not sure where you live in VA, however i do know that fauquire county had a bad run of hemorrhagic fever that has been doing some work on the deer population. Thats been going on since spring time and wont be totally eradicated until the first frost. I live in fairfax county where you cant swing a dead cat without hitting a deer, but my brother lives in fauquire and we have seen numerous dead deer who otherwise look healthy but are just laying there dead.