My hat is off to you guys that hunt in Elk county and surrounding counties
Just returned from there on a little trip to view the elk. Only saw a couple cows and a black bear trying to cross 555 in the daylight.
While I consider myself a experienced hunter, I realized how much easier it is hunting where I hunt in Greene County.
I have to say, I doubt I'd have much success hunting in the Elk County area. I did take a couple of deer in this area back in the late 70's early 80's while hunting at a camp of a family friend.
To me, the deer would be much easier to pattern and figure out in the farm country I hunt. It's like a different world. The big woods areas would have me baffled on figuring them out.
So again, BTB, Doug E, RSB, BB2, Cornelious, Screaming Steele and others that hunt this area, my hat is off to you.
I might not agree with BTB, RSB or Doug E on your views of things, but I respect you guys that can take deer in this area.
After the last couple days, I realize how lucky I am to hunt Greene County.
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Last edited by Windwalker7; 08-15-2009 at 03:52 PM.
Thats what makes PA such a great place to hunt, diverse hunters hunting diverse terrain, some adapt others refuse to.
When I was younger we hunted Warren county,it was some tough hunting , there were many a day that deer were left hanging in a tree miles from a road, in the morning a couple of us would hike in and drag them out. I'm older now and some what smarter in the areas I hunt deer in, yet when it comes to grouse two of them aren't to much to pack out.
While Doug and RSB are without a doubt good hunters, they are also benefiting from the fact that thousands of hunters have been driven from hunting 2G by the PGCs HR plan. Local hunters can buy DMAP tags and harvest multiple deer from Oct. through Jan.,while hunters from out of the area have to expend considerable time,effort and money in order to take advantage of DMAP tags.
Can you imagine how happy the resident hunters in 5C would be if the PGC only issued 26K tags, instead of the 100+K doe tags issued in 5C?
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I couldn't imagine hunting up there today. I feel for you guys.
Back when I got a couple deer up there, there were deer everywhere.
I live in Westmoreland county but have hunted Greene county since the mid 80's. I also hunted the northern panhandle of West Virginia from about 1985 til 2002.
Let's just say I got spoiled. When I first started hunting WV the farm was over run with deer. When archery hunting those first couple years, we didn't use tree stands, we would just walk around and get our deer about 15 minutes after getting out of the truck.
That EHD put a hurt'en on the deer in Greene Co. a couple years ago. They extra hunting pressure also added to it.
Things aren't as easy now as they once use to be, but I'd still take that compared to what you guys have in the NC part of the state.
To be honest, I'd quit hunting if that's all I had to hunt.
I live in Westmoreland but don't really hunt around here. I don't have permission on any good property. Being spoiled as I was, I just don't really hunt places that my chances aren't very good.
I have to respect you guys that keep going out when the hunting ain't so good.
Just returned from there on a little trip to view the elk. Only saw a couple cows and a black bear trying to cross 555 in the daylight.
While I consider myself a experienced hunter, I realized how much easier it is hunting where I hunt in Greene County.
I have to say, I doubt I'd have much success hunting in the Elk County area. I did take a couple of deer in this area back in the late 70's early 80's while hunting at a camp of a family friend.
To me, the deer would be much easier to pattern and figure out in the farm country I hunt. It's like a different world. The big woods areas would have me baffled on figuring them out.
So again, BTB, Doug E, RSB, BB2, Cornelious, Screaming Steele and others that hunt this area, my hat is off to you.
I might not agree with BTB, RSB or Doug E on your views of things, but I respect you guys that can take deer in this area.
After the last couple days, I realize how lucky I am to hunt Greene County.
Windwalker; did you ever hunt Penn View Mountains area? I would recommend this area. Also check into the area around Conemaugh Dam. Last suggestion would be Laurel Summit area. I don't hunt with a rifle but, I have been in these area's with friends assisting on deer drives. They hunt these area's only on weekdays and have had good success. I do hunt these spots after Christmas with muzzleloader and have taken many deer in these area's.
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I have hunted the laurel summit area but not the other two.
The laurel summit area (Forbes State Forest) use to be really good. Killed a few deer in archery near Hidden Valley. Lately I haven't seen much sign there.
I hunted this area in bear season a couple years ago. Even with snow, I didn't even see one deer track. Use to be lots of deer there. It doesn't get that much pressure either.
Things aren't as easy now as they once use to be, but I'd still take that compared to what you guys have in the NC part of the state.
Aw it ain't as bad as it seems. Us bigwoods hunters are a different breed. After about three or four days of setting perched in a treestand waiting for one of the 8-12 DPSM to maybe come strolling by, we get up off our duffs and go look at the triliums and marvel over their existence. Then we move on to the viburnums and hobblebush and fall to our knees and thank and pay homage to the eco-terrorists for showing us deer hunters the errors of our ways. Of course, we also praise the Lord for the greenies that will pay a few extra bucks for lumber that has been green certified from a sustainable forest. Every now and then we take a camera and our Audobon birdwatching manuals along with us and take in the birdlife while paying strict attention to the condition of the mid level shrub layer. When we are all through with the scenic tour, we pull out our GPS toys and try to remember the cooridinates of the latest geocaching treasure. Then there's always the planning of our next mountain biking adventure, along with planning other ways to hunt deeper, hunt further, and hunt smarter to ponder as we set on stand enduring the long wait. While on stand, we also plan our next mode of attack for dodgeing the barrage of yakers and 'noers and dodgeing the emptied Gatorade bottles that seem to fly out of nowhere along the Rails To Trails in the canyon next spring while trying to fish the Pine. After that, we get to wonder about the sudden spike in drug and DUI arrests of those sporting Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia tags on their vehicles, which conveniently coincides with the sudden influx of gas companies tapping into the Marcellus Gas Formation from those very same states. This year, we get to ponder the 3 heroin ODs last week in Wellsboro to. Then there's those squirrels. We could always hunt squirrels.
As one of the 4-weekend-a-year cityboy-habitat-gurus once said, "it's all in the way you look at things".
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My hat is off to you guys that hunt in Elk county and surrounding counties
