VA Hunters: Going hunting tomorrow (Fri 10/22) but where?

[ButchA]

I'm taking Friday off (still have 8 days vacation left to use...) and going hunting with my bow. I've been all over Cumberland SF and heavily hunted my "special little spot". I'm wondering about giving the spot a rest and trying another area for something different.

In the new edition of Virginia Game & Fish, on page 21, they have the big deer forecast for 2004. There are more deer per square mile in Powhatan than in Cumberland. There are more deer per square mile in Powhatan than anywhere in the piedmont section! [8D] Last year it says there were 7.01 bucks harvested per square mile in Powhatan alone! Wow.... Cumberland SF isn't even listed on the chart though. [:-]

Virginia's deer counties (deer per square mile) are ranked like this:

1) Loudoun............(10.03)
2) York..................(8.83)
3) Bedford.............(7.11)
4) Powhatan...........(7.01)
5) Clarke...............(6.60)
6) Frederick...........(6.60)
7) Shenandoah.......(6.52)
8) Fauqier..............(6.46)
9) James City.........(6.18)
10) Rappahannock..(5.81)
11) Charles City.....(5.48)
12) New Kent.........(5.35)
13) Prince William...(5.31)
14) Roanoke..........(5.29)
15) Lancaster.........(5.10)
16) Botetourt.........(5.09)
17) King George.....(4.96)
18) Culpeper..........(4.82)
19) Franklin............(4.73)
20) Rockingham......(4.72)

I don't know, I guess I am thinking about the saying, "ya gotta go where the deer are". So, I am thinking of trying Powhatan WMA tomorrow and giving Cumberland SF a rest. When the rut kicks in, I will be out there hard and heavy giving it everything I got!

Anyway, anyone want to go hunting tomorrow? Zing me a PM or call me.

Butch A.

[Allen Denton]

Southhampton used to be on the list evry year and this year everyone is saying they are seeing more deer then ever and Southhampton is not on the list. If the is York County, most of York is Water Works property and a park that hunting is not allowed. It also has the battfields, which you are not allowed to hunt.

[ButchA]

Yeah, I know about York county.... That's all heavily populated and deer are probably a nuisance. But you can't hunt there? Wow.....

Anyway, weather.com has the wind at 6-10mph from the NNE for tomorrow. That ruins my special spot in Cumberland SF.... I mean, a NNE breeze would blow my scent to the field of high grass and briars. [:'(]

I might try the southwest corner of Powhatan WMA and come up in that way. I've been in there before and know of another spot to try.

Butch A.

[Aught Six]

Good luck out there, ButchA. Wish I had a bow, else I'd take a short notice vacation day and be down there in a heartbeat.

[dpv]

good luck. I might be out there Saturday. It's gonna be the first day that I get to hunt the whole day.

David

[jburnett]

Well your probably in the wood right now but I hope you have good luck.

Try some national forest like George Washington or Jefferson. I've seen some trophy bucks come out of those forests. If your willing to hike 2-3 miles in you will get a shot a t one.

I wonder why August County isnt liste. We saw over 20 bucks in one field the other night.

[ButchA]

Thanks....

Powhatan was nice, quiet, peaceful, with an occasional light drizzle. Tree rats were all over the place, but I didn't see any deer. I heard (what I assume) was a buck rubbing a tree, but it was way off in the distance. I made a few doe bleats, but still didn't see the buck.

Butch A.

[Brian LMCO]

I've been hunting on a 50 acre piece of woods in Loudon County and about 10 acres in Fairfax County. I've never seen so many deer. I've seen deer every day but 1 and I usually hunt every day after work. They need to open the Battlefield for hunting by lottery or something here soon. Theres got be 20 deer per square mile up there.