My last sit before the firearms opener was pretty eventful but no arrows sent. Saw 8 deer throughout the day. I had one doe at 30 yards in thick stuff and just couldn't find a way to confidently send an arrow through it. Picked up a really cool double main beamed buck on trail camera a few times. 
 
Switching gears to one man pushes at deer camp for a few weeks then back at it in the late season. 

Looking like snow and bitter cold for the opener up here in the Northern part of the state. Gotta love the snow tho, easy to spot em and makes tracking a breeze. Gonna be deer running everywhere as the hunters wont be able to sit still in this cold. Good luck everyone.
 
BH

Up to 71 deer killed now for 19 guys in the management hunt I participate in. I was out Friday afternoon and Saturday hunting those properties. Saw 9 Friday and 10 yesterday but all too far for any shooting. I need slam dunk shots where I am hunting so I like them at 25 or closer. I got together with one of the other hunters and we did some small pushes since it was so warm yesterday. Lots of good deer sign that I need to explore after the season closes on some of the other properties that we can hunt.

How big of an area is the management area?

DarDys
How big of an area is the management area?

We are contracted with a borough to hunt their properties and any private properties that enroll in the program. Borough property is a bit over 1000 acres. The private properties range from just a few acres to over 40 acres. I am not sure how many private properties are enrolled and how many total acres that is. I had 4 private properties assigned to me totaling about 55 acres. 

That’s quite a deer density. No wonder they want they culled.

DarDys
That’s quite a deer density. No wonder they want they culled.

Way too many deer but access is the issue. 

Those two typically go hand in hand.

Is there any estimate of the deer density there?

DarDys
Is there any estimate of the deer density there?

Nothing official that I know of. We have a new hunt manager for the past two years and he has been requiring the hunters to keep much better records of every outing to try to establish some data points. The prior manager kept very poor records and the borough basically kicked his crew out and went with this new crew looking for more data. On every hunt I have to record date, time in, time out, property hunted, deer seen, does seen, bucks seen and deer harvested. A doe has to be shot before a buck can be shot and so many deer have to be donated to HUSH.