ORIGINAL: DarrellH
Butch, I think I may give GW Forest a try...have you ever hunted there? Do you know if any special permits etc. are needed?
Hey Darrell...
I have never hunted the GW Forest, but have driven through it a few times. It is MASSIVE as far as terrain goes. Not only that, it gets wicked steep in too. Goonto a topographical webiste (topozone, terraserver, etc...) and look at the terrain from Staunton west,all the way down beyond Roanoke and further south. I've heard that some of the terrain is real rugged andstrenuous to hike up in. But it is worth it for the quality of the deer.
All you need for the GW Forest and/or Jefferson Forest is the federal stamp (available anywhere or on the VDGIF website in their license section. I think it's $12 bucks or something like that).
I'm gonna see if I can get word out and maybe find a lease on some property to hunt or something. I'm not much of a fan of public hunting grounds, the last one I went to was soooo crowded...I'm not a big fan of crowds and gunfire
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You and me both!!! This season I am going to try to will myself
NOTto hunt the public land WMA's! [:'(] I may come across as a whining little crybaby or something, but, hey - the public WMA's that I have been to are a total joke! 9000 hunters all over the place!
I remember reading a quote one time from a guy who wrote in something about
"Sure thing, I got there before sun up. I gotup in my tree stand and got all situated. But once the sun came up, there was so much blaze orange around, it looked like a darn pumpkin patch!" To me, that quote says it all about shrinking hunting lands, and overcrowded, overhunted public land. [:'(]