but not only were we disappointed our vendors were also disappointed. They really miss coming to Charleston. They love coming to Charleston,” Jarrell said.
West Virginia hunters ready for five-week spring gobbler hunt By
West Virginia will have it s first five week spring gobbler season in 2021. Photo: NWTF
CHARLESTON, W.Va. The sun rises Monday on the first day of the spring gobbler season in West Virginia. However, this is a season like no turkey hunter has ever seen before in the Mountain State. In recent years, decisions were made which resulted in an evolution to gobbler hunting in the sate. It’s the first time ever the state will see a five week season.
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources for many years took withering criticism for opening the season too late in the minds of many hunters. The agency always defended the season timing so as to insure all breeding was completed. Eventually, biologists reached a point where they relented . It was concluded the state’s turkey population could sustain opening the season a week earlier–but they were still leery of extending it to five weeks. The traditional