Thursday, September 06, 2007
Pitch for Hunters for the Hungry
Bill Cochran
Recent mail
BILL: Just a reminder that Hunters for the Hungry in Virginia is also a United Way agency. I contribute through the Combined Federal Campaign with payroll deduction. Easy, painless and it supports the Hunters for the Hungry, the United Way and the community.
When I bought my collection of hunting licenses at the recent outdoor show in Richmond, the $90 cumulative cost beat me into submission to a point where I just said “yes” to the $2 Hunters for the Hungry check-off. Made sense, and it's a good cause.
PENN RIGGS
Norfolk
BILL: I'm a junior at Virginia Tech from Virginia Beach, and I'm looking for a place here in Blacksburg to dove hunt. I somehow stumbled across your article about dove hunting in 2005, and I was curious to know if you knew of any places that I might be able to hunt. If you know any I'd love to know.
ANGAS REID
Blacksburg
ANGAS: There are no public or pay dove hunting fields in the Virginia Tech region that I am aware of, so that means getting out and finding fields that doves are using and getting permission to hunt them.
I realize that is no easy task, but it is possible. If I were you, I’d drive roads in agriculture areas in the late afternoon and look for birds on power lines or in trees or pitching into fields to feed. Most likely the fields will be freshly harvested cornfields.
Once you find the right setup, you locate the owner and get permission to hunt. Tell the owner that you are a Virginia Tech junior from out of the area and simply would like the opportunity to hunt while you are away from home. In time, it is going to click for you, and I hope it won’t be long.
BILL
