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Old 12-21-2008 | 08:20 AM
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Default RE: BUTTON BUCKS

Every year I see yearling and fawn deer and they are always in the same general area and show up like clockwork every day. To me, the experience of watching them helps pass the time while not seeing much of anything else. So it is more rewarding to me to watch these young deer interact with one another chasing and playing with each other. It is not challenging to me to shoot one of these deer who for the most part are oblivious to presence of hunters who take scent precaution and play the wind. With every hunting season a deer survives they become smarter and at 3 1/2 or older they then become more challenging to outsmart and then it is more rewarding to harvest them for the meat and the experience. Just as BTBowhunter stated... If there are few deer in your area why kill either? Let the buckgo to grow and the leave doe to reproduce. Just because you are able to get a doe tag doesn't mean it should be used in your area of a WMU where it is allocated. There are neighboring states with low license prices where deer can be taken to fill your freezer. It costs a little more but it also puts PA's management practices into perspective when hunting states like Ohio. I hunt PA and have done well but if I had to choose between hunting either PA or Ohio, I choose Ohio. It's just a much better experience and the deer are plentiful and the buck I have seen on average are bigger.
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