well I am heading out in the morning for a week long hunt in West virginia. I hurt my back yesterday, couldn't move for almost an hour! It's getting better, doc said it was just a badly pulled muscle. I don't know if I will be able to climb any trees, but I am going to give it a try and see what happens. My luck this year hasn't been so great, but Maybe it will change? Anyway I will be back next sunday sometime, hopefully with a couple deer, and some good stories.



TAKE YOUR KIDS HUNTING AND YOU WON'T BE HUNTING FOR YOUR KIDS

Good luck to you 5. Take some Advil for the back.

"Size may not matter but it sho IS nice!" [/quote]

5 shot just find food and you will find the deer at least thats the way it is in mercer co the fields are full as there are no nuts and very few apples. I sure hope your back doesnt give you a lot of problems just take your time and dont rush anything oh yeah and good luck.
Roy

Good luck out in W. VA...bring us some pics!

Just got back from 5 days in W Va - huntin the Geo Washington Nat'l Forest. Been huntin there 26 years. This is the worst year for mast I've experienced. We did some hard scouting and found zero oak nuts in the woods. I saw one deer from stand, my partner saw two. Saw hundreds of deer down in the valley in the pastures on private property - feeding on pasture grass all thru the daylight hours,too. Problem is - couln't hunt them on the private ground. The locals claim it's as bad as they've ever seen it. Spoke to a mail carrier who owns a farm with her husband in the valley. She said they have one of the few corn fields in the area and the deer came down from the mountain in droves and decimated their field. She claimed they got a permit and killed 51 deer in 3 weeks out of the field. If there's any ort of tuff weather this winter - there's sure to be a significant die-off. The lack of acorns is from a heavy late frost and severe drought in Pendleton County this year. I hope the area you'll be hunting is in better shape. Hunt the grassy areas - recent rainfall has finally turned it green, and that's about all the deer and turkeys can find to munch on right now in a lot of areas down there.

I'm leaving Nov 10th for two weeks of bow season in Barbour county. My cousin has been seeing them as heavy as ever. All my uncles have said they've had no problems finding deer. We hunt on state land for the most part.


Cargo

Good luck 5 shot, I find it odd that the mast is so thin up that way, man we have a heavy mast crop in central Va. Hope your back holds out.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

Agree with above, find the acorns & you'll find the deer. Nuts are a hit & miss from what i've seen.

5 Shot- Hope your back get's better and you get your 2 deer....may head down from Ohio this year to hunt Tyler County in gun season on first 2 day's....I see more horns in West Virginia...that's a fact!!!!!!

Good Luck! I was (WAS) going to Ritchie Co 1st week of Nov, but my best bud got a months long TDY and can't make it. Such as life in the military......