I finally harvested a legal Pa buck !!!!!
A 7 point with a 15 inch inside spread .. This is not one of the bucks I had seen earlier and got photos of.
I was sitting in my blind last evening (Wednesday) at 6:30pm I heard rustling leaves and here came 2 does passing at about 25 yards. I was not going to shoot a doe yet so I let them pass... and low and behold here came a nice buck. I counted the points and waited for a shot. Pulled the crossbow trigger and THUMP .. a good hit.
I waited for 25 minutes and began tracking.. at first not a good trail and as it got dark the trail became better and better. at about 75 yards the deer went down over the hill .. there was no way I was going down there in the dark.
I waited until daylight and picked up the search again. Climbed down over the steep hill and went another 30 yards and there he was...
But not so good of an outcome.. I was not the first one to find the deer... some critter or critters (coyotes/bear) had started eating the poor thing... no way I was going to keep that meat.
I returned home and called the PGC to see if I could still tag the buck and keep the antlers and let the deer lay.. They said yes.. so I returned and took the antlers..
Happy to have killed a buck finally but I wish I could have kept the meat.. oh well.. I still have 2 doe tags !! LOL
here's some pictures....