I recently spotted an abandoned lot near a CW campsite dating to 1780s and frequented by GW. I used the county GIS website to find the owner and ask for permission to hunt via Jim Vokes Letter format. As this is a visible spot I knew I would be challenged soon after arrival, less than 2 minutes as it turned out. The owner of the property next door (a 1785 house used during CW as a hospital still has cannon ball holes in the brick walls -owned by former Mayor of the town) drove up and told me it was private property. I immediately broke out my permission letter and the former mayor said well if you know Mr ??? then let me tell you about this lot, etc , etc. His father in law 91 yrs old (town historian for 40 yrs) 2 doors down walked up and proceeeded to give me several booklets he had written on town history and a site from the CW that I didnt know about to hunt. After our nice visit, the mayor told me to give him my card after the holiday and he would put me in touch w/ a buddy of his that is a local and hunts F'burg/Chancellorsville to give me some other sites to hit. The moral of this story is that if I had been tresspassing I would have had the cops called on me vice meeting an influential member of the town and getting some new leads for promising and little know areas to hunt.
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