RE: First PA Deer Hunting trip
RYBO- Got it straight, doe season runs concurrently with buck season. There is no doe season prior to the opener the Monday after Thanksgiving.
JHoff- I have hunted rifle season in Pa for 25 or so, years,this year was different. I think the major reason for the spookiness of the deer was the high winds and weather in general. Take the shakey weather and add some 800,000 hunters and yeah the deer were jumpy! Also the deer numbers are way down, this is due to the high number of doe tags given out the previous 3, or so, years. They did cut way back this year and the numbers of deer should start creeping up again over the next couple years. Sounds like you have a nice area to hunt scout it out and good luck in the future.