Bear Truth: The Answers in the Oak: ; Dnr Confirms Correlation Between Mast, Kill Rates

Sunday Gazette-Mail › August 31, 2009

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If you want to figure out how West Virginia's bear hunters will do this fall, go looking for oak trees.

Go ahead. They're not hard to find. And when you find some, check closely to see if they have acorns. Believe it or not, the absence or presence of those distinctively shaped nuts helps determine the outcome of the hunting season.

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Bear Truth: The Answers in the Oak: ; Dnr Confirms Correlation Between Mast, Kill Rates

"An abundance of [nuts and other wild foods] leads to increased gun kills," explained Chris Ryan, bear biologist for the state Division of Natural Re...

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