Trail Cams

Best I have is a scrub 8 so far this year.  Very depressing.  Guess I'm meat hunting if nothing new shows up.  At least before trail cams I could dream that there were big ones around.  But then again, hunting in the scrub buck capital of PA doesn't help either.

I'm holding out hope that my old man has a batch of pics he hasn't sent me yet.  I'm a good 2 hours away from my cameras so he tends them.  And let me tell ya, I almost have to beat the pictures out of him.  Not like he's trying to hide anything.  Just forgetful.  Last pic I saw was 8/22.

I've always said, trophies are determined by your core area.  In mine a non-broken 15" inside spread 8 is a trophy.  We get bigger though, but nothing compared to western counties or OH.  However, 30 miles down the road is a different story.  Big 8's in 20" range and 10's year in and year out.  Can't explain it.  I hunt there too from time to time.

I live in nw pa and work for the township. I work out on the back roads daily, from what I seen still quite a few deer around. Have only encountered 2 scrub bucks and 2 decent bears thus far this year.