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state contest was this weekend,here are the top 3 in the unlimited point class in va for the 2011 season. 1st place 2nd 3rd
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I wonder where in VA they were shot. Though not that big, I have seen monsters eating my bushes around the house and chasing does here in NOVA.
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1st place surry county 2nd place wise county 3 rd isle of wright county
yes,there are some huge deer in nova. i have a friend thatkilled a 15 pt last he never entered that i bleive woulda been close to winning. it was killed in nelson county.
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1st place surry county 2nd place wise county 3 rd isle of wright county
yes,there are some huge deer in nova. i have a friend thatkilled a 15 pt last he never entered that i bleive woulda been close to winning. it was killed in nelson county. If you consider Nelson County NOVA...I have to wonder where you are. Nelson is slightly west of bulls-eye in the state...you down in the southwest tip srwshooter?
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Deer on the far right will score high! powdr
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nelson is not northern va. you said nova,i said nelson. i'm directly across the mountian from nelson county. i'm 1 mile from the shenandoah national park 10 miles north of waynesboro.
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Deer on the far right will score high! powdr far right score the least of the 3. width hurts it on va scoring
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Nice bucks especially for Virginia, I live in Wise county and had heard of this buck as it is exceedingly rare for a buck of this size to be killed in these parts but thats the first time I got to actually see that monster...............Hb
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1st place surry county 2nd place wise county 3 rd isle of wright county
yes,there are some huge deer in nova. i have a friend thatkilled a 15 pt last he never entered that i bleive woulda been close to winning. it was killed in nelson county. Great looking bucks! Do you know what their scores were?
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va score only,not b&c
279 1/16 1st 267 2nd 237 11/16 3rd
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Things seem to be improving in Va-big buck wise. It is interesting one of the top 3 came out of Wise Co.
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At one time in the late 80's or early 90's the Virginia state record buck was from Wise Co. Very few deer in this area but lots of remote habitat where a whitetail can grow old.................Hb
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some of the counties where the deer herd dropped back in the late 90's have been producing bigger bucks due to less hunting pressure. bath and highland are 2 near me that have seen a increase in bigger bucks being takin,not as many but a few real nice deer. inhighland you can find srape and horn lines that go faor miles . i guess bucks are having to travel farther to breed does with the population being down. the odds of killing that buck are slim.
there are also lots of bucks near or better than these 3 being killed that never go to the big game show. for a hunter that lives on the south eastern shore in va this year would have to travel 3-4 hrs one way just to enter his deer in the contest . plus you have to leave them at the show the whole weekend,that means 2 days in a motel.
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some of the counties where the deer herd dropped back in the late 90's have been producing bigger bucks due to less hunting pressure. bath and highland are 2 near me that have seen a increase in bigger bucks being takin,not as many but a few real nice deer. inhighland you can find srape and horn lines that go faor miles . i guess bucks are having to travel farther to breed does with the population being down. the odds of killing that buck are slim.
there are also lots of bucks near or better than these 3 being killed that never go to the big game show. for a hunter that lives on the south eastern shore in va this year would have to travel 3-4 hrs one way just to enter his deer in the contest . plus you have to leave them at the show the whole weekend,that means 2 days in a motel. Awesome bucks for sure, but I'm not too sure there were "lots" of bucks killed like that in VA. After all, the buck that came in first place this year ranks #2 in the state all time....if there were a lot better, I'm sure we'd have heard about it.
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Va. produces some incredible bucks. I've been to the state show a few times and the deer are quite impressive. The Eastern region is held in Franklin, Va. a 4 hour drive from Northern Va. I've had several deer I didn't enter cause it was so far away and it takes an entire weekend. Wish they would at least move it around the state from time to time. 163bc
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