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Eng, showing up early at the range won't help ya any..lmao...I'll be the guy with the black target hat on hitting ten ring each shot..lmao

Well gents bad news, I spoke with Mr. Freeze and he apologized for the mis-print the property is near Gaston Lake. Dam Dam Dam!, hmm.. I can make it to the north carolina border in hours from here..lmao of course I'm flying (speed limit 80-85 mph) and flashing my lil credentials..lol I'll leave this up to everyone to decide so I can let Mr. Freeze know we are not interested and thank him for his time.

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Will do... Here is the email I got from eng40sqd:

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Hey there Butch!

I just caught up on all that this morning... I am actually going to be
meeting up with Dave at Quantico around 13:00 as we are both trying to
qualify to hunt mainside...

To me that is a bit on the far side as a primary property... maybe as a
secondary it would not be too bad I do know there are some nice deer down
that way though!!!

I have a few leads in the area i am working with.. mostly waiting ot see if
the other people renew or not... one I have put a small holding fee on in
case the others do not renew it...

The golf couse I will hopefully be hearing somethign back on at the end of
this month.. I know its a last minute thing but atleast it will be a nice
place to do some bow hunting .. it will be bow huntign all season if they
decide to lease it.

I have been calling different real estate agents that handle large chunks of land and trying to get landowner names or if the company owns it then see if we could work somehting out... most of them seem decent but say the land is already leased but I have two that say they might have some land I will find out this week on that....

Anything down you way??

Its sort of hard for me to get out like last year or sit on a computer to
look since I am now a foreman I have to be on site alot more... but with all the rain this week I will have some free time to knock on more doors lol

Justin
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Leases around the Richmond area and surrounding vicinity have been probably tightly leased since 1873! Big money involved, I would imagine.

We need something that is convenient to all of us involved. The area down near Lake Gaston is okay, but a bit of a drive for NoVA'ers.

Butch A.

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Yep, I think Gaston is a bit far for me to travel on a regular basis. It's a shame because Mr. Freeze seemed like a nice landowner to work with too.

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I hear ya. When I said earlier that Lake Gaston, Bracey, Exit 4 I-85, etc... was 2 hours from my driveway. I meant it was 2 solid hours, in a buddy's Dodge Ram doing 65-70 towing a 2100lb 17' trihull I/O.

For the NoVA'ers that have never been down that way: You can almost spit on NC from down there. [:-] I don't know guys.... I really don't know.... I'm agree with Bowhuntr09.... It might be a major haul for just a day hunt. Some of you guys would be leaving your house at 1:00am! [&:]

Butch A.

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Congrats!! Eng

Qualified MainSide Bow Hunter for 2004-2005 Quantico Marine Base

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Well a big CONGRATS!!!! to you as well Dave........

Another qualified Mainside bowhunter!!! We are some of the first ones on base this year to qualify!!!!!

Number #19 here lol

I can not wait until Oct 2nd

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Man, what a bummer. Sorry, guys, Gaston Lake is too far for me. Such a great price, but it's not worth it if I'm spending more time on the road than in the woods. :(

I hope this Farmville lease opens soon!

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What about the Farmville, land? I would rather hunt there anyway, is it still a possibility?

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Congrats on qulifying at Quantico. Wish I had the time and ability to hunt bow this year, but it takes too much practice to become confident of a clean kill. Maybe some other day. For now I'll stick with Muzzleloader and rifle/shotgun.

I agree with others on this thread that the Gaston Lake property is too far for us Northern Virginians. Like others said, too much road time versus time in the woods.

I'd still be interested in the Farmville plot or any other locations a bit closer to Fairfax county--preferably within a couple hours drive.

Since I'm new to the state, I'm not much good at making suggestions. I'm mostly depending on you guys for the low down.

If any other reasonably located areas become available, I'm still very willing to be part of a lease.

Let's keep it going!

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good luck guys. originally i wanted to be a part of this group. but w/ work--i wont be able to hunt as much as i have in the past.

i also joined 2 hunting clubs (mainly to gun hunt) in fauquier and buckingham co). i also picked up 3 places to bowhunt in fairfax co and 2 in pwc close to where live. i also have 1 farm in loudoun county where the landowner wants every deer gone. if i and a guest dont take 10 deer each yr off it-he gets mad.
so now i have all these places to hunt and not much time to do it. kinda pissed but work has to come first.

again, good luck.