seasons tally's

One big fat doe no buck. Seen some monster bucks never givivng me a shot. I had seen many many does at shooting distance and a few shooter and scrub bucks at distance too and passed on. Mainly because helping my buddy and his hunt's. His dad  had a stroke a few years ago and only has use of one arm. Trying to find places where to set up the tent blind on somewhat flat ground and still have some shooting lanes can be tough.He shoots a crossbow with a tripod.Its pretty cool to see someone with his problems to have the drive to get out and hunt. The bad news that did not get a shot this year . all in all good season.  What i did notice most of the does seen were 1-2 year olds same with most of the bucks.All in A1  Congrat to everyone that harvested a deer with a bow. Now to see one of those monster bucks with a gun!!!!!!!! I will have to take a doe or two to finish filling the freezer.      GOOD LUCK IN GUN SEASON      AND BE VERY VERY CAREFUL OUT THERE    DAVE

In my 30th season I managed to get out 19 times. All hunts were on public land & private land open to anyone.
Saw 12 bucks= 3 legal (4pt area)which I passed, 2 unknown size, 7 little guys.
19 does and 3 unknown sex.
While learning a new area & missing the last week of week Oct. due to work I still had great season.
To all those who were successful Congrats to those who were not keep your heads up. Guess it's time to get the *$*#$#% gun out. Good luck
Mike

You can check those maps all you want, without addresses and phone numbers of who to contact your ****ing in the wind. They arent that accurate and Im not about to knock on every persons door in a 5 mile stretch to figure out which property is which. They need to redo that one so its of some use. Id gladly ask if they told you WHO TO ASK.

I was basically only able to get out on weekends this season, but still saw a fair share of deer.  Saw 3 shooter bucks and a spike as well as many fawns and does.  Had a nice 7 point run full speed right under me last saturday, wasnt gonna stop for anything.  I shot a decent doe later in the evening, dropped after 20 yards.  As a bonus I shot a nice gobbler from my stand on the first day of turkey!

Roughly 100 hours of hunting.

Seen 2 Shooter bucks, took one. Buddy shot and grazed other.

3 smaller scrubs, and one MASSIVE 6 point.

2 doe.

First Year Archery, was a BLAST. I'm hooked.



Also saw first Coyote ever. Was cool as hell.

I filled a doe tag on the second saturday, and my buck tag on Halloween.
 
I saw a lot of deer this year, compared to the last 3 years. I hunted about 7 days total. Saw 9 different bucks, a few of which I saw a couple times. I saw a couple of does every time in the stand.

2B mostly public land.  18-20 bucks, 8-9 of those were legal, two monsters out of range, a lot of doe. 
3 doe for the freezer but no bucks, waiting on Mr. Big.
 
Had a great year and the past 2 weeks were amazing.

J
 
There was a guy just north of Milesburg doing this.  I think he is on the map or PGC website.   For some reason, I'm thinking he charged a $5 or $10 fee for parking (maybe overnite ??).   Take a look and contact the PGC if the info. is incomplete.
 
 

Thats a different program, yes I saw that one as well.

If you say they have signs out, well heck, ill gladly ask. Ive not gotten very nice reponses from property owners in the area which is why I dont want to knock at everyones door.

In 2B- I hunted 4 full saturdays and 3 Friday evenings.  I saw somewhere around 20-25 does and 7 different bucks.  5 of the bucks were legal, I had a 130" range buck within 20 yards but I never got a shot opportunity.  I harvested a doe first day in the evening.  I have seen more giants(approx. 130+) this year spotting locally than I have in any year I can remember.
 
In 4D- I hunted about 6 times, all evening hunts.  I bumped a small doe while checking an area out I planned to hunt later that evening.  Ended up being the only deer I saw! 

opps.. forgot the pic.
 

 
 

Here is the buck I put my buddy on the last day of season (he is on the, left but chose to get into some dry clothes before a picture was taken..



and here is the one I took on the opener (as displayed by the next generation...)

nice bucks griffon

Griffon,
 
Were those 2 bucks taken in the same area? The antlers are nearly identical.

ORIGINAL: thedrake

Griffon,

Were those 2 bucks taken in the same area? The antlers are nearly identical.

 
No, they were taken about 8 miles apart.