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Gallery: Hunters turn out for buck season

Steve Keffer tags his deer after checked in at Justin's Hunting, Fishing and Marine on Hughes Branch Road in the rain Monday morning. Monday was the first day of deer hunting gun season in West Virginia.

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November 24, 2008 @ 02:28 PM

West Virginia buck season began today, Nov. 24, and runs through Dec. 6 with more than 320,000 licensed hunters hitting the West Virginia woods this season and pumping an estimated $233 million into the economy of the Mountain State.

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Steve Keffer tags his deer after checked in at Justin's Hunting, Fishing and Marine on Hughes Branch Road in the rain Monday morning. Monday was the first day of deer hunting gun season in West Virginia.

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Donald Rees, left, and his father Larry Rees tag the deer they checked in at Justin's Hunting, Fishing and Marine on Hughes Branch Road Monday morning. Monday was the first day of deer hunting gun season in West Virginia.

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Roger Jenkins of Barboursville prepares to tag the deer he checked in at Justin's Hunting, Fishing and Marine on Hughes Branch Road in the rain Monday morning. Monday was the first day of deer hunting gun season in West Virginia.

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Johnny Adkins tags his deer after checked in at Justin's Hunting, Fishing and Marine on Hughes Branch Road in the rain Monday morning. Monday was the first day of deer hunting gun season in West Virginia.

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Vic Campbell traveled back from Florida for the first day of deer hunting gun season. Campbell checked in his deer at Justin's Hunting, Fishing and Marine on Hughes Branch Road on Monday morning.

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Monday was the first day of deer hunting gun season in West Virginia.

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Rick Shank, right, of Barboursville was the first hunter to check in with Justin Blankenship, owner of Justin's Hunting, Fishing and Marine on Hughes Branch Road Monday morning. Monday was the first day of deer hunting gun season in West Virginia.

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Scotty Adkins prepares to tag the deer he checked in at Justin's Hunting, Fishing and Marine on Hughes Branch Road in the rain Monday morning. Monday was the first day of deer hunting gun season in West Virginia.

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Roger Jenkins of Barboursville tags the deer he checked in at Justin's Hunting, Fishing and Marine on Hughes Branch Road in the rain Monday morning. Monday was the first day of deer hunting gun season in West Virginia.

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Larry Rees tags the deer he checked in at Justin's Hunting, Fishing and Marine on Hughes Branch Road Monday morning. Monday was the first day of deer hunting gun season in West Virginia.

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Rick Shank, right, of Barboursville was the first hunter to check in with Justin Blankenship, owner of Justin's Hunting, Fishing and Marine on Hughes Branch Road Monday morning. Monday was the first day of deer hunting gun season in West Virginia.

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