| SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The 2015 West Virginia buck firearms season begins Monday, Nov. 23, and runs through Saturday, Dec. 5.
This is the state's most popular hunting season and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is encouraging hunters to obtain their DNR identification number (DNR ID#) before the season begins so they will be ready to use the new electronic game checking system to check in their animals.
Hunters must use the new electronic game checking system for reporting their harvested animals. Using their DNR ID#, hunters may check their game by calling 1-844-wvcheck, by smartphone or computer at  wvhunt.com, or by going to a license agent.
Hunters without a DNR ID# may visit www.wvhunt.com or any license agent to get their number. Annual license buyers will find their DNR ID# in the upper left corner of their license.
Lifetime license holders have already been assigned a number. They can visit www.wvhunt.com and log on with their social security number and date of birth to verify their information and get their number.
If they are unable to log on, they should call the DNR headquarters at 304-558-2758 for assistance. If they try to enroll as a new customer, it will give them a second DNR ID# which will cause problems when they try to check in their game.
Hunters not required to purchase a license (landowners and youth, for example) may obtain their DNR ID# by visiting www.wvhunt.com or a license agent.
Not only is the system more convenient for hunters, but it also makes important information available more quickly to DNR staff, who use it to make better wildlife management decisions and to better enforce the state's hunting laws.
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