BeenThereDoneThat.
Mopars as they say in the old country.."No pain, No gain"!

Question is, is the gain worth the pain and my answer is, if I gotta wade several hundred yards into the Pennsylvania Wilds to 'harvest' an elusive PA White Tailed Deer using a pointy stick..... screw that, I'm watching TV.

Give 'er hell buddy, I see you in the pictures, soon. 👍👍

you’re right there BTDT no pain no gain but as I sit here at Giant Eagle parking lot in Franklin waiting for my better half to come out with our weekly groceries I am noticing a lot of dark clouds that do not look very promising . Was loving the blue skies and sunshine that we had a little while ago but now that seems to be gone. I’m kind of thinking to myself as I sit here watching the hillside that splits the Allegheny River with the very dark clouds ...I can conclude one thing and that will be I think I’m gonna go hunting tomorrow, there has to be something I can find to watch on TV… Right? So in closing I wish you the best of luck if you go out and swing in your stand tonight looking for that white tail PA dear … Good luck to y’all later

Wow is l I can say about the wind. It was howling at first light and came from every possible direction this morning. Hunting a ground hooch and was rewarded with a Potter County spike and 4pt. I've got a bushel basket of horns like that from,Potter,Forest,Venago,Butler and WV from the old days.lol It's looking better for tomorrow wind and rain.lol Oh the deer God's aren't shinning on me yet. If it wasn't the rut I'd start fishing.lol I yet to see any rutting activity. Just lonely bucks cruising. Things gotta pick up.  Was going to go behind the house but its raining pretty good here. What's new!

Congrats to your wife anzomcik! Nice buck and it looks like it was a family affair 👍.

Took the climber to sit on a scrape line that leads to the apple tree where my camera is this evening. Got a few decent buck starting to show up on the camera in the evening, so I had high hopes that one of them would show up. Was dead until 545 when some movement caught my eye. Was pumped that this deer was playing right into the setup, but it ended up being a 1 horned spike. Climbed down at 7 after seeing nothing else. Back at it in the am.

Up and ready to get at it in a few. Unfortunately, accuweather shows a large slow moving blob of rain on the radar again this morning. Ugh...another damp day.

Good luck and stay dry

Ya been readily since 6:30 but it keeps raining harder than I thought. Looks like I'll be heading out in about a half hour,according to the radar. Saw two bucks yesterday after 9:00 am. Good year to hunt ducks and mushrooms.

Saw a spike and 2 buttons last night, tuna is correct iv have been finding a ton of shrooms this fall planned on hunting this am but to my surprise wow it's raining once again and I'm over it, I just asked my buddy why we haven't been hunting ducks since we haven't deer hunted any Saturday mornings, iv yet to really see any rutting activity except few nudges....buddy had his target buck out Thursday night coming to him dang coyote came out ruined everything then last night got him into range went to draw and a doe busted him he's not very happy we are all getting quite frustrated

Well BTDT ... I woke up sometime in middle of the night heard the rain hammering the bedroom window ... said to myself nope not me .. so it was still raining when I finally got up I guess 7:30’ish as you say figuring I’ll give it a try this afternoon just lookied out to see .. ya ready for this .... it’s pouring again ... just like me this crap is getting OLD !!

Well 2:24 got car all loaded was getting ready to leave for my afternoon hunt .... yep it’s pouring again .... screw it have had enough of this crap !!😡😡... at least car will be ready to go on Monday .... for those who venture out in the wet swampy woods .... good luck ! Ok I’m done the hunting gods just don’t like me ...

Spent from 1:00 PM till 4:00 PM hunting homes for sale, in the Tamarack area. Arrived at my home about 4:30 where I wolfed down an Arby's Venison sandmidge and 4 them tater thingys. Wellll OK, was really a Giro but this is my story, and I can pretend what I want it to be.

Deer have been entering the corn field right around 5:15 so after a few chews and a couple of gulps it was grab the bow and into field I go.

Welp 5:15 came and went and so did 5:30 but at 5:45 I learned why no deer could be seen.

I was nearly toooo relaxed when from the depths of the bayou came Kr-Pow, Kr-bang and KA-Blewie!!! Once again, sitting straight up in my chair what the hell is going on back there and the answer came KA-Pow KA-Bang Kr-Blame!! Good Grief I've been surrounded by water fowl hunters I said KA-Boom Kr-bang........ KA-Blewie once again.

Well just my luck, guys in here hunting duck. Welllllllp I'll just be..... darned!!!


Needless to say no deer today.

Hunted 2:00 pm till past shooting time,let me explain,my arrow was in the quiver. I had the most obnoxious doe around me from 5:00 pm,she just would come in to 20 yards and snort then take a couple hops and settle down then 15-20 later she would do it again and again and again and again. I walked out well past dark and she was still going at it. I'll remember her I still have 2 doe tags.lol Well I didn't shoot a buck yet but I ate some tenders tonight from my sons buck. Maybe if I eat more deer I'll smell like one.lol I really can't believe she smelled me, took a showered minutes before hunting,sprayed down all my clothes,boots,gloves,and hat. One smart swamp donkey. Like dpms said there's always Monday.

Psssst, WCW them Gyro sanmidges is really really good with shaved roast of bambi.

Even sanmidges made with bambilony and processed American cheese with poopon mustard...... yummi


Hey did I ever tell yinz how much I really appreciate a Pepcid with Banana Tums Pepto Bismol shake??

Mopars do like me. Make up your sanmidges before going to bed telling your betterhalf the sanmidges is for going hunting tomorrow then neak to the fridge after the wife falls asleep.

Just gotta member to get up in the morning before the wife so you can tell her you changed your mind about hunting and you ate the sanmidges for breakfast. Priceless👍👍👍

Decided to sit in my upstairs bedroom blind and watch the field for any deer signs. To add insult to injury on this beautiful morning, I just watched a nice 8pt calmly stroll up my driveway to said apple tree where my camera is, then along side and behind my cabin about 30yds into the woods right where I setup the climber. Ugh.....

Best day of the week SUNDAY. Woke up at 5:30 the usual. 6:30 clear,crisp,and calm no wind no rain.lol What a beautiful day,I plan on driving to Ohio for an afternoon sit. The big guys should start thinking about producing offspring by now. I'm past ready to send one home,it's been a tough year for this old man. Only thing of concern is I can't bring a dead deer into the state. Hmm options, field quarter the deer and leave the spinal cord and neck and head or find a deer processor. Can't bring a trophy head into the state either. Probably my last year in Ohio,they increased the license to $ 200 and plan on raising it to close to $300 in two years. The money not the main issue,it the legal transport of deer back home and I can't bring my head into the state. All because some deer farm in another country has cronic wasting away disease. I think the real reason is money $100 deer cutting,$550 taxi,license $200 =$850 all spent in Ohio. I received a postcard from the PGC reminding me that it's illegal to bring a deer from Ohio into the state. I can see keeping the deer herd healthy. But I hunt a spot in Pa. that one side of the road is Ohio and one side is Pa. I've shot about 20 deer from my stand though the years there and about half of them crossed the road from Ohio to Pa.  lol

BT maybe more of keeping a PA resident from buying out of state license and using it to say the deer they powdered illegally was shot in another state?

Also in the Buckeye, where we both know the "racks" are much bigger, it wasn't illegal to cut the heads from road kill. I say wasn't cause I do not know if OH changed the laws.

Anyways, the laws suck for the honest hunter but you know what they say about 'one bad potatoe......".

Personnaly, I think the CWD is over played to fit the agenda of the PGC.