Muzzyman, proving my manhood does not concern me the least. I have 2 hunting buddies, that's it, and we all hunt the same places. I've been bowhunting seriously since 93 when I was 19 years old. I've been fortunate enough to harvest 17 bucks and 14 does between PA and WV archery seasons. I think I've done well, but I'm starting to alter my hunting spots and strategies in search of a trophy buck, for I have not yet had the chance to put an arrow in one. Maybe you have, I'm glad for you if you did, but I know a lot of guys older than me(excellent hunters) who have not. It just hasen't happened yet. I just wouldn't want me, or anyone else in the state to miss an opportunity at a once in a lifetime animal because they weren't allowed. That opportunity may never happen again, and having to pass on it because of a rule, to me, is just BS. If that makes me sound like a bad hunter, sorry. I just want what I work for.

What are we saving bucks for?? That sounds like a manhood issue to me. PA is never going to have a trophy class buck herd available to the public. There are to many RIFLE hunters. We'll have some some nice 15-16" bucks running around, which is what I've noticed, but not record class animals. Look at Ohio. Yea, it's a flat state, with a smaller amount of hunters, and more/better farmland..........but look at the hogs that come out that state. There are no hunters picking off bucks at 400 yards away sitting on a powerline 5 feet from the truck. You want more bucks? Give us the slug gun season, make the mass of hunters go back in the woods and learn how to hunt again. You'll save all the bucks you want.