RE: All Pa hunters
Archery - I missed a huge 10 point buck and passed on a lot of doe. I didn't think I could pass on so many does but when you see 4-6 does every saturday morning at 6:30-7 a.m. it just seems a bit early to start off with a doe. I wasn't about to get a doe with my bow that early in the season and 3 weeks later the buck showed his face so he became my magnificant obsession and with the time and patience required for archery knowing he was around made every moment worth it.
Rifle season I took 2 doe on the last day which was really fun. I got 1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon in the rain which was a challenging hunt. I had to switch rifles to an old open site 30-30 I just couldn't keep the rain off the scope on the other rifle.
I wasn't planning on using the old gun this season but I had shot it before the opening day just to make sure it wasn't out of whack. So that was really cool.
Then Flintlock season on December 26 after getting a late start due to a heavy x-mas day snowfall and power outage I made it to my stand about 2pm and a group of 7 does walks 25 yards in front of me I wasn't even in my stand 10 minutes and I got to pick the largest one of the group and my second deer with a flintlock. Great season.