Archery 24/25

Those 2B backyard spots can be pretty fun and pretty frustrating.  Have been taking my 14 year old son to hunt one for a couple years.  And just like you said - looks like it should be easy but the deer don't seem to stay on much of a pattern, especially the bucks.    
 
Got a couple spots in 2D that are pretty reliable, and a new place to hunt in 1A near Mercer that looks pretty promising the two times I've been on it.

snagr
Those 2B backyard spots can be pretty fun and pretty frustrating.  Have been taking my 14 year old son to hunt one for a couple years.  And just like you said - looks like it should be easy but the deer don't seem to stay on much of a pattern, especially the bucks.    

 
A few of the properties are kinda like estates. Horse pastures. Big open areas separated by picket fence. The deer often laying in the wide open under a shade tree. The landowners say they are there all of the time, it should be easy to get a few. I try to explain that it is not that easy as you just can't walk up to them and shoot them with a bow. The one owner had a fellow hunting it last year and the owner wasn't happy that he had a hard time shooting deer so he wanted someone else in there. Talk about pressure, lol. 

I mostly hunt 2B, back in March I had an opportunity to buy some of the old farm land behind my house. It's not much but it butts up against more woods, so it will be perfect for archery hunting. I put a stand up in July, and I have been watching the cameras. I'm not expecting much, I'm just happy I can walk out my back door after work and sit in a stand. 

I also have a stand down the road that I put some cameras around in late July, I checked them on Sunday and had to spend 2 hrs looking through 3000+  photos. Saw a few nice bucks, but I'm convinced they'll run into the local park across the street the day season starts. 

dpms

CTKsnowman
I also have a stand down the road that I put some cameras around in late July, I checked them on Sunday and had to spend 2 hrs looking through 3000+  photos. Saw a few nice bucks, but I'm convinced they'll run into the local park across the street the day season starts. 

 
Hunting around parks can be tough for sure. I do some hunting around Settlers Cabin Park at times and it is a deer sanctuary come deer season. 

There is nothing more frustrating than coming out of the woods and seeing a bunch of doe in the field across the street. 

Moses Guthrie
Hunted near Deer Lakes for years before it was open to hunting. The deer definitely knew where to be when the lights turned on but did quite well in the late season when there wasn't much left to eat in the park. A good number would slip up and not get across the road before light.

I know exactly what spot your referring to. 

I guess the question on why people who have multiple tags, but only use a few or one is why?

Is it because that they only “need” one or two deer for their personal needs any any more would be wasted?

They only need one or two for their personal needs and it becomes a chore to give away or donate any offers?

Other things in life become more important after there is meat in the freezer reducing the number of times one outs effort after the larder goal is achieved?

Or something completely different?

Since there are only 2 of us in the household, I know that once I have a deer in the larder, my enthusiasm for going out to get another one seriously wanes, especially if there is weather or something else to do involved.

I guess I have become that semi-casual hunter — hard core, full bore until I get one, then hunter of opportunity afterwards.

We just used our last burger, still have a few steaks, a couple of packs of cheese dogs, and enough hot, sweet, and loose sausage for a few meals. So the timing vs. usage is about right. Anymore would be wasteful.

In the past, I would get a few more and donate them, but all the local processors quit the Share the Harvest program due to red tape, paperwork, and oversight (read that as a bunch of extra work) by the PGC. One still will take the extra deer, process, and donate to families in their church, but they only take so many because the PGC has many folks scared of CWD to the point that needy folks aren’t taking the chance (even if it is small to zero).

I’m not into doing all the work to get an extra deer, then find out that the processor (there are only 2 left in the immediate area) won’t take them for donation because they have enough and have to pay for getting a deer done I don’t need or want.

dpms
I think many buy an extra tag or two just in case the opportunity arises to do another hunt. Say if they shoot a doe on the first day then feel the itch to go out again, they have that extra tag. The reality is the majority of hunters these days are very casual ones and once that first tag is filled, there is little desire to head to the woods again so that tag sits there without a days hunt on it. 

Alot of hunters buy the tags not to use them so someone else doesn't get them to kill off all the does.    I had 6 doe tags last year and didn't use any.  Not that I didn't try.  Only had the opportunity to harvest one doe and I passed.  All the deer in my neck of the woods are on posted property that the landowner does not give permission to hunt.  I did however have permission to hunt a farm with 300+ acres and still didn't get a deer.  I got gout in my knee the second week of buck season and couldn't hunt.  Could barely walk let alone hunt.
I got 3 tags this year and almost purchased 3 more but didn't.  I hunt in 2C. 
Just my 2 cents worth.

dpms
Something new for me this year is I am a part of a management hunt for some local boroughs. Lots of rules in place like having to shoot a doe before a buck, donating deer, how and where you can hunt. They have been after me for a few years to help them out. 

That's cool hope it goes well for you. 

I remember a while back they tried something like that for North Park, my buddy told me the archery qualification part was ridiculously difficult (on purpose) and barely anyone qualified.

 I have seen a lot of big bucks walking around RIDC in the evening. I looked up what it takes to archery hunt O’hara township awhile back, looked like tryouts are in early spring, and then probably other hoops to jump through as well.