This has been beat to death in the Northeast forum, but I'll give my .02 on it. Yes, I definitely see bigger bucks and I passed on several small 7/8's this year to let them grow and go after the bigger bucks I now were in the area. In my area, I am in a 4 point per side.

The problem I have is the doe management and the way they have handled that. They have killed far too many does and it's bad in a lot of the state.

I hunt archery only in Butler county. 13 hunts and saw over 40 deer. I also saw another 10 bucks and countless doe during the day and especially on Sunday watching out my office window as I work. I buck hunt only during archery (for my own reasons) and passed several shot opportunities. It never paid off in terms of harvest but I had a very successful season.

The area I rifle hunt is Westmoreland. In 2 all day hunts, I saw 2 deer. A spike on opening day and a half rack 2 point on the last Saturday.

My archery area is flooded with deer but then again I hunt the back of residential communities and you can't rifle hunt so the deer have a safe haven for the most part.