ORIGINAL: lonewolf5348
I like to say congratulation on the buck on the last day of bow season in PA.
I also will agree with you on the deer herds on stategamelands there almost gone;I took a huge 8 pointer about 5 years ago on stategamelands and from that time I yet to see a good shooter buck gross my path.
I passed on a few large does in M/L season (flintlock) but the deer are just not there.I hunt also the regular deer season with my flintlock and again a few does no bucks.I gave it a shot this year with the bow seen a few does just a tad to far from the stand or ground blind.I have to say after some 40 years plus in hunting and have taken some real nice deer on them last years the hunting may be coming to a end .I find the body just can't do it any longer sorry we have to grow old I still hunt but not like I use to just to kill some time.I seen myself a few years back starting to pass on does and a few small bucks must be telling something.
us older terds have it hard,ha.
my ritual now is i have to get up at 4;30 am.
eat and WAIT until i have to go or i will go just when i dont have to in woods.
then it just seems to take longer to get your stuff together and head to woods..
i built a deer cart out of old wheelchair and thats a big help on my buck.
i know what you mean, i croached down to use my 850 power camcorder on pipeline,i saw 3 doe and thought ole big buck would be near.
i was in that postion for 10 minutes as 1 doe spotted me, i think.
she never took her eyes off my location.
THEN guess what happened, i fell forward as my legs went to sleep, boy, i was numb.
at 20 years old i would crawl to that deer and grab her tail, ha, only kidding ...
soooooooooooooooooo, it takes longtime for us to get around and we are only in our 50s/60s,thats not old.
anyhow, thanks for passing on doe.
i am trying to get the PGC here in pa. to stop all DMAP TAGS and make doe hunting only for kid under 16.
also only 3 points to 1 side for ALL of us, kids and ole terds too.
just to much cheating going on now, it must stop or hunting will get lot worst.