Word on the street is that AR goes away next year in the DMA areas.

Quit it.......! ya big tease. 😊

BeenThereDoneThat.
My question, why the laws in PA are written to remove the heavy horned bucks from the gene pool leaving the scrubs to mate?

 
Cause all of those young "scrubs" have the same genes as the older heavy horned deer. Plus does carry half of the antler genes as well. It is a very rare 3-5 year old buck that doesn't meet ARs. 
 
It has been shown it is virtually impossible to alter the genetic makeup of a free ranging whitetail herd. If it were, the high fenced ranches in Texas would not have to cull "genetically inferior" bucks after decades of antler management within a fence. 

DarDys
Word on the street is that AR goes away next year in the DMA areas.

Yep. Most likely this will happen. 

any mention in the Texas data of the high fenced ranches altering antler growth with feed quality, minerals, vitamins, etc?

Bit more on the rut activity in my little piece of Penn's Woods.

Only interested in munching and everyone walked past the scrape.

Only seen one deer checking and marking the scrape and that was the half-rack.

I dunno, you be the judge.

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Took today off work to hunt. Was snowing to beat the band and 25 degrees when I woke up and took the dog out at 430. Took better than an hour and 3 cups of coffee to convince myself not to climb back into my warm bed. Ended up seeing 5 doe, a 6pt, and another small buck.

Hit the same stand this afternoon after taking a break to warm up and get something to eat. Saw.....zero deer. Bummer. Bout a mile down the road when I left there were 2 trucks pulled over with a kamakizi doe and a bunch of shrapnel laying in the road.

Good luck to all of you trying to stick one, and good luck to all of us trying NOT to stick one with the vehicle.

Dang that sucks when that happens.

Didn't see much action today myself. Unfortunately this afternoon, somebody we've all come to know and love, had to be shopping at Walmart. 😡


Did see a couple of the little kyootys earlier in the day, munching apples in the winter wonder land.

Ughhhh..... the snow, somebody make it go away!! 😫


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No deer hunting for my boys this evening with other stuff going on.  
 
I took a few hours while they were in school and went huntin for those funny looking chickens they put out on the game lands.  Got a new lab, Rocky (a.k.a RockHead) for Christmas 2017 for the kids (even though he's become all my responsibility), and didn't hunt him nearly enough last year.  Had him out with my son a few weeks ago for the youth hunt, but this was his first action since then.  For being such a dumasz in the house, he's incredible on the ditch chickens.  Was nice to be out alone, and not have to let my son get all the shooting.  First bird I've killed in 8 years I believe.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Way to go!!