Thanks for all of the good advice. I did visit their site and read everything on the website and some other peoples comments.

I am used to hunting public land (about 80% of my hunting is on public land and I can relate to your comments about " those who know and those who don' t."

A couple of quick questions please, as it seems like you really know your stuff.

1) Can I watch the safety film early in the scouting season and get all of the preliminary stuff out of the way?

2) Can I expect to find trees worthy of treestands? In general, what kinds of ecosystems will I encounter?

3) I dont want you to give away all of your " secret spots" but, in general, where should I concentrate on while scouting? I can' t scout 45,000 acres, and if I have to take a spot that I am unfamiliar with, then what do I do?

4) Are there any maps that I can get a look at to match against topo maps and other stuff so I can do some " armchair scouting" in the summer? AP Hill is a big place and not all of it is huntable, so the topos that I have of the whole base don' t help me in focusing my research.

I have to help my bother in law move in early August and I want to take a gander around the place while I am down there. I have been up and down Route 17 a bunch of times, but I have not done any other looking around. Is the base open enough to go in and take a look and find the GCS and other stuff before I have to find it at 4:00 in the morning?

Thanks again,

Chubber