October 5, 2007Like to crunch deer numbers? Check out this database.Last year, hunters in Bedford County reported killing 8,215 whitetails. Amazingly, in 1961 -- just 46 years ago -- the recorded kill in the county was 0. Zip. Zilch. Nada. The next year hunters in Bedford killed only 30 whitetails. I've had single hunts in nearby Botetourt County where I've seen twice as many deer. I'm fascinated by that kind of data, which the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has posted on its Internet site. We recently obtained the database and have posted it in searchable form HERE on our Web site. No matter how you crunch the numbers, it's clear that the glory days of deer hunting in Virginia are now. |
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