Bigg~BirddVA

Got the totals from the guy in Richmond. 2006 totals not shows are 48,770 total other archery and xbow 20,081. About the same as 2005. Interesting to see some non-resident xbow numbers in there.
I did not get the "sky fell" chart.

awshucks

Looks to me like you picked up 10,000 archers in 10 yrs. win win win

Hotburn76

Those must have just been tags sold and not actual harvest. Here is a copy and paste from the site on harvest data with the link at the bottom to the actual site. If you notice it looks like the ambush of all the new CB guys did alot of damage... 3% WOW!! Also if your data is tags sold and then you compare that data to the number of deer taken also proves that the CB is a not a easy to use deadly weapon! All facts already established by OH and AR but its nice to see a new state with the same info.

2006-2007 Deer Kill Summary
During the past deer season, 223,198 deer were reported killed by hunters in Virginia. This total included 106,595 antlered bucks, 19,652 button bucks, and 96,951 does (43.4%). This represents a 4% increase from the 215,082 deer reported killed last year. It is also 7% higher than the last 10 year average of 208,300.
Across the state, deer kill levels were stable in the Northern Mountains, down 5% in the Northern Piedmont, up 6% in the Southern Mountains, up 11% in the Southern Piedmont, and up 6% in Tidewater.
Archers, not including crossbow hunters, killed 17,100 deer. The bow kill was down about 2% from the 17,368 deer taken by archers last year. The bow kill comprised 8% of the total deer kill.
Crossbows, which were legal for all deer hunters for the first time in fall 2005, resulted in a deer kill of 7,051 deer or 3% of the total deer kill. The crossbow kill was up 28% from the 5,505 reported last year.
Muzzleloader hunters killed 52,216 deer. The muzzleloader kill was up 6% from the 49,445 deer taken by muzzleloader hunters last year. Muzzleloading comprised 23% of the total deer kill.
Nearly 124,000 deer (~56%) were checked using the Department's telephone checking system. This was up from 44% in 2004 and 51% in 2005.
White-tailed deer management in Virginia is based on the fact that herd density and health are best controlled by regulating antlerless deer kill levels and female deer kill numbers have been at record levels for the past four consecutive years.
Deer management objectives and regulations are set on a county basis, and regulations are evaluated and amended every other year on odd years. Over the vast majority of the Commonwealth of Virginia, current deer management objectives call for the deer herd(s) to be stabilized at their early to mid 1990's deer kill levels and appear to be working fairly well over most of the state.

The Link...
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/deer/harvestsummary.asp

Bigg~BirddVA

The data is licenses sold. Yep the xbows are slaying the deer @ 3%. Do the math on success rates and there is less than 1% difference in xbow vs other archery. Do the words "much ado over nothing" come to mind?

Hotburn76

Here is Tennessee's Data. Go to page 23 for the weapons harvest data. Wow another massive harvest, 3.2%!


http://www.state.tn.us/twra/biggameharvest06.pdf

Dougk

Xbows are never delerious to other forms of bowhunting..my experience has been a lot, or a number of bowhunters will simply addthe xbow to their other archery equipment for an enhanced outdoor experience.


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Bigg~BirddVA

.2% more than us? You're going to take them all out and no one will ever see a deer! LOL

Amazing all the moaning and groaning over 3%.