VA public land buck

[50bowhunter]

I gotcha, i've hunted a lot on national forest in Grayson & Smyth County, country looks very similar. I haven't pulled a buck out of there yet but there are a few big ones running around.

I only made it out once to bow hunt this year, but I'm off all next week for our first week of muzzleloader in NC, its going to be a cold one, our weather is showing most mornings in the teens and daytime highs in the 30's!

Good luck, and stay warm. Hopefully it gets the big bucks going

 

[ashersdad]

That's a big heavy buck! Congratulations.

 

[MT Bound]

Sweet nice buck! Way to go in there and get after 'em

 

[commando668]

Very Nice

 

[Ethan Gurganus]

any advice for a whitetail hunter new to Virginia national forest in the Dublin area? specifically pertaining to elevation. do the deer during rifle season like to be up high or are they mostly down in the basins or low areas?

 

[VAspeedgoat]

Depends on pressure and mast crop. Find food and places they can get away from people. And obviously the travel corridors like brushy draws between those two places.

 

[semperfi87]

Man, what a stud I bet that hunt will last a lifetime with you

 

[Tugrivercopper]

Nice virginia mountain public land buck!

 

[ValeNC]

any advice for a whitetail hunter new to Virginia national forest in the Dublin area? specifically pertaining to elevation. do the deer during rifle season like to be up high or are they mostly down in the basins or low areas?

Ethan, I’m right there with ya. I have the same questions. I’m in the Grayson/Carroll counties though. This will be my first year hunting in VA and I’m unfamiliar with the public land around here. Any advise is appreciated.