RE: Why does everyone look down on PA?
There's plenty of huge deer in PA. Most of them come from farms and private property near the rural areas. There are a couple of reasons why we see more small bucks than large ones, though. We have over one million deer hunters out there so there will be a lot of smaller bucks shot. Also, there aren't the vast areas of land with huge CRP tracts here and there aren't too many guided ranch hunts in PA. Much of the hunting in northern PA is on state game land which is more forest than farm. If you look at some of the bucks taken near Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, you'll see some big ones.
Scott Meier
White Oak Lodge
Edited by - BarnesX.308 on 01/09/2002 19:38:58