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1963 record. Does made up 409., of the 1963 harvest but only 16% of this years. /

Most of the increase came from eastern counties, many of which had doe shooting for the first time since 1964. The limited doe shooting ranged from the last day to the last two weeks. The kill in counties which went from bucks only to limited doe shooting averaged about 200 more with the increase split about 50-50 between does and bucks. The antlered buck kill was higher in most eastern counties this year indicating a generally higher population.

Southampton county was tops in the state as usual with a whopping total of 2,153 deer. Bath county ranked second with a kill of 1,861 followed closely by Rockingham with 1,593. Other counties where over 1,000 were taken include Augusta with 1,216, Buckingham with 1,324, Caroline with 1,325 and Sussex with 1,280.

92.4%