Sorry guys but I am with Mike on this one. His last post is very accurate in relation to my own personal experiences and, not to pick on you ilbback, but I do scout new areas on a regular basis. The problem is that public land is few and far between in Lehigh, Northampton and Bucks counties. Getting access to areas with good deer concentrations is difficult because with the large population in this area most private land already has some hunters on it and other landowners are unwilling to allow more hunters because of past "bad experiences". I can't tell you how many times I have walked up to a landowner to get permission to hunt snow geese only to hear "You can go right ahead and shoot as many geese as you like but no deer hunting as I allowed this guy on my property last season and....."
. Just looking at the area adjacent to the PA turnpike I can tell you that it does not look like prime deer country. I was down there this weekend going to Cabelas. Man there is NO FOOD there for the deer!!!!
Again, I don't mean to pick on ya ilbback but that area off of the Turnpike just south of the Blue Mountain in Lehigh County is where the PA state record non-typical by bow was taken from. You could probably see the specific spot while you were driving by.
I can understand how it might look somewhat "barren" during this time of the year but I suggest driving through at the end of spring/summer. You will see that there are no browse lines, several clearcuts along the mountain and a plentitude (is that a word?) of farms/crop fields just about everywhere you look.
So, how was Cabelas? I live about 20 minutes from there and always enjoy my visits.