ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer
I'm not speaking for just part of the state I hunt, nor just the Alleghany Forest. Are they telling you they've watched the media and witnessed all the incredible bucks being taken across the state on public landand then saying it isn't so? Are those you speak of speaking for the entire state or just what they've seen in their haunts. I think that answer is quite clear by the masses and the bucks that this state is taking on public land.
They are speaking about the entire state Rob............their have always been big bucks taken in PA and many on state land.............they don't see any major change in that frequency after the AR's. What they did say is that the bottom end of the bucks killed is now higher (6's vs spikes and forks before).......yet they qualify that with their being way fewer deer out there because EVERYTHING gets hammered now that deer sightings are so down.
Never assumed nothing of the sort but if any of the 50 you speak of would have, they would have told you a different outcome. I'm sure what you encountered is a PGC bashing party. It's quite evident our deer numbers are down and they are probably very unhappy with their sightings however, I'm speaking specifically about you telling nvshooter what the real truth is.
What else was I supposed to say??..........that IS the real truth that I experienced in PA this year.
And you are saying that I am wrong based solely on hear say of a minority rather than basing your opinion on facts that you could clearly investigate as I have.
I'm not saying you are wrong Rob.........what I am saying is your opinion differs dramatically from what I heard from many other guys in PA this year..........1 vs 50+.........you are the minority in my talks with PA guys, not the other way around.
Nope, not because I disagree but because the truth from across the state says otherwise. Perhaps you should do some investigation rather than tell someone else they should come here to find the real truth based solely on the hear say of your 50+ minority.
I don't really care either way.............my experience with PA guys this year tells me the picture being painted by some is not reality globally across the state............and especially on public land. If you don't want to believe all the guys I spoke with then so be it.........I have no reason to believe they don't know what is going on in their woods that they have hunted their whole lives.