Virginia’s new earn-a-buck regulation is designed to keep the deer herd in better balance by forcing hunters to kill more does, but what it likely will do is result in ...

The remaining 73%, or 9,847, were antlerless deer, a category that includes does (8,127) and button bucks (1,445). Hunters tagged 172 bucks with shed antlers and 103 bucks with antlers shorter ...

Of the 10,071 deer harvested, 2,765 were antlered bucks, 1,072 were button bucks, and 6,234 were does. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 223 deer harvested, Pike with 209, and Macon with 207.

The remaining 73%, or 9,847, were antlerless deer, a category that includes does (8,127) and button bucks (1,445). Hunters tagged 172 bucks with shed antlers and 103 bucks with antlers shorter ...