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Deer Kill Data

The cornerstone of Virginia’s deer management program is the big game harvest reporting system, which allows the Department to effectively monitor the annual deer kill on a county basis. By law, each successful deer hunter is required to report every deer killed. Information regarding the animal’s sex, date of kill, weapon, and county of kill is recorded. Results of the annual deer kill are typically available about one month after the close of the season. In contrast to many states that estimate their annual deer kill, Virginia’s deer kill figures represent an actual known minimum count. The harvest reporting system provides deer kill figures that the public understands and has confidence in.

Note: Deer kill data for the current year is preliminary and does not include deer killed during the late urban archery or special late antlerless only deer seasons.

County/CityYearAntlered MalesMale FawnsFemales% FemaleUndefinedTotal Harvest
Fauquier20231911236210749.5%04254
Fauquier20221835274248754.1%04596
Fauquier20211832229220751.7%04268
Fauquier20202240293264251.1%05175
Fauquier20192200329290753.5%05436
Fauquier20181986305245351.7%04744
Fauquier20171893311237251.8%04576
Fauquier20162128290197344.9%04391
Fauquier20152343310212744.5%04780
Fauquier20142092304218247.6%24580
Fauquier20132510486280848.4%35807
Fauquier20121951422290055%05273
Fauquier20111884555294754.7%35389
Fauquier20101918489311656.4%05523
Fauquier20092046605366658%06317
Fauquier20082520698444558%07663
Fauquier20072569713338850.8%06670
Fauquier20062620662318249.2%06464
Fauquier20052761794379451.6%07349
Fauquier20042737732342249.7%06891
Fauquier20033224954379147.2%658034
Fauquier20022709680257042.5%866045
Fauquier20012692561220939.6%1165578
Fauquier20002120522205543.1%774774
Fauquier19992402569204940.4%585078
Fauquier19981989591177040.1%614411
Fauquier19971994498183041.9%514373
Fauquier19962178628206142%394906
Fauquier19952073611221344.8%434940
Fauquier19942038642212643.9%384844
Fauquier199324910202244.4%424555
Fauquier199224340149238%43930
Fauquier199121050142840.2%173550
Fauquier199020780113835%343250
Fauquier198916490105339%02702
Fauquier19881371085538.4%02226
Fauquier19871334063932.4%01973
Fauquier19861339062331.8%01962
Fauquier19851212058932.7%01801
Fauquier1984970057337.1%01543
Fauquier1983879050536.5%01384
Fauquier19821009061738%01626
Fauquier19811070037025.7%01440
Fauquier1980947044532%01392
Fauquier1979783030928.3%01092
Fauquier1978798019319.5%0991
Fauquier1977698025326.6%0951
Fauquier1976617017422%0791
Fauquier197551009515.7%0605
Fauquier1974548014821.3%0696
Fauquier1973477013922.6%0616
Fauquier1972440012622.3%0566
Fauquier197137807216%0450
Fauquier197032407919.6%0403
Fauquier196930806517.4%0373
Fauquier196825207222.2%0324
Fauquier196717702612.8%0203
Fauquier196616702111.2%0188
Fauquier196514602916.6%0175
Fauquier196416205224.3%0214
Fauquier1963214014139.7%0355
Fauquier1962180014244.1%0322
Fauquier1961178013543.1%0313
Fauquier1960183011137.8%0294
Fauquier1959138012046.5%0258
Fauquier195815709838.4%0255
Fauquier195792000%092
Fauquier195651000%051
Fauquier195558000%058
Fauquier195423000%023
Fauquier195316000%016
Fauquier19520000%00
Fauquier19510000%00
Fauquier19500000%00
Fauquier19490000%00
Fauquier19480000%00
Fauquier19470000%00