Like I talked about yesterday in my post on our QDMA REACH Banquet, we had a very nice time in Virginia while up shooting a cousin’s wedding. We also got to see lots of deer in the many parks right around our hotal in Yorktown including one monster that easily went over 140 inches in the Colonial National Historic Park.

Unfortunately, while there are many special draw hunts for the local parks, they do not allow any hunting in the national historical parks. And when I called the park to ask about how they manage their herd, I did not get much helpful information from them. As a matter of fact, the park rep that I spoke to was obviously horrified that I was even considering shooting one of the park pets.

And I know I said that I wouldn’t reveal the location, but I was just having some fun and Matt over at Bright Ideas out of Virginia seemed to be on to me anyway. Of course living and hunting in Virginia, he has all of the secrets about hunting the park lands and even posted about some of the drawings for special hunts the other day. If you are interested in some great Virginia hunting info and great writing, I would check his site out.

During our trip, I was also very impressed by some of the other deer that we saw at the local BassPro Shop that had come out of Virginia. They were having their yearly “hunting special” weekend, and we had time to kill, so we spent a few hours wandering around looking at all of the great stuff, beautiful mounts and booths that were manned by local groups such as the NWTF and Hunters for the Hungry. We even bought some raffle tickets for a gun drawing to support the NWTF in addition to a drawing for a hunt at the Southwark Hunt Club. They had some great pictures of bucks that they had taken on their club so I am hoping for a call to let Amy and I know that we have won their 5 day hunt.

While there, we also got a chance to speak with Bub Jackson from the Outdoor Channel who was doing a deer hunting seminar as part of BassPro’s special weekend, and he had quite a few monster Virginia bucks with him on display. Interestingly enough, he also had a beautiful buck in velvet in his collection that he had killed right here in the lowcountry at Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge. He obviously knows where to hunt for great bucks!

Stay tuned. Opening Day is Friday, and I will have exclusive coverage of some amazing hunts at one of the premier hunting lodges in the Southeast.

Jeff

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