greg!! how DARE YOU!! you mentioned that "A" word!!!!!


honestly, comin from a PA boy, born and raised, in the woods since i could walk, i can say i dont see AS many deer a day...even days we gang up in rifle season and put on drives, but honestly, who needs to se 30+ deer a day?? we used to see 30 a day on a regular day.

i been hunting 9 years now. this year i took my 3rd buck. took me 3 or 4 years to kill my FIRST buck. the next was a couple years later. but since ARs and herd reduction, i have noticed ONE thing. MORE BUCKS. which i cannot figure out. alot are 1.5yo bucks, but how i see more is beyond me...the herd was reduced and alot of does still get shot...alot of button bucks get tagged in the process. how i see more, i cannot figure out...but i do. wed see 30 a day but maybe 1 or 2 had antlers. now we might see 10-15 on a GOOD day...but a good half have a rack of some sort...

now to get some age structure in the herd, and we WILL see good hunting. not even saying trophy wise(but that will come) but we would see a BETTER quality and health herd...as well as more bigger bucks. take my buck for example. 1.5yo and legal across the state for ANYONE. came from an area that is FLOODED with rifles come opening day. 3 ontop made him legal and that was easy to spot...90% chance he would been killed if i didnt kill him.

thats ALOT of our bucks. they meet the 3 or 4pt rule with their first set of antlers. i dont know the numbers, but i bethca its close to or over 30% are legal their first year. maybe more. i see more small rackers than i do spikes and Y bucks.

i would LOVED to see PA goto EARN a buck years ago(along with ARs)...right now we would be seeing GREAT hunting. less does AND bigger bucks for sure...

we will see what happens...we got the genetics and food...we just need the age to get to Matt and Frank status...