Considering that Virginia hunters kill more than 200,000 whitetails every year, you know there's going to be some weird stuff in there.
Like this deer, killed by David Sowers in Floyd County on Nov. 28.
It's a doe, but carries a nice set of 10-point antlers.
Antlered females are rare, but not unheard of out there. I'm sure this wasn't the only one killed in Virginia this season.
While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.
Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.
After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.
