I grew up in NOVA and there is very little private land to hunt there. However after you do take your hunter's safety course there are opportunities on public land. In fact if you can gain access to Quantico Marine base there is "supposedly" some decent deer hunting there, but bases always have special regulations.

I used to hunt on camp Lejeune when I was in the Corps and there was a lot of land and a lot of deer, but there was also a lot of pressure, which is often the case on public land. All I can tell you about that is try to get away from everyone else the best you can, get in before everyone and leave later than the others if possible.

Oh yeah, by the way there are alot of NOVA hunters that visit this part of the forum.