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Deer
harvest
Jack V. Gwynn, Game Research Biologist Supervisor for the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, has compiled the deer harvest totals for the recently completed 1975-76 hunting season. With the exception of a relatively small number of tags yet to be received and counted, the figure represents very nearly the final total for the season.
Gwynn stated that preliminary analysis indicated that the decline in the number of deer which were killed east of the Blue Ridge was in those counties having “either sex” deer regulations for the last six days and that the weather, which was rainy and cold during that period, decreased hunte pressure and hunter success. “This resulted in a drop of about 10% in counties east of the Blue Ridge,” Gwynn said.
Total deer harvest for the Commonwealth, however, was up over the previous season and a new state record has been reached. During the 1975-76 hunting season, a total of 63,243 deer were harvested. This is in comparison to the 61,989 which were taken by sportsmen in the 1974-75 season and the 60,798 killed in the 1973-74 season. In the 1972-73 season 48,775 deer were taken. The new record high represents a 9.8% increase over the previous season and a 39% increase in comparison to the 197273 season.
Success figures for the Archery deer season were also released by Gwynn. These numbers are included in the over-all total listed above. Statewide a total of 709 deer were taken by bow and arrow. This compares with 708 taken during the previous season. East of the Blue Ridge 320 deer were taken this season and west
96.6%