VA Trip Recap, Video Version

Well here it is! First half of the VA trip is loaded up! I know it is a bit on the long side, but there was a ton of action going on that week, and this only covered the first 3days! Lots of deer activity as well as some other critters a well! Go check it out and give it a thumbs up! Hope yall enjoy!

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Nice video. Lot's of action with those younger bucks. That was pretty cool.

 

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks guys. I had a blast sharing another camp with dad. we saw a ton of deer even with it being the first week of muzzleloader in VA and on public land. I saw that 7pt 3 different times, and every time he'd walk away id second guess the decision, but im glad I did, next year, if he survives this year, he could become something nice. Cant wait to get back!

 

Where at in VA? May say in video but i havent had a chance to watch it.

 

This was in Botetourt Co. in Jefferson National Forest and some private land

 

Good stuff man! Glad you got your bow sorted out.

 

Coop, same here. I was baffled, everything about the shot felt perfect, and I knew I was settled on her shoulder, and to see that happen....I wasn't too happy about it. Only good thing that came from that shot was that there was a 60 degree drop about 200ft down the ridge behind her she could've ended up running down which would've been a brutal drag. She weighed every bit of 160lbs...big ol mountain gal haha

 

Awesome. That is beautiful area up there. Have never hunted but been around the area quite a bit and went to school not to terribly far. My buddy has a cabin north of there that is right next to George Washington National Forest. The deer are slim pickings there and the hunting is hard , but rewarding. We generally go up for a weekend in Sept/Oct for squirrel hunting. We have had a camera up there for about the last year and the deer numbers around the cabin have seemed to get a bit better but so have the black bear numbers. And its hard to say what the winter will do for those baby deer.

i can say i dont envy having to drag a heavy deer up and down those mountains, its work.

 

Oh yeah. Luckily that first doe ran down the ridge and left me about a 200yd drag to the road you take in. So that was an easy drag and the second doe, after we got her over the hilltop there it was all down hill (thankfully!!). But in years past I have had to drag them straight up those ridges.....it. sucked! haha

 

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Very cool video, haven't hunted the mountains in VA yet this season but heading out towards Lynchburg this weekend.

 

Good luck! A TON of BIG BIG deer out that way. Im pretty sure the current, or some of the past, VA state records came out of there.

 

Cool video lots of action. Thanks for posting it up.

Beefie

 

Thanks. I still gotta get to work on Part 2....even more bucks...and much much bigger ones!