I live in the Poconos, Wayne county and this year regular rifle season was very hard on hunters. The wind was a killer and with the snow, deer were not moving very much. I had to take off to get some time in and I did get a doe. I did not see a buck except during the early muzzleloader when I saw a nice 9 pointer and a 6 pointer, both I could not shoot. I did get another doe though.

Am I happy with the season as it stands, well I'm seeing and shooting more does but those bucks are still few and far between. I also have a hunting club next to me which I am a member, but the owner of the club and most members only hunt bucks. Out of 25 hunters on 460 acres, 1 buck was taken this year.

I plan on hunting strictly buck during archery this year since I havn't gotten one except for a spike when they were legal to shoot.

I hope they would open up the muzzleloader season with longer early seasons including buck, plus Sunday hunting.

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