RE: Big Buck Barometer
Scott - Davies Ford, a local truck dealership - two years ago - gave away a Brand New Pickup truck to the guy who killed the biggest buck in Fayette County in rifle seasonthat year. The deer had to be killed in the county, tagged and verified accordingly. The website is now down, but the biggest buck turned in would've been lucky to score 135. "Kill a Buck, Win a Truck." No entry fee. Just shoot your big buck and bring it down. Huge publicity stunt. Advertised all over Froggy radio.
Nothing turned in that would've even scared 150.
Gary: No. I shoot the first good 2.5 I see, and start hunting other states immediately. I have hunted full seasons in PA in the past, going all the way to the last day - and I average sighting aboutone 3.5+ per year from the stand.I've hunted here long enoughto know what is realistic and what isn't.