New from Eastern VA

[45calmuzzleloader]

Hi, have been checking out this forum for a while now. Decided to sign up. Live in Southeastern VA, only big game animals we have are turkeys and deer. Both are very plentiful in my county. I hunt deer mostly. We hunt deer with dogs, a very popular tradition, dates back to colonial days. I use beagles, with Garmin Astro DC30s.

[perk]

Welcome aboard. What part of eastern VA are you from? Deer hunting with dogs can be alot of fun if you have good ones! Ya got any grey foxes in your area that you need someone to come run (sorry had to ask being that your from Va and Im always looking for foxes)?? Welcome aboard agian, and how many deer beagles ya got?

[stanleybearhunter]

What county yall live in. welcome

[45calmuzzleloader]

I live and hunt in Prince George County, got 9 beagles. Three are short range hounds, they will usually chase 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile, the other six so far have not run more than 2 miles or so. Good thing having a couple short rangers is they come back quick and I keep on driving while the long rangers are running. One little female I got is so eat up with it, crazy thing will run herself lame. That's when I thank God for that Astro 220. There are a quite few coyotes around and I think they would kill and eat a small dog or fox if they got a chance. Pert, we don't see much sign of foxes anymore. I think the coyotes get them and I can't even remember the last time I saw a groundhog in a bean field.

[Lynxhunter]

Welcome Mr. Muzzleloader!
Saw that you were a fellow beagle hunter and just had to welcome you.
Try to run as much biggame as I can, but deerchases with beagles shure is a blast!
- Great way to introduce youngsters to hound hunting to!

Good luck on your future hunts,
Hans