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State Deer
Kill Down
The statewide deer harvest was down slightly from the previous year as was predicted by Commission Game Biologists.
Main reason for the drop, which was confined to those areas east of the Blue Ridge, was a string of bad-weather days at the tail end of the season. This was especially true on the very last day. January 5. 1980, when the weather was so dismal that only a few hardy souls were afield.
The total legal deer harvest for the 1979 season statewide was 69,926 which was only 2.619 less than the 1978 total of 72.545. The total deer kill for 1977 season was 67,059 and the three-year harvest average for 1977-78-79 was 69.843.
The three counties registering the highest deer kill were Southampton with 3.252; Rockingham—2,006 and Bath with 1,987. Fairfax County tallied the lowest with 42. Russell County recorded 55 and Greene County claimed a total of 58. In all. 48,783 deer were killed east of the Blue Ridge. West of the Blue Ridge the total was 21.143.
Preliminary figures for the Fall turkey harvest indicate that a total of 9.116 birds were killed statewide. Total harvest east of the Blue Ridge was 5,291 with 3,825 recorded west of the Ridge. The Spring Gobbler Season will open one half hour before sunrise each day beginning April 12. 1980 and close each day at 11 a.m. through May 10. 1980.
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