What do y'all want to know about hunting?
07-11-2016, 07:44 PM
#41
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,695
Well OT, there were several places I hunted in PA that had quite a few deer on them and then absolutely 0 deer sign. I saw it for myself a couple of years. Mainly up in the Poke. I didn't take the word of the stumpers as I know full well how pitifully weak they were in their actual scouting and hunting skills. These were places that weren't "over run" with deer in the first place and a fella had to actually do some good scouting and stand placement to be successful. Then, after the deer reduction plan went into place, all of a sudden there was absolutely NO sign whatsoever. No tracks on trails that had been used for many years, no fresh rubs or scrapes, no droppings, and no deer! They came back eventually and from what my buddy up there told me, he is seeing some really good sign as well as a good number of deer and also seeing some pretty healthy looking bucks sprouting some bone! I don't think the problem was wide spread but I do know for a fact of 3 or 4 spots that I hunt myself which consist of well over 2000 acres combined where we saw little to absolutely no sign of deer for almost 2 years. As I said previously, these spots weren't over run in the first place so when a bunch of yahoos come in decimating a herd it kind of gets to be a touchy subject for me as well when people say "there was no elimination" anywhere in the state. I'm by far no "stumper" and I work year round scouting or my buddies that I hunt with in other states work just as hard locating deer on the years that my schedule doesn't allow for me to get over there to properly scout. Now South Central PA such as Grantville and Hershey, I don't think they took enough out! That area is dang near infested with deer!
07-12-2016, 09:20 AM
#42
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Audubon & Red Rock, Penna.
Posts: 4,472
Oh yeah, I've seen the bucks getting a lot bigger in PA. But hunting them in the big woods sure is a challenge. They are unpredictable and spooky. Would be tough to make a hunting show in there. Especially when you are in an overgrown clear cut or laurel patch with 5 foot visibility. 
07-12-2016, 07:42 PM
#44
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Trumbull County, Ohio
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I have some bow hunting spots in places like that. Crawl in/out. Sit on a single 30 ft long shooting lane and wait for deer to hit the trail. Can't see them coming but can hear them moving through the brush. I put a visiting hunter in a spot like that and he looked at me like I was crazy. Ended up seeing a 10 & an 8 pt that evening but couldn't get a good shot. The deer are in the thick stuff. Just gotta figure out how to set up on them.
-Jake
-Jake
07-14-2016, 03:36 AM
#45
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: PA
Posts: 470
For the OP, I'd be interested in seeing a video of fall turkey hunting with a dog. I have a great turkey dog, I'd be happy to participate if you have some land that holds a good turkey population.
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07-15-2016, 05:09 PM
#46
Nontypical Buck
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Location: Kansas
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Even though I'm a (relatively still) young and arrogant know-it-all who steps on my d!ck a lot by how I say things, it's pretty easy to get a bad impression from the subtext behind the "What do yall want to know about hunting?" thread title - which comes off a passive aggressive way of saying "I know more than you."
If you want to make your way doing this - be truthful and stop pretending to be something you're not. Show your own learning process, and learn. People read blogs on "my first marathon" just as often as they read blogs by the pros. That's the genuine article. When you come in here and advertise yourself as "what do you want me to teach you?," it obviously comes off the wrong way to a huge portion of what COULD HAVE BEEN your subscribers - given the right approach, that didn't need to happen.
Making money in a vlog is nothing more than marketing. Marketing is about messaging - your messaging needs work.
If you want to make your way doing this - be truthful and stop pretending to be something you're not. Show your own learning process, and learn. People read blogs on "my first marathon" just as often as they read blogs by the pros. That's the genuine article. When you come in here and advertise yourself as "what do you want me to teach you?," it obviously comes off the wrong way to a huge portion of what COULD HAVE BEEN your subscribers - given the right approach, that didn't need to happen.
Making money in a vlog is nothing more than marketing. Marketing is about messaging - your messaging needs work.
07-26-2016, 08:02 AM
#47
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Audubon & Red Rock, Penna.
Posts: 4,472
I consider it a plus that it would be hard to film a deer hunting show in PA.
07-26-2016, 12:48 PM
#48
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern California
Posts: 18,391
Even though I'm a (relatively still) young and arrogant know-it-all who steps on my d!ck a lot by how I say things, it's pretty easy to get a bad impression from the subtext behind the "What do yall want to know about hunting?" thread title - which comes off a passive aggressive way of saying "I know more than you."
If you want to make your way doing this - be truthful and stop pretending to be something you're not. Show your own learning process, and learn. People read blogs on "my first marathon" just as often as they read blogs by the pros. That's the genuine article. When you come in here and advertise yourself as "what do you want me to teach you?," it obviously comes off the wrong way to a huge portion of what COULD HAVE BEEN your subscribers - given the right approach, that didn't need to happen.
Making money in a vlog is nothing more than marketing. Marketing is about messaging - your messaging needs work.
If you want to make your way doing this - be truthful and stop pretending to be something you're not. Show your own learning process, and learn. People read blogs on "my first marathon" just as often as they read blogs by the pros. That's the genuine article. When you come in here and advertise yourself as "what do you want me to teach you?," it obviously comes off the wrong way to a huge portion of what COULD HAVE BEEN your subscribers - given the right approach, that didn't need to happen.
Making money in a vlog is nothing more than marketing. Marketing is about messaging - your messaging needs work.
