Hunting & Fishing
Pursuing excellence
Beagle competitions energize Hurricane retiree
Photo By: John McCoy
HURRICANE - The cure for Sid Taylor's post-retirement funk had a cold nose and big, floppy ears.
In less than a year and a half of field-trial competition, Sid Taylor and beagles Annie (left) and Bo have earned 73 trophies, including a second-place finish at the American Rabbit Hound Association’s World Hunt.
Disease rate rises in Hampshire deer
West Virginia wildlife officials say they "weren't surprised" when a recent sampling of Hampshire County deer turned up almost as many cases of chronic wasting disease as the combined samples of the previous three years.
Bears in the crosshairs
Season's aim is to reduce population
Early this fall, hunters will spearhead the first serious effort in more than 40 years to reduce West Virginia's black-bear population.
What an introduction!
Pinch youth's first gobbler is true trophy
Even if he lives to be 100, Justin Harding knows he might never kill another turkey as large as the one he killed last weekend.
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