We hunted in Elk County, WMU 2F. Out of four of us we were all skunked on private land during archery near Pittsburgh. Came to camp, had low expectations, saw nothing on first day. We stuck with it and hunted early and hard on the second day and found great success. Saw quite a few does around too.
My basket rack. I thought he was nice for a mountain deer.
See next post for my brother's buck
nice deer!!! I saw a buck like the one you shot at 501 pm (too dark to shoot) at 25 yards from me on private ground. No one else hunts this property so I hope he stays on the property for the rest of the season so he can look like your brothers deer next year!!! congrats!!
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Seems alot of people shot thier bucks on the second day. I know 3 people who did plus you guys.
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Congrats on both of those bucks. I have seen a lot of nice bucks coming out of PA this year, AR appears to paying off. I think it may be time for meto start hunting PA again.
As for the second day's success, it was a tad bit colder in the morning, so I think maybe the deer came out to feed after laying low the day before. I normally would have passed on the basket rack but I'm studying taxidermy and thought he was the perfect candidate for a first attempt, plus I'vebeen holding out for quite a few years and everyone in my family keeps bringing home the monsters except me, so I had to wet my whistle a little. I cango back to holding out for a bigger one again.I'm glad we didn't score the first day for how warm it was and we were staying until Tuesday night, so any buck we shot would have had to sit in the warm for more than 24 hours before getting to the butcher. When we dropped them off at our butcher, he stuffed their body cavities with bags of ice. He said that the ice inside, combined with the hide, acts like a refrigerator and all the meat stays cold enough until processed. Words of wisdom.
PA public land bucks-second day success!
