good luck guys...keep at it...
manuman....give Germ a big ole hug from Mauser...he will understand
a manly hug...not a girly one lol...
im pretty pumped today. did some MORE scouting. got sick of what i been seeing in the areas i been scouting...a whole bunch of nothin and a whole bunch of human activity...
i been hunting a gamelands thats 20-25minutes away for 9 seasons now...
the forest has changed dramatically since then and PA has under went major herd reductions...last year was my first as a bowhunter...but i cannot tell you how many GOOD bucks ive seen in there small game and fall turkey hunting in the fall. all my good ole faithfuls failed me last year. didnt see other hunters except twice..a small game hunter one day and a fall turkey hunter another..but both were within 200yds of the road.
last night i poured over my topo of the area. NOTHING stood out. i know the area and the trails and pipelines that are foot accessable and know roughly of a decint chunk of the area...nothing stuck out. no good lookin funnels...nothing.
got on the ariel view as a last resort looking for anything that might help. BINGO!!! a stand of hemlocks in a pretty deep, short ravine! comes up the right side of the ravine and most of the way to an AWESOME looking point...then it gives way to saplings and oaks...that spot looks promising.
another spot i overlooked all these years is a oak ridge/hillside with a slight point. THICK nasty stuff below and around the point...TORE UP with deer sign. 2 benches on the hillside...THICK nasty lookin stuff man...it looks GREAT...screaming big bucks...just gotta be there when they are...
another spot is a small cut that juts into the woods...thick nasty old growning clearcut around most of it...but theres a couple trails and big trees that might work..and the right side is an awesome edge of oaks and hardwoods and saplings meeting the thicket edge...
all of these spots should hold deer and all look like big buck territory if ive ever seen it.
through the years ive seen some PIGS in the area...out of everything ive seen in there in almost 10yrs, im REALLY pumped to find those spots...and, they are all farther than i have EVER seen a bowhunter up there. heck not many guys do bowhunt up there. used to be real popular with grouse hunters running dogs but the forest grew and not so many grouse so i havent seen many of them lately either...looking promising...glad to have found it...twas a good day
might get out doe hunting this weekend again..friday evening and saturday morn and evening...maybe...depends on whats goin on at home and the temps...calling for 83-84 lows of about 60[:'(] we will see....im hard to hold down...and got good creek crossings in the area...i dont know we will see...