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%).
Archers, not including crossbow hunters, killed 17,881 deer. The bow kill comprised 7% of the total deer kill.
Crossbows resulted in a deer kill of 9,597 deer or 4% of the total deer kill.

Windwalker:
Theres a few #'s for ya from last year,,,most importantly,,,the last sentence,,,im not trying to prove anything to you or anyone else,,,like i've said before,,,im not a x-bow user,,,but i see nothing anywhere that makes me believe that x-bows are the end all to your traditional hunting opportunities.

You should be allowed to hunt with your AK as far as im concerned,,as a matter of fact if i can find one that will shoot the way i demand a rifle to shoot,,,,im gonna buy it and next year i will be burnin up some doe tags with it here in Va.