Originally Posted by
sproulman
i miss days here in WMU2G of pa that you could take ride and see deer.bob its so bad you cant see 1 deer on ride of over 30 miles in best area.i went out to remove my treestand today with toby.we flushed 2 grouse.i saw 1 set of deer tracks around my stand.on road driving down to highway, its about 4 miles long,i saw 3 sets of deer tracks. only 1 set at 3 of our feeders which we filled on sunday.
i placed a nice big note for s.o.b that steals my salt licks each year. this time i smashed the salt lick on ground in pieces around feeders.i spend 100 dollars on salt licks around our public feeders and you a holes that steal corn/licks.......
it was real nice out there,i think i am going to take more walks to get in shape this year.my deer cart almost killed me in snow,i learned something there,the plastic sleds are much better in snow than cart.that homemade cart is great without snow...........
Hey Sproul, I do hear you. I dont get up your way often but I have seen how bad deer numbesr and some of the habitat is up there. Where I think we differ is exactly how much of it is habitat and predators and how much is tag allocations.
It's that way in parts of 2F too. We just moved. Nobody is fond of vacating a favorite old hunting spot full of good memories but sometimes thats what we gotta do. When I look back, I realize that we've had to move all around 2F for all the 40 years I've hunted. Hate trying a new spot on the opener and finding an orange horde all around, but we've been rewarded just as often by moving around.
You really have to take a look at waht DougE and a few others are saying. The PGC and DCNR aint gonna fix things for us. We simply have to get out of our comfort zone and find the spots where the deer ARE now. I know you know how and I know you aren't afraid of putting out the effort and I know you're willing to go wayback if thats what it takes. I'm under the impression your near Renovo. From waht I've seen you'll be putting some miles on the truck but thats what we've had to do too.