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Rappahannock’s 31 bears tiefl them for fifth place among Virginig counties. Other top bear counties! Rockingham (58), Page (49) and AiE gusta (37). Madison and Shenandoafi counties also reported 31 bears. J
Some hunting numbers from neighboring counties: Z
• Hunters in Fauquier were cretfc ited with killing 3,930 deer, up from 3,550 last year. Fauquier huntens were also credited with 60 turkey!, compared to 69 a year ago. No beai$ were reported to have been killed ip Fauquier County. »
• Culpeper County reportejj 1,650 deer, 78 turkeys and one bear;
• Prince William County reported 1,014 deer — down from last yearS 1,139 — and 37 turkeys. ;
Figures for other neighboring counties were not immediately avaiK able from game department officiate in Richmond. J
Nearly 40 percent of thfc statewide kills were does. The de<$total includes 17,646 killed by bow hunters and 12,115 killed by blactepowder muzzleloading guns. Botfi figures were up from last season. I
Last season’s hunting statistic are being made public even as the game department is starting tl» process of revising state regulation^ for the 1993-94 and 1994-95 hunting seasons. ■
A regional meeting for this area was held Feb. 1 in Vienna and ws& poorly attended. Another publj hearing is scheduled for Jan. 18 7:30 p.m. at the Natonal Wildlife Federation Building in Vienna. I
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