Gun season begins

 Well I have mixed feelings. I want to be in the woods but got lucky this year and tagged out in Pa.and Ohio. I'm usually in one state gun hunting but not the case this year. I still got up at 4:50 am and made my son a pancake breakfast and discussed his game plan for the day. He'll be hunting my favorite gun stand were we've both taking several nice bucks through the years. Well boys and girls,be safe,shoot straight,and have fun. I'm going to miss the first day of gun season. Looking out the window,daylight just about here, and that brings high expectations and hopes of a big buck walking up to a lucky hunter. Good luck to all.

R3g3,only allowed one buck in Pa.and Ohio. I want to kill bucks not does,that's why I spend thousands on dollars through the years, hunting,Pa.,WV.,NY.and Ohio. Yea it is the hunting that counts,I hunting 16 straight days to kill two with the bow in two states. My son shot his Pa.buck out of my stand at 8:05 today a pretty small spread 7pt. with longer tines. Called me I went to the woods to help him,heard 3 shots in over an hour,while taking pics and dragging it to the truck,saw 3 flatheads next to the truck. Not many guy's hunting northern Beaver Co. We drove around woods we have hunted in the present and past and saw very few vehicles parked. Seemed to be bunched up then miles of nobody. My prediction will be even less killed this year than last. To much HR in the past years,they need to build the herd up at least 20 to 30 percent. It's nice to see deer when deer hunting even if there does and fawns. Lack of deer equals lack of deer hunters equals lack of revenue. Just goes to show you how much shooting last year was doe hunters, I like to know how many does got shot to the number of buck on the first day last year,I know several hunters that are happy to take doe and not wait or hunt hard for a buck.

I didn't do it until 3:30  pm today, heck if the wind would of been a bit milder I would of gone fishing.  Tough enough on this old fool sitting in a highchair in my back yard and not seeing a legal buck to shoot.  I sure ain't going trekking over hill and dale looking for old Mr. Elusive and not be able to kill a buck with less than three points on an antler.  Don't have much worry about those sub-legals popping up in my haunt, many families living in this area have 10 kids running around, all between the age of 10 to 12, culling the area of those.
 
Not a "record book horn hunter" just, prefer to shoot a buck over a doe.  I guess you could call me old school.
 
But wait, second season archery  those sub-legals (if any remain) will most likely drop their antlers and then, I can use a antler-less license to kill and chill em.
 
WTF
 
Thank-you and goodnight.
 
PS. I'm not being bitter, just tired of the ,  regarding antler restrictions.
PSS.  I feel better now, thanks for listening and, good luck to those still seeking a buck.  Stupid antler Restrictions!
 

Nope. Know they are around but haven't seen one in 10+ years while hunting in northern 2b and southern 2d.