Good job, nice when it comes together. The yotes have enough to eat.

Not seeing much in the rut activity lately; pictures I'm getting show all 'antlerless' deer roaming around at night and none of those are showing the dark stained tarsals associated with estrus.  The bucks I've seen during the day certainly do not display the obvious signs of swollen necks or stained tarsals.  No new scrapes  and the older ones aren't being worked.  I have noticed a few new rubs in the area and I gotta say they were exciting to find as, they were made on 2'' to 3'' trees.   Maybe.....  just maybe, the younger bucks were just practicing and the older boys are just coming to town.  Time will tell; cancelled all appointments and put all calls on voice mail, I'll be strapped to a tree til tomorrow evening.  Baloney sandwiches are packed (no pickles) and just waiting on the alarm clock to tell me the time has come for another great day in the PA. Wilds.
 

Saw two bucks while pheasant hunting on Saturday. One was a decent six and the other a ten that was about 18 wide and fairly heavy. Both were in pheasant cover. The six had a doe with him, but just as a buddy, nothing romantic.

Have seen several does (on some days and nothing on others ) at the new place, but no bucks in over a week plus.

Congrats WCW!
 
Been pretty slow in my area the past week or so.  Up until that point I was seeing a number of deer from my stand including a spike, 2 different 4pts, a 6pt, and a smaller 8.  Tried a buddys house last Friday afternoon where he's been seeing an 8 and a 10 in his back yard, but nothing came past the stand.  Got switched to first shift so I'll get lots of time to hunt in the afternoon this week.  Hoping it picks up.

On the ladder stand til noon then the cravings for a baloney sandwich became overbearing; headed to the house and enjoyed TWO sandwiches, no cheese and still out of pickles.  Gonna tell the wife one of these days that I'm darned tired of having no pickles and, ask her if I can go get some.  Anyway, took a power nap after lunch then it was back to the stand and I am darn glad I did cause it was worth the wait. prettiest sun set I've seen in a long time; I must say.
 
Temperature was great, with a constant wind all day (8 mph gusting to 12) out of the SSW.  Just a great day to be strapped to a tree; enjoying the great PA. Wilds.
 
OH!...........  saw nothing, except another archer who said he...........  saw nothing.  Back at 'er in the morning.......chow.

BTDT
This SHIP is more contagious than EBOLA
I am out of pickles too!!!  I had left over Pizza tho. Got smart made extra Sunday.
 
I am a vollie in my spare time---LOL
Got a call 2am for gas leak in a structure.
Took off to the station hit a straight away and turned the girls loose-----I got twins--turbos that is..
up ahead something in my lane......3/4 Mile not moving....1/2 mile same
1/4 mile same...Ok "get the hell out of my way"
100 yards---50--25---WTF
up to 10 feet.......this dam 6pt looked like a decoy and would not move.....
Moved into oncoming lane and creeped past.
As i did there out my window stands 3 doe......................GO FIGURE>
 
Climb my tree 5:30 am
slept till 6:30...AMAZING
I got movement to my left. I see a tail down.
Moves up to my 2:00 postion.....TAA DAA----ME SEE RACK----WOO HOO
okay looks like maybe a 6.....dam
Picks his head up........NOPE MEGA SPREAD.....8 or 10 pt....NEVER seen this one before.
HOLY CRAP...those look to be 24" wide........WOO HOO  YAH BABY
He walks broadside down the path I want him on.......BAM BAM BAM goes my chest..
HE breaks north----WTF
I got him behind a tree at 35 yards only****showing.
couple soft bleats...he does nothing.
He walks out thru brush and gives me a clean 45 yard broadside shot.
Okay.. I 'll give him a grunt or two see if he will come explore...............NOT
slowly heads north.
TURNS around at 75 yards.......rocks his head side to side and says  "AMF"........
 
Waited 2 hours climbed down went to check my scrape, which I reopened last night.
He was there overnight and reopened his....
forgot my SD card so no pictures till tomorrow........
 
Sat last 2 hours saw 2 doe RUNNING past.... no followers....
 
back up there 5;30 tomorrow..last chance for me......
 
 

BIG WAGS
BTDT
This SHIP is more contagious than EBOLA
I am out of pickles too!!!  I had left over Pizza tho. Got smart made extra Sunday.
 
I am a vollie in my spare time---LOL
Got a call 2am for gas leak in a structure.
Took off to the station hit a straight away and turned the girls loose-----I got twins--turbos that is..
up ahead something in my lane......3/4 Mile not moving....1/2 mile same
1/4 mile same...Ok "get the hell out of my way"
100 yards---50--25---WTF
up to 10 feet.......this dam 6pt looked like a decoy and would not move.....
Moved into oncoming lane and creeped past.
As i did there out my window stands 3 doe......................GO FIGURE>
 
Climb my tree 5:30 am
slept till 6:30...AMAZING
I got movement to my left. I see a tail down.
Moves up to my 2:00 postion.....TAA DAA----ME SEE RACK----WOO HOO
okay looks like maybe a 6.....dam
Picks his head up........NOPE MEGA SPREAD.....8 or 10 pt....NEVER seen this one before.
HOLY CRAP...those look to be 24" wide........WOO HOO  YAH BABY
He walks broadside down the path I want him on.......BAM BAM BAM goes my chest..
HE breaks north----WTF
I got him behind a tree at 35 yards only****showing.
couple soft bleats...he does nothing.
He walks out thru brush and gives me a clean 45 yard broadside shot.
Okay.. I 'll give him a grunt or two see if he will come explore...............NOT
slowly heads north.
TURNS around at 75 yards.......rocks his head side to side and says  "AMF"........
 
Waited 2 hours climbed down went to check my scrape, which I reopened last night.
He was there overnight and reopened his....
forgot my SD card so no pictures till tomorrow........
 
Sat last 2 hours saw 2 doe RUNNING past.... no followers....
 
back up there 5;30 tomorrow..last chance for me......
 
 

  Been in the throat of the dragon a few times myself as a FF also; fire service instructor state and, national level. 
 
Thanks for serving your community.  BTDT

In the other post "Thinking about antlers more than steel ..."
 
WCW

BTDT-Or anyone else reading and interested- If you are hunting close to house start walking out about the same amount of time it takes to get to stand before legal shooting time.
I used to go out in dark but I just bumped deer often bucks.
This way you can see them and avoid spooking them.
Sooner or later they get comfortable enough to come thru later but not if you bump them in dark.
I stubbornly ignored this for years but changed last 3 years what a difference.
End of this week with nasty weather should stir up some action hang in there they have been resting up in this warmth...WCW

This kid is not to be called a hunter by any means as he would be considered, in my book, the poster child for PITA and /or SPCA.
The question "when is enough, enough" should not be posed to the boy as he surely understands not what he does but, to the PA. Game Commission.  This boy and the hundreds of 'killers' like him merely serve as the 'Hit Man' for the PA. Game Commission and their dream of 'genocide' to the PA. Whitetail.
 
Just some food for thought to those believing the fodder fed to you, by the PA. Game Commission, about AR.  Without doe there will be no reproduction and without reproduction there can be no bucks.  On the average a doe will produce a set of twins one of which is usually a buck.  For every doe killed this year there will be one less doe and buck for next year and, the next year and, soon there will be no more.
 
I see the results of the 'genocide' right in my back yard; at first there was many and now there remains a few.
 
Feel your pain Dardys; let's hope the changes made in the hierarchy of the PA. Game Commission won't be without quick changes with the ARs. 

Ya can blame your game commission for giving too many tags but who do you blame for using them all???
 Here in Ct ya can easily get over a dozen tags and almost unlimited replacements in some areas- how many Deer can ya eat ???
 I take one and occasionally two a year.( only if one has a rack) Its called RESPONSIBLE hunting while knowing there is going to be next year too -IMHO.
 Kinda think that we hunters  often hold a big share of the blame for herd reductions anywhere.
 Infar too many areas where hunting is permitted the herd gets nearly wiped out while the NO areas get overpopulated-clearly the present methodology of tags is incorrect in far too any States.
IMHO the true herd control methodology would be to identify the true needs and then to ensure that all properties are involved to realistically achieve goals and objectives as opposed to the present spot burning method- This means some kind of reaching out to ALL property owners through incentives of near mandates to allow hunting game owned by the states.
( WE are the states)
"Conservation" groups have  purchased many hunting or trapping rights just to deny hunters and trappers those areas- perhaps we should take a page from their books buy up  tags each year and have some tag burning parties.
I commonly purchase many here and never even try to use them.
 RANT OVER------

Opinions.. seen a big buck at 930 snuck in right behind me.at five yards. I couldn't stand up and when I could he was 30 yds out. He looked at me while I tried to stand but.didn't really care.. so I seen him and another deer and just got out of woods now. Do I hunt him in evening or give him a breakand back at him totomorrow?

Obviously, you understand the circumstances better than anyone else here could and I didn't mean to imply that I am condoning the kid's actions if my post came off that way.  We have people in the SRA's I hunt, who regularly kill that many antlerless in a season.  Since most of the guys I know who do that shoot anything, most of what they kill are doe fawns and bb's and there doesn't seem to be too much of an impact from them doing so.  Without knowing the specific details of your situation it's hard to say what effects his actions will have.  If he shot 7 adult doe, there's no doubt you will see a substantial decline, but if he's like the guys I know and shot mainly fawns, I'd bet the decline won't be as noticable.        

Been pretty slow for me as far as rut action. Have not seen a good chase yet. Quite a few little bucks cruising. I have passed up 5 legal bucks so far in the past 10 days. Saw a big 11 point that I have on trail camera but he would not come closer than 60 yards. 
 
After many years in a row of success in archery, it takes a year like this to remind myself how hard bowhunting actually is. 

ChromeBandit412
Where I'm at in Allegheny county the deer herd gets slaughtered but bounces back every year. I know guys who take multiple does from my area and the heard gets shot up pretty bad during shotgun and the late extended season. Guys from other counties come here and shoot up the does and still no shortage I have seen. It's been easier to fill the freezer during archery come gun season them deer are running targets.

Not sure a lot of 2B hunters are aware, but that extended doe season, where you could use shotguns in Allegheny and/or rifles in 2B outside Allegheny in January is no more.  Know for sure it was done away with last year, and maybe the previous year.  And it is not on tap for this year either.  Have informed a couple of buddies who hunt 2B of this in the past year of this, and they had no idea. 
 
Hunted a spot this evening in northern 2B with my son that we haven't hunted since the second week of October.  People have been seeing a massive 12 around there at all times of the day.  If it's the same buck I think it is, he was a very nice 9 two years ago and we had him broadside at 25 yards in gun season then but my son totally froze with buck fever.  Saw a small 6, and right before it got dark, there were deer moving/maybe chasing in some thick brush that we couldn't see from our pop up blind.