ORIGINAL: hunter60
I talked to a friend of mine about the deer season. He & his 2 sons all took bucks & a few does. My friend hunted the first day & part of 2 sats. He saw 60 some deer 9 bucks with 4 or more points. This was on 2 different properties yes its private land but its open to anyone that asks. If you ask me the property is over hunted 2. I use to hunt this land before alt. took over & u would see 80 deer on the first day & be lucky to see a spike. The deer were small & unhealthy. Now their big & healthy.
SHOOT MATURE DEER LET THE YOUNG 1S WALK!!!
If you and your 'friend' are seeing that many then you are in a good spot and I say good for you.
You saw quite a few last year too in Ny as you posted before;
"I've been hunting 4 over 30 yrs. mostly in pa. & ny. I don't know why anyone would want to go back to the days of seeing 80 to 100 deer on the first day & be lucky to see a spike. The same area I,m talking about I saw 37 deer 8 of witch were bucks the first day this year. "
And you saw plenty this season as well.
"Our season started on friday . I've hunted a total of 6 hrs in not the best of conditions. I've had 5 different bucks with in 15 yards & saw 2 of the bucks twice. "
So you and your 'friend' should be pleased that where you hunt the population is remarkably high, probably 3-4 times over the reccomended deer density according to some state DNR's, yet as many parts of pa are seeing and harvesting less....you two are seeing more and more.
Truly remarkable, your trend in sightings. I would say you and your 'friend' are very lucky.