{Charleston, West Virginia}...West Virginia hunters headed into the woods early Monday morning as the gun-buck season, which runs from dawn November 21st to dusk December 3rd, began. West Virginia has more than 300,000 licensed hunters ready to bag a buck. Hunters spend an estimated $285 million in West Virginia, much of it in the rural areas of the state that depend upon the deer seasons for a large portion of their annual income. At Gander Mountain in Charleston, hunters were out in full force. Hunters are required to wear at least 400-square inches of blaze orange as an outer garment for visibility and safety.
