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Record Year
For Deer
Jack W. Raybourne, Chief of the Commission’s Game Division has announced the totals of the recently concluded deer hunting season. Raybourne stated that, “this has been a record harvest with a total of 71,952 deer killed compared to the total for the 1977-78 season, which was 67,059.” Raybourne said also that, “the eastern kill was 51,008 for an increase of 1,911 over last year. The western kill was 20,944 compared to 17,962 for the 1977-78 season."
Sixty-eight counties recorded higher numbers of deer harvested, 29 were lower and one county remained the same. The counties recording the highest number of animals harvested were: Southampton 3,093; Buckingham 2,082; Rockingham 2,024; Amelia 2,001; Bath 1,973; Caroline 1,932 and Powhatan with 1,866.
89.4%