Hunting & Fishing
Sitting pretty
Poca hunter bags two bucks from living room
Photo By: John McCoy
Paul Meyer has killed dozens of deer throughout West Virginia, but only this year did he locate the ideal hunting blind - his living room.
By kneeling on his living-room carpet, Paul Meyer was able to bag two white-tailed bucks that had approached within arrow range of his Putnam County home. He used a bow he keeps strung for target shooting.
Woods lore workshop to be held at Twin Falls park
 Learn how Native Americans and early European settlers tracked game, made use of forest plants for food and medicine, and used other skills that allowed them to live close to nature during the 1700s in a Tracking and Woods Lore Workshop at Twin Falls Resort State Park, Jan. 16-18.
Hatchery production 'above average,' DNR says
West Virginia's state-owned fish hatcheries didn't grow as many walleye or hybrid striped bass last year, but production of other popular game fish compensated for the shortfall.
No sweat
Poor big game harvests didn't faze W.Va. DNR wildlife chief
West Virginia's hunters killed fewer turkeys and deer this year than they did last year, but that doesn't worry the state's top wildlife official.
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