WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! It rained hard all night and is still raining as I type, I hope this is true for the rest of the state. I know it is raining from Spotsy all the way up to N. Va.

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

Hey Taz, maybe they'll put it on hold now due to flooding, ha ha.
Sure is an awful lot of rain in the past 24 hours, and still going.

Hunting ; an act of love for nature guided by the strongest spiritual forces.
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2 3/4&quot; of rain here in Richmond, VA <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> Man, we have needed rain for a long time!! A bunch of small lakes have closed their boat ramps due to low water conditions. Let's hope this keeps up for a little bit longer to make things recover and green for a little while.

Butch

Well,,,it's 3:50 am here in manassas & it's still rainin <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> If im lucky enough for it to keep goin until 7:00 am i'll have the day off to scout the G.W. Natl forest. Anyone here ever hunt the Front Royal area of the forest?

Rem700 - I've hunted fairly close to that in the Lee Ranger District. I'll tell you what, I see more deer when turkey hunting and more turkeys when deer hunting, naturally! I'll bet you'll run into some great deer sign. They're all over there, along w/ a lot of people, be especially careful when hunting, the proximity to No. VA is what makes that area popular. FYI, I've also seen some good bear sign.

P.S. Where you from in Manassas? I'm down near Old Dominion Speedway.

Cool:
I've seen a few bears while hunting that part of the forest but never in season,,Well once in season but i thought it was too small until the last minute then it was too late for a good shot! I live on prince william st. right in old town. Maybe we could get together for a hunt or something
Mike

I hunted Quantico last year, and I lost out on opening week because the Gireens decided to ban muzzleloaders during the first part of the season. Lesson learned, have options and backup plans in place.

Mike - sounds good to me. I do a lot of hunting in the GWJNF and I don't like hiking into the middle of nowhere by myself. It would be good to have someone else to go with.

P.S. You do any dove or goose hunting? Let me know if you feel like getting together sometime. Steve

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Sorry to say, I was there with a &quot;green&quot; base license on opening day for general firearms, WITH my Lyman .54 flinter, when the man came out and said, &quot;due to the dry conditions, no ML will be permitted-shotgun only.&quot; and I didn't have the Rem 1100 with me. No joy that day. managed to get out the last week of the season-got a shot at a doe last day yet. No meat on the table, but made the day. Lesson learned-pack the a backup firearm, and have an alternate hunting area in reserve, if possible.