With all of those doe licenses left,it looks like some NR hunters will get lucky this year. Any of you guys getting another? I'm not sure if I will or if 1 will be enough. With the economy like it is I just might shoot my first doe in many, many years.
On a side note I saw 2 doe with 3 fawns in my clover last night, they seem to be reproducing quit well in 1B.
I hunt primarily three areas. One the herd is doing well, thanks to controlled doe hunting efforts by the locals, hunters,and landowners. Actually probably the best numbers I've seen in almost ten years. I won't mention it in specifics because if I do then next year it will get double the allocation. I will most likely kill a doe there. The other two areas I frequent, I will purchase a tag, and decide whether that tag will save a doe (very likely) or take one for meat based on what I see after more scouting and observation this fall. As far as bucks I've only seen a few, one was definitely a "shooter." I'm sure there are a few more around, but I don't take scouting seriously at this time of year, I'm not going out of my way looking for them, so it's only what I see in passing. I also got my bear license...I seem to hunt bear about every other year, but I'm off all three days so I'm excited to do some scouting for bear and put in a real effort on them this year. Not sure why the board's been so quiet lately. I'd have thought with the heat and humidity more folks would be in front of the computer with the AC going and a cold beer. I'm really bored with the slow MB"s so I logged onto my wife's facebook page and changed her profile pic to Janet Reno! LOL That will either earn me some points for comedy or a night on the couch!
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I dont hunt pa anymore , But my aged uncle sent for a permit in 5c and still has not gotten anything. They must be slow in berks county. shoot they had 113,000 permits . The state I hunt you just buy the permit at a store and it is good anywhere in the state. But each county has different limits. Some one ,some 2 ,some none and some counties only residents can shoot a doe. the area I own property we are allowed 2 doe. But I will probably only shoot a 6 pt buck or bigger. My doe herd is only around 50. The yotes take alot. Untill i can get the yote pop. down I wont shoot any doe. residents and their families or employees need not buy a license to hunt. But all deer shot must be taken to a check station which is anywhere hunting licenses are sold. You can buy a license, check a deer in and eat a pizza and drink a beer all at the same time. They keep the check in tags behind the bar infact.
God forbid the deer population would get below 300 dpsm.What an amazing attitude.Are yu trying to erroneously claim that WV is not trying to reduce their deer herd?
I know nothing about WV game politics. What I do know is that none of my neighbors have the brown its down attitude. When they found out i was from Pa they got real upset. They were scared I was bringing the Pa.attitude to their community.None of my neighbors slaughter the doe. Infact my one neighbor shoots only 8 pt and bigger. He was raised in WV and has 600 acres and his family only bow hunts. Everyone I have met in the area was concerned I was going to do what they heard Pa was doing. They hate all Pa hunters because of what some are doing..Yes they shoot doe when necessary but the people I met ONLY want a big heard and support the deer with supplement feeding. I think there more feeders in WV then people. I can only speak for my area not the whole state. I will say no matter where I travel in the state I see deer all times of the day standing around everywhere. One thing that bothers me though is how tame some of the deer seem. Infact alot of the wild game animals dont seem near as scarey as other places. Even the yotes seem less wild.I woke up one morning stepped out of the house slammed the door and there was a yote sitting on my comfy tractor seat 20 yards from the porch. He didnt run untill I turned around to go get the gun.The farm I was raised up on in Pa.we see only three deer and there has been not one home built or any habitate removed. The problem is the public land that adjoins it and in the past hundreds of hunters each having multiple doe permits.I only found out this summer that the landowners that are around me in WV had a meeting when they found out where I was from and decided to watch me real close to see what kind of negative effects I had on the deer heard. No wonder I kept seeing orange vest at my borders just kind of watching me during the season. Could not figure what they were doing sitting there in deer season without a weapon. We have become very goods friends since that first year and they are just great country folks that love their deer.
Cardeer you must be hunting a different part of WV than I have. First, the WV guys I met were very friendly with us "out of state guys" Where I hunted, the locals seldom bothered with tags or reporting anything and many of em talked about needing 6-8 deer a year to feed the family.
As for the original subject, it seems that some treasurers are processing the tags johnny on the spot while others arent doing so well. Saw on another site where one CT said they were understaffed and were only managing to do 400 or so a week.
It's gonna get real interesting here as it looks like some NR's might get tags even where the residents who sent in two weeks ago will only get their second or third choice.
The unsold tags mailings this week will make it even more complicated.
Better hope you pick the right CT when you mail em this weekend
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Cardeer,if what you say is true and I doubt it is,you over winter more than 300 doe per square mile.That's just doe.With any type of recrutment,you'll have higher deer densites than any place on earth.Other than being totaly unnecessary,it's also extremely irresponsible.On top of that,how fun could it possibly be to hunt such a large and out of control herd of deer?
I only found out this summer that the landowners that are around me in WV had a meeting when they found out where I was from and decided to watch me real close to see what kind of negative effects I had on the deer heard. No wonder I kept seeing orange vest at my borders just kind of watching me during the season. Could not figure what they were doing sitting there in deer season without a weapon. We have become very goods friends since that first year and they are just great country folks that love their deer.
Maybe they just wanted to know,how much you know. Know what I mean? Lots of Moonshiners in them thar hills.
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Sure seems quite around here
Lots of Moonshiners in them thar hills.
