Well you guy's are helping to a great degree..... Look's like I'll plan on taking my 8mm/06 for the main rifle with my 30/06 as my back-up second rifle.
For those of you with experience hunting in that region..(looks like there's a few of you) ...during November in Virginia (like from Nov 19th to the 30th) what other types of species besides deer and bear will I have available to me...just in case I need to pack along another weapon, like a shotgun. Are there turkeys? Bobcats?
Thanks for all replies...I really appreciate the experience here. Now I can drop a couple bucks on some boxes of premium bullets for reloading.
Keep your bear comments coming if you have any..
thanks
John