In select counties, including mine, you must kill an antlerless deer before you take a second buck. Applies across weapons choice, so since I took a buck with my crossbow a couple of weeks ago, I have to shoot a baldie before another buck with a rifle, ML, or crossbow. Three bucks max per season, again across weapons choice. If you hunt the Mountaineer Heritage season in January, the three buck limit from the fall seasons carries over, even though you’re on a new license (unless you have a lifetime geezer license like me).
In neighboring Clarke County, VA, you have to kill two baldies if you hunt private land. Both my son and grandson are doe hunters for the present, even if Big Hank shows. He showed like that for me in 2016, dang him!
No biggie for me. Big ones are rare on public land here. A doe will fill my freezer and free me to look for a decent buck without any meat “pressure”, or to chase some small game.
Gotcha. Man, that would drive me crazy.
