Last Native White-Tailed Deer Killed

Last Native White-Tailed Deer Killed

Hunters - Virginia - Shenandoah County

Deer hunting - Virginia - Shenandoah County

Deer - Virginia - Shenandoah County

Photo of a photograph of six unidentified men standing around a dead deer.

This photograph is said to be of the last native white-tailed deer to be killed in Shenandoah County.

Native Whitetail Deer of Virginia were hunted to extinction. The doe pictured, was seen alone, within a half mile of Woodstock town limits sometime in the mid 19-teens. About 150 people from Woodstock went out to hunt the doe as deer had been unseen for years, previously.

The six unidentified men in the photograph were credited with the kill.

This photograph was taken at what was then the livery stable behind Beidler's Furniture Store in Woodstock, Virginia.

Deer were not re-introduced into the area again until 1936 when they were brought down from Pennsylvania.

Morrison Studio

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Shenandoah County Library

1908-1915 per the identifier.

Identified in 2002 by James E. Morrison, Jr. who commented that white-tailed deer were not re-introduced to Virginia again until circa 1936.

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Same subject appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002443 and 003908.

002443

Glass Negative