ORIGINAL: bluebird2
Virginia has 224K hunters and here are the harvest stats.
Virginia 2008-2009 Deer Kill Summary
During the past deer season 253,678 deer were reported killed by hunters in Virginia. This total included 111,863 antlered bucks, 22,291 button bucks, and 119,524 does (47.3%). This represents a 4% increase from the 242,792 deer reported killed last year. It is also 16% higher than the last 10 year average of 212,780. Across the state, deer kill levels were up in all regions including in the Northern Mountains (2%), Northern Piedmont (3%), Southern Mountains (1%), Southern Piedmont (4%), and Tidewater (8%).
Now that's what I call good deer hunting.
Now RSB will probably tell you that only translates to 5.93 Deer/Square Mile, compared to PA's 7.49 Deer/Square Mile.
The big BUT, is that if one happens to apply the PGC's "Reporting Rate Fudge Factor", VA's harvest (which is an actual reported rate) would actually translate into 9.48 Deer/Square Mile.
