Virginia hunter accused of illegally killing '1 in a million' buck
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The shooting of the deer came to light when a hunter posted on social media with claims that he killed the white-tailed buck.
Charges are pending against a hunter after the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources determined that a well-known neighborhood deer was killed illegally in Richmond. The shooting of the deer came to light earlier this month when a hunter posted on social media with claims that he killed the 29-point white-tailed buck in Prince Edward County.
Others recognized the buck in the photos, due to its large, unusual antlers, and accused the initial hunter of lying about the animal's demise.
"The primary suspect sent photos of himself with the nontypical 29-point buck to a Facebook page, claiming to have killed the buck in Prince Edward County, Virginia, with a muzzleloader,"
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources Law Enforcement Division Major Ryan Shuler wrote in an email. "Members of the hunting and wildlife viewing communities alerted DWR Law Enforcement that they recognized the buck pictured as one that frequented the Hollywood Cemetery in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, expressing concern that the buck had been killed illegally."
Bill Draper
