I'm in Christiansburg as well. Are you guys still meeting up at all? I'm a pretty inexperienced hunter and could probably use someone to take me under their wing. I shoot a 40 lb recurve and a .50 muzzleloader. If you guys still need compass/map help, I am pretty experienced in that and could probably manage to demonstrate it pretty well.
Closest I've done to "backpack hunting" was a night in Rapidian WMA where I packed in, established camp, hunted that afternoon, came back, hunted through the next day, and then came home empty handed. Wasn't all that far from the road though, would have probably just dragged something out behind me with my camping gear on my back.
Looking to get more serious about hunting though, including physical training and committing to the craft. Give a shout if you guys are up to anything, or if anyone would want to set something up.