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Deer kill
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A TOTAL or 48,764 deer bagged in Virginia accord- - ing.to Game Commission’s initial tallies sets a new record for the state exceeding last year’s total by some 6,000, reports Game,. Division Chief Dick Cross.
Southampton County led the state with 2,711 animals reported, while Rockingham led the Western Counties and ranked second in the state with 1,902.
Many Piedmont Counties jumped over the 1,000 mark for the first time, most notably Fluvanna County, where 1,531 were tagged; Amelia with 1,223;- Cumberland with 1,221; Powhatan with 1,044 and Chesterfield with 1,003.
Buckingham continued to rank as a top deer county with 1,784 as did Bath County in the West with 1, 685. The total deer kill was some 3,000 above biologist’s estimates for the season.
Growing herds, coupled with a year of scarce mast, which forced deer to forage in open Helds where they were more vulnerable, was credited with the dramatic increase in kill. The doe take stayed below the critical 35% mark in nearly all Virginia counties end was below 25% in most.
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