Ft. Belvoir Hunting Program Harvest Data 

Kevin WalterNatural Resource Specialist

Ft. Belvoir‐ Conservation BranchSeptember 11, 2019

Total Harvest

124105

87 79

4964 61 67 68

43 52 55 4734 25

3726 30 34

2233

126

95

9282

50

8271

9977

4654

59 66

19 4244

43 3541

23

34

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# Harvested

YEAR

Series3

Series1

Harvest by Area 1998‐ Present

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W4

EPG R2 T8 W3

T16

T6B

W1 T4 T17

H15 H4 T10 F4

R2B F1 T6C

W6 H1 H13 F3 T7 T9 H2 R2A

W7 H5 W5 H6 T1

H14 F2 N1

T9A

T15B

T15A

Unk

nown

H15A R1 H3 N2 R3 T6 T3 RR

Total

Total

Deer Harvest by Area 2014‐2019

Area

Total Deer (Bucks and 

Does) Area Bucks Area

TrophyBucks 

(7+ Points)

R2B 30 R2B 11 R2B 5

W4 29 H15/W4 9H15/T4/T6C 4

T8 19 T4/N1 7F3/T10/T7/W4 3

H15 18 F4/H5 5

F4/W3/H14/H5/N1/N2 2

T6B 17

*Areas in RED are QDM areas.

Buck Harvest QDM vs Non‐QDM2014‐2019

Bucks QDM Bucks NonQDM

T4 9 R2B 13

T6B 5 H15 12

T6C 5 W4 9

T8 5 F4 8

T7 4 N1 7

F1 3 H5 6

T10 3 F3 5

W1 3 H14 5

W3 3 R2A/H1/H4 4

Top Trophy Buck Areas 2014‐2019(7+ points or better)

QDM Trophies NonQDM Trophies

T4 6 R2B 7

T6C 5 F4 4

T8 4 H15 4

T10 3 F3/W4/N2 3

T6B 3H14/H1/H5/

N1 2

Daily Buck Harvest 1998‐present

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1‐Sep

5‐Sep

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25‐Sep

29‐Sep

3‐Oct

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19‐Oct

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27‐Oct

31‐Oct

4‐Nov

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2‐De

c6‐De

c10

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30‐Dec

3‐Jan

7‐Jan

11‐Jan

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31‐Jan

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28‐Feb

4‐Mar

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12‐M

ar16

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20‐M

ar24

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28‐M

ar

Total

Nov 10

Top Harvest Days 2014‐2019Highest Total Daily 

Buck HarvestDay #

Nov 11 10Nov 10 9Nov 12 6Nov 3 6

Highest Total Daily Deer HarvestDay #

Nov 10/11 13Oct 10/ Nov 12 10Oct 31/ Nov 3 9Oct 6/  Nov 14 8

When should I hunt?

When is the rut?When should I take

vacation?

Highest Total DailyTrophy Harvest

(7+ points)

Nov 11 7

Nov 3,10

6

Nov 2 4

Population Estimate 1987‐2019

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# of Dee

r

YEAR

Population Estimate

Mast Survey‐ Virginia

Percent of crown with acorns

VA average

Ft. Belvoir

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90.0

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2019

Red Oak Group

Percent of crown with acorns

VA average

Ft. Belvoir

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

White Oak Group

What’s happening at Ft Belvoir?Timber Stand Improvement – W5

Pine Thinnings – T8

Pine Thinnings – T‐10 and W‐1

Questions??????