MORGANTOWN – The 16th season of Morgantown’s Urban Archery Hunt opens Saturday. Program organizer Rick Bebout recently told Morgantown City Council that 94 hunters will participate utilizing predetermined hunting sites on 42 properties citywide made up of a combination of public and ...
MORGANTOWN – 15 years. 15,000 pounds of donated meat. 0 safety incidents. For organizer Rick Bebout, those numbers tell the tale of the Morgantown Urban Archery Deer Hunt, and support his claim that it’s “the best volunteer-based program the city has.” This year’s hunt, ...
MORGANTOWN -- For the second consecutive year, a record number of deer were harvested during Morgantown’s annual urban archery hunt. The 134-day 2024-’25 season concluded Jan. 31 with a total of 143 deer killed. That number includes 32 antlered bucks and 111 antlerless deer. The ...
WESTOVER -- An uncharacteristically large crowd was on hand Monday evening as Westover City Council passed on first reading an ordinance authorizing an urban archery deer hunt. The vote went 6-1 with Randy Barnett voting in opposition. If adopted, the new code section, ...
WESTOVER -- Archery deer hunting could commence in Westover city limits as early as this fall. When it meets Aug. 5, Westover City Council will consider the creation of an urban archery hunt similar to the annual hunt held in Morgantown each year since 2011. Rick Bebout has ...
MORGANTOWN -- Safe and successful. That’s how Morgantown Urban Archery Hunt organizer Rick Bebout described the hunt’s 13th season, which concluded Jan. 31. It was also a record breaker. The 137-day season ended with a total harvest of 142 deer, including 29 ...