Virginia Tech has a hunting club for the students last time i checked. A guy i used to work with was telling me about it. Might be something to check into to meet some more like minded people on campus. As far as hunting the area goes, i would look into the forest, if your good at studying a map, pick out and area and get on it. I have done it a few times down there north of Roanoke and have had pretty good success.. Look for areas with less road access, if your in good shape look for a hard walk on the entrance of the forest, the numbers of people will dwindle.