Hi all, I went to Virginia on my annual trip to hunt with My brother Steve. This year was especially tough and no deer were seen in the field by me. The only action was that Steve's friend Jay shot at a doe and wounded it on the way in to make a drive. The weather was bad as it was 70 to 80 degrees and this made the deer not move. We registered into to hunt in Fort Pickett, a military base. They make you get a permit for 25$ and then you have to check in and out of the area you are hunting daily. If you are not checked out within an hour of shooting light they come looking for you and you are guaranteeed a ticket. The areas we went to looked good and there was alot of territory to romp around on. Only shotgun or muzzleloader can be used in the gun zones. There are alot of Bow only zones too, which was interesting (maybe next year). They have a hut where you check in, a picture board and alot of other information on the deer taken. This year they got a few really huge bucks, an 18 pointer, a 14 pointer and several others like 13, 11, 10 etc. While we there one of the days, two trucks came in with two bucks a nice nine point and a three point which was half of a six. One nice thing about Virginia is that they let you hunt deer one half hour before sunrise to one half hour after sunset! I wish New York would do that for Deer and Ducks/Geese. Anyways here are a couple of pictures of Steves Truck as it was stuck in the mud and of the Hunting gang.