VIRGINIA

http://www.dgif.state.va.us/hunting/harvest.html

This website provides county-by-county harvest reports for bear, deer, and turkey for the past three years.

For the 1999-2000 hunting season, there were 906 black bear and 188,757 deer harvested statewide. Bear harvests decreased slightly west of the Blue Ridge and increased east of the mountains from the previous year.

It is believed that a statewide black bear population now reaches between 3,500 and 4,500, and the deer population is about 1,000,000. (The 1607 population is estimated to have been about 500,000.)

The following are the total number of Virginia raw fur pelts purchased from hunters and trappers by licensed fur dealers during the 1964/65 - 1999/2000 fur harvest seasons. For bobcat, coyote, gray fox, red fox, otter and raccoon, statistics for the seasons since 1993-94 are based on hunter surveys.

SEASON	bEAVER	BOBCAT	COYOTE	GRAY FOX	RED FOX	MINK	MUSKRAT	NUTRIA	OPOSSUM	RIVER OTTER	RACCOON	STRIPED SKUNK	wEASEL	TOTAL PELTS
1964-65	6691	98		2017		5832	287982	1220	8635	1800	42438	3853	279	360845
1965-66	3416	135		3189		3815	215000	320	8516	1250	32125	3538	304	271608
1966-67	6289	117		3412		3716	184807		7369	1406	44321	4129	248	255814
1967-68	2948	178		1649	1023	2437	120471	4	7247	559	19160	2092	152	157920
1968-69	4603	47		2904	1401	3421	209818	850	6951	807	31787	1827	87	264503
1969-70	3702	90		2456	1368	2597	177844	7	6806	741	28094	1674	113	225492
1970-71	2618	59		1758	1102	1899	128991	3337	7468	890	22181	547	45	170895
1971-72	4883	82		2640	1687	2146	146905		5885	648	28877	249	62	194064
1972-73	6254	255		4627	4101	3685	200543		13178	642	46428	1236	242	281191
1973-74	4307	232		7352	2771	2883	163678		21760	602	39019	2789	260	245653
1974-75	4457	370		9076	3077	3965	172118		34789	661	50699	2704	224	282140
1975-76	4490	451		11479	3734	5072	191206	4848	25034	594	70418	2138	138	319602
1976-77	3959	965		9688	4164	3417	145177	2137	22802	550	54671	2380	128	250038
1977-78	3713	237		11572	4991	2787	141921	737	18161	815	63472	1677	103	250186
1978-79	4891	397		13820	6244	2488	141409		21832	784	75014	1886	141	268906
1979-80	8970	311		16864	7782	3890	167803	776	35483	947	87678	2377	134	333015
1980-81	11154	429		26063	11038	5835	213349	1229	40261	1192	118950	3221	239	432960
1981-82	7147	314		15193	8854	3053	110809	93	18274	757	85657	996	65	251212
1982-83	3081	339		16901	9136	2480	82038		18841	419	85987	550	100	219872
1983-84	4182	223		13701	7319	2604	95037		10852	649	141,477	84	16	209630
1984-85	3560	184		14630	9527	2333	98312		9854	610	113,011	70	16	208167
1985-86	6904	296		12945	6470	2208	71634		7308	709	62260	40	6	170780
1986-87	6192	277		10850	6459	2238	64579	19	8761	733	69678	5	9	169800
1987-88	4728	263		13081	5319	1646	63464	1706	5714	785	65065	54	12	161837
1988-89	DATA MISSING
1989-90	1798	44		1783	913	400	13080		680	182	9125	17	0	28022
1990-91	2222	16		871	971	391	15734		385	140	4256	1	0	24987
1991-92	3887	46		2090	1376	647	21961		1369	436	5254	2	0	37068
1992-93	1677	41		1517	812	382	10380	55	619	267	4918	3	0	20671
1993-94	1522	2,944	1,295	13,421	11,890	331	14832		396	363	177,087	16		224,097
1994-95	5340	2,410	2,096	16,554	17,497	531	21353	17	1352	845	128,139	58	2	196,194
1995-96	2700	3,387	3,493	14,389	22,227	274	7010	24	727	445	124,893	75	0	179,644
1996-97	9418	2,713	2,009	21,501	19,190	868	23925	22	2375	1162	140.560	74	3	223,820
1997-98	5811	4,872	3,739	30,816	24,359	534	19926	28	1362	821	136,748	96	2	229,114
1998-99	1578	4,004	6,277	28,461	17,315	182	3598		402	711	96,421	9	0	158,434
1999-00	3470	3,050	3,304	14,107	15,632	219	9673	28	111	633	83,369	26	0	133,511