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will the area we hunt allow squirrel dogs?

Right now, it's looking like SW Va., Eastern KY, or NE Tenn.; the season in NC doesn't open until October and that's into deer season elsewhere. Bad timing there.

The likeliest timing will be the weekend after Labor Day weekend (figure there are some familial obligations that weekend for most of us) to about Columbus Day weekend, and that one might be the best bet of all; early-mid October, fall temps, etc.

The prices are roughly comparable, as is the terrain and squirrel population.

I'll check on a few other things, and see about narrowing this down a bit more.

Just NO BANJOS .... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Yup, no banjos and no ukeleles either.

I have a hard time getting away in September, but I always need a vacation in October. Everybody will think I'm nuts for driving that far to shoot squirrels, when I live in squirrel heaven, but I'll just visit some family in West Virginia and make a side trip. Sounds good to me.

Okay, so what say y'all to putting the date into October, likely the three-day Columbus Day weekend (Oct. 7-9) or the following weekend (14-15)?

If so, it'll be between SW Va., Eastern KY, and Eastern TN, in that Bristol area where the three meet.

Now, VA STILL does not permit hunting on Sundays. I don't know about TN and KY. That could make a difference, and will in my book if it's okay to hunt on Sundays in the other two states.

Looks like the date is firming up, as is the state. Next up after the state is picked will be the exact location. Thinking NF or state game lands that permit camping and are large enough to have us in a decent sized area and not bumping into Freddy Familiar and the Family Circus (which, now that I think about it, might make that weekend of the 14-15 and even better idea; less vacationers).

Thoughts from the likely participants?

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Oct 14-15 sounds good to me. I'll just bring a deck of cards in case I get lost in the woods.

You still play solitare with cards ?

you can hunt in Tennesse on Sundays............blake

They fit in the backpack better than a laptop.

The idea is, you get lost, you start playing, and pretty soon somebody is telling you to play the queen, and you ask him how to get out of there. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Painless just put TN out front. Anyone know anything about Kentucky before I start plotting spots on the TN map?

KY is OK with Sunday hunting.

Allen

just make sure dogs can run.

where ever it is me and my new browning will be there............blake
Here are some pics............

Blake, you ain't gonna use that orbital sander to "dull" the Browning's finish are ya?

Nice rifle, underestimated on accuracy...

nah, I use it to true up the actions on the brownings.............blake

Is there any NF land in north eastern Tenn.? How far southwest does Jefferson NF run? Into Kentucky?

VA, re camping in large groups....will a permit be needed? A cost incured by the expedition participants regarding that possibility? A couple things to check on....

wildswalker;

Thems are the the t'ings that I'll be checkin' on soon.

TN might still be out front if boars are to be found in the area and in season... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

prime boar hunting, don't know what the season is..........blake

It'd be in Unit B in TN. Boar and deer would be in, but only for archery (hmmm... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> ). Grouse would likely have just come into season.

Probably someplace in the NF in Johnson, Cart, Sullivan, Green, Cocke, Sevier, Jefferson, Blount, Monroe, or Polk counties.

Things are starting to shape up a bit better... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />