I haven't hunted Northern VA for over 15 years now. But when my oldest son lived in the Leesburg area in the late 1990s and early 2000s he and I would go squirrel hunting in the Thompson Wildlife Management Area. I never saw so many squirrels in my life as I saw there. Had 17 go by me one day while deer hunting there in a 1/2 hour span if I remember correctly. A good place to start.
Deer hunting there was iffy. People riding horses and hikers on the Appalachian Trail making it rough. Did see deer though.
That 30-06 would be a good all-around gun for deer. Don't know if you really would need a scope on it. Saw a hunter with an M1 Garand out hunting deer there.
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If goose was the only meat, there would be a lot more vegetarians. - Lloyd Adams, waterfowl hunter
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