ORIGINAL: Cornelius08
"- I've seen deer while traveling with my wife and daughters. Nice healthy deer too! "
And they were pre-2000 also.
Um.... No. This was Thanksgiving 2005. We were heading to my wife's family in Buffalo, NY. You want details? Okay... here ya go (pull up Mapquest if you want).
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Saint+Clairsville&state=PA&count ry=US&latitude=40.1567&longitude=-78.5103&geocode=CITY#a/maps/m::7:40.110598:-78.504717:0:::::/e
See where St. Clairsville is (exit 7 on I-99/Route 220)??? Now, by using Mapquest, zoom in. Keep zooming in. Now, look a little south from St. Clairsville along the right side of I-99/Route 220. Switch to the aerial view on Mapquest. See the big farm fields that run parallel to I-99?
BINGO.... Right there...
I swear to God, I almost drove off the road and had my wife yelling at me!
I saw the biggest racked buck I have ever seen, aside from on TV, following a big harem of does in that field. This was in the early morning hours, as we had stopped in Bedford and crashed in a motel for the night (we left after work from Richmond, VA). Ever since then, I knew PA had some quality deer. They are there. You just have to work hard to find them, I guess.