ORIGINAL: longbowman2
I live in PA and have been hunting since 1966.THERE'S SO MANY MORE DEER NOW THAN WHENI STARTED THAT IT'S AMAZING TO HEAR ALL THE RUKUS GOING ON ABOUT THE POOR HUNTING. I'm 100% convinced that if people actually "hunted" deer instead of trying to gang push them and set in the exact same stands as they have forever that people would start seeing and getting deer again. Take away the walkie talkies, ATV's and heated tree houses and maybe people would actually learn how to hunt again.
I've been wondering the same thing myself. Of all the people complaining, how many of them are actually good hunters, that consistently take deer....with a gun or a bow? Sitting at my buddies powerline on the first day of pa's gun season, and 2 evenings last week, I was amazed at the number of road hunters cruising by me at 2 mph. Saturday with the snow down, it was a really disgusting site to see nobody in the woods, but instead cruising around in the trucks.
I couldn't be happier with the bowhunting personally. I killed a buck every year since 1993, and usually a doe or 2. I can honestly say I haven't had a bad year. I've had slow years, but usually because I was lazy with the scouting, or work or school slowed me down. But a little leg work found the deer sooner or later..........whether it was private or public land.