I found this on dgif's website hope it helps with your EAB?'s

Earn A Buck (EAB) Questions and Answers

 •What is EAB? ◦EAB is designed to increase the antlerless (a doe or button buck) deer kill.

•When and where will EAB be in effect? ◦EAB is mandatory on private lands during all open deer seasons (archery, muzzleloading, and firearms) in Bedford, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Franklin, Frederick, Loudoun, Patrick, Prince William, Roanoke, Shenandoah, and Warren counties and in the City of Winchester.

•Will deer hunters have to kill an antlerless deer first under EAB? ◦No, the first deer can be an antlered buck or an antlerless deer (a doe or button buck).

 •How will EAB work? ◦Hunters hunting on private lands in EAB counties will be required to shoot at least one antlerless deer (a doe or a button buck) before they can kill their second antlered buck of the deer season. East of the Blue Ridge, they will be required to kill a second antlerless deer on private land in an EAB county before they can kill their third antlered buck of the season.

 •What if I hunt deer in one of the EAB counties and in other counties in Virginia? ◦EAB will still apply. Antlered bucks taken anywhere in the state count against the EAB antlered buck requirement, but only antlerless deer taken on private lands in the 13 designated EAB counties count toward the EAB antlerless deer requirement.

 •Why require EAB? ◦The Department's Deer Management Plan calls for deer populations to be reduced in all these counties, and traditional liberal deer regulations have not effectively achieved that objective. In fact, deer populations in several of these counties have increased. EAB has been demonstrated in several other states to be an effective management tool to control and reduce deer numbers.

 •Can a deer hunter shoot an antlerless deer first and be "pre-qualified" to kill two bucks? ◦Yes.

•Can antlerless deer "carry over" from year to year? ◦No.

•What should I do if I have additional EAB questions? ◦Email Matt Knox at [email protected] gov.

The thing about  va is that just about every county is different and you have to look at the regs for the county you will be hunting in. For example I will be hunting in Faquier (to start with) and the Either sex deer days are Nov. 13-Jan. 1 (full season) and the EAB applies. Then there are exceptions for Nov. 13-27 for  C.F. Phelps WMA and National forest lands in Frederick County. The way I am reading the regs is that as long as the first kill is a doe or button buck than I will be good for a nice buck. But you still can have 3 qualified bucks and 3 qualified antlerless deer. Anlerless is either a button buck or a Doe or a buck that has shed his antlers.  I hope this helps and doesn't tell you anything you already know.