2010 PA archery stats

Allegheny and Washington Counties.  Close estimates.
 
Total days hunted: 22
Total deer seen:  125
Total bucks seen: 24
Legal bucks seen: 8
Deer killed: 2
Deer missed: 1
 
Overview: Lots of does spotted.  Few bucks till the end of October then it busted loose.  First week of November was best for me. 

Sits- 17
Doe- 52
Bucks- 18
legal bucks- 7
Deer killed- One 3.5 year old half rack 4 pt. (11/01)

was out about 8-10 times
total deer seen 4
3 doe ....one unknown...walked by about 70 trds away didnt see head
total hours in woods 40-45
kills 0
shots 0

Allegheny and Washington Counties. Close estimates.

Total days hunted: 22
Total deer seen: 125
Total bucks seen: 24
Legal bucks seen: 8
Deer killed: 2
Deer missed: 1

Overview: Lots of does spotted. Few bucks till the end of October then it busted loose. First week of November was best for me.

dpms, looks like you're the winner of deer/ hr ratio so far, but also in need of some gender herd balancing.  Unless of course most of the does were daily repeats.

ORIGINAL: Claypool313

dpms, looks like you're the winner of deer/ hr ratio so far, but also in need of some gender herd balancing.  Unless of course most of the does were daily repeats.

 
Yes, many of those are repeats on different days.  Several family groups of does and yearlings in the small woodlots that I hunt.  Saw them most every night.

Here's mine === all in 2F

total hunts = 19
average hunt = 3 hours
bucks = 6 (3 legal)
antlerless = 21...
unknown = 10

...Clear Creek State Forest :
4 hunts.. 2 protected bucks.. 3 antlerless..7 unknown

...SGL#54 :
8 hunts..3 legal bucks.. 1 protected buck.. 14 antlerless.. 3 unknown

3 Private Properties :
7 hunts.. 4 antlerless (all 4 on one of those hunts)

One shot taken at a legal buck on SGL = clean miss

only saw one of the males that appeared to have any interest in females on my hunts

all and all a very satisfing early fall deer season.... the private property hunts (7) were the less productive at two of the three spots = I never saw a deer ...

Ready for rifle season = SGL#54 and Clear Creek ONLY...

total hunts 27-28 Does seen around a 100 most repeats!! Bucks seen 23-25 6 being monsters 2 big 8"s,1 11 point with some stickers, 3 that were seen through the brush could not get a point count. But all you could see was huge racks threw the brush!!! the rest were of all kinds of non-shooters shots 2 deer harvested 2 Does both 3-4 year old and very tasteeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Dave

Rage heads are deadly,Rage in the cage,40-50 yards ,maybe,some very short tracking jobs,love the pass throughs,and blood trails,I'll never shoot anything else.Second year I've used them 3 shots,3 kills,20,35,50 yards.I've had a lot of deer run farther with my 270 130 gr fed.N.P. bullets.

Yeah the Rage head leave one heck of a blood trail. But the thunderheads SOUND THE BEST!!!!!!!LOLOL Just about as good as hearing a striper hitting a top water lure.LOL I'll be going back the the thunderheads next year. I just found a couple of the style packs in the gun cabinet. They seam to be better than the newer ones,well as far as them being straight. BESAFEANDMGOODLUCK Dave

I hunted 5 evenings, and 3 mornings in 4A.
I saw 8 different bucks, all legal except one 4 point. I missed one of the bucks but harvested a nice maple.
Only saw 5 does.

I started a new career shortly before archery season that requires a lot of travelling. I wasn't home much, and didn't hunt much. In the past 5 archery seasons i've killed 5 bucks. This year my luck ran out. I'm bummed to say the least.

I trying to think.

Saw 10 bucks. 2 spike, 2 three pt, 5 pt, 6 pt, and four 8 pts.

I think I missed two days in October.

I stopped counting at 22 deer. It was probably close to 35 by the end of October. Total probably around 40-45 sightings. With not hunting much the last two weeks, that's a lot of deer sightings. I think deer numbers are rebounding where I hunt. That is based on scouting since July, not just hunting. The wind was good borderline fanastic every nite I hunted but two, so that certainly has something to do with deer sightings.

One shot one kill- 8 pt. I pulled back on a doe the first friday then heard hoofy steps and grunting so I just had to turn around and look. It was a sissy grunt but curiousity was too much. The doe usually saves the buck. Vice versa on that day.

hm. days hunting........30? number of sits 60? hours..130?probably more then that but thats all a guess...i was out more then any other year combined i think from the first morning to last.


Sitings- i'll have to break this down from locations..

spot 1 - 7 does, 4 bucks, (one legal 8) a 4, 5, and 6. and a coyote. a dead one.
( i had my camera in this location..had 8 different bucks on it. with 5 above average in my book, three 8 points, two 10 points. none of which i saw.) the bucks i saw, one was from the camera, the other ones were not. a few family of does were on camera as well. so 11 different bucks roaming that area. kinda crazy but not unheard of. oh i saw a buck chasing a doe right around dark near my truck parked in the feild as i was walking out...did look like one of the bigger deer i think it was one of the 10's.

Spot 2 - 5 does- one button. 5 bucks, 2 legal (8 and a 7), two 5's and a spike..
spot 3 - 9 does zero bucks.
spot 4 - 7 does, 3 button bucks, 3 bucks, two 8's and a seven.

so 12 bucks(6 legal). 28 does. 4 confirmed button bucks.

number of shot chances at any deer.. 9 times i coulda pulled back my bow. on deer, not saying legal deer, just saying in my range of 25 and under. i'd say this year was very down for me compaired to last year. as far as numbers goes, i sat alot of days. a whole week went past morning and nights where i didnt see a deer.

congrats to all who shot one.havent been on for a while bc of computer problems. i saw tons of deer this year with many bucks as well just could not get a arrow in any of the buck.

well your name may have alot to do with the amount of time you get to hunt...i work full time and if i get 3 hours in the evening after work then it a good night...now that we moved the clocks i get zilch...zero none...get it...

The first guy only sits about 3 hours on average per hunt.

I guess you mean me.  And good observation.  You are right, about 3-3.5 hrs per sit, but not hunt.  I only count the time my feet are in the stand and do switch-up stands during the day.  Sure I probably miss a few, but experience on the property has taught me the more productive locations at different times.  Plus sometimes you just need to move when the wind isn't right.  Also consider that I didn't hunt past 11/2 with a lot of the prime rut days still ahead.  I also shot 2 deer which ended up having to 2 sits cut short, which brings the average down.