ORIGINAL: PA Bow/Flinter

Well, it looks like us PA guys are really cleaning up on the big bucks this year which is just awesome. But I'm jealous, because instead of sitting out there in the same woods as you guys hoping for my own chance at a big one, I'm 600 miles away from my home in Erie, PA to attend school at the University of New Hampshire. I knew I would miss hunting archery season this year (I didn't even buy an archery stamp, just flintlock for the late season when I'll be home), but seeing all you guys bring in the big guys makes me just a tad jealous that I can't be in the same woods as you. I guess I'm not really jealous though, I just miss it.

So I guess the real point of this email is to say thanks tomy homestatePA guysespecially, but everyone in general, for sharingyour stories; I'm living my 2007 PA archery season vicariously through you guys. Congrats to everyone who's taken a deer, to those you will get one, and to those who just got to be in the woods...you guys (and gals) are lucky.

On a side note, I managed to buy my plane tickets for the Thanksgiving break in such a way where I will be able to hunt until about 12pm on the first day of rifle season (yeah, I know..but atleast its something) before I catch a plane back to NH. I can't remember a time other than my 12th birthday that I've been anticipating the first day I can hunt as much as this.

Thanks for reading...I just needed to say it.
Steven