RE: Pa. Game Commission Problems
Germain,I am seeing excellent regeneration on Moshannon state forest but most of it is near the boyscout camparound Penfield.I was up there in feb and the oakregeneration looked like mountain laurel and the stump sprouts on the stumps cut two years ago where all about 5ft tall.That area got hammered when HR started and the regen is unreal.What's interesting is that when the did a shelter wood cut about 5-6 years ago,there isn't a stump sprout to be found in that area.I don't have a figure for the deer density at that time but we hunted that areaduring the first year of AR and my buddy hadthree groups of deer come by him by 10:00 am and they totaled over 50 deer.They weren't the same deer either because they all came from the same direction.Last yearI spent two months in that area scouting and hunting for turkeys and saw one der the whole time and very little sign.I'd like to show you some of these areaswhen you come back up.
Four sox,I'm veryfamiliar with SGL 93.I don't hunt that arealike I used to because of all the ticks but yes,there's still grouse and alot of deer.If you go in deep near the beaver dams around winterburn,there's plenty of deer.I actually just leased 500 acres with a bunch of guys that borders the Sabula side of SGL 93.