Elk Hunting in Pennsylvania
11-27-2015, 12:32 PM
#11
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Posts: 236
Getting drawn in Pa for Elk is about the same odds as hitting Lotto! Flags, how long ago was it that you were out there? When they first started the stocking process they were pretty tame since they had been handled quite a bit, but nowadays, except in a few "viewing areas", they are just as wild as they are everywhere else. I've walked up on Colorado Elk. Sometimes they are skittish other times they aren't. Walked up on whitetail as well. Sometimes they just don't seem to care. Other times they are strung tighter than a crack addict on a 2 day bender.
11-29-2015, 01:01 PM
#12
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
There's a big difference in game that hangs around town, and the ones that live in the mountains.
I had a nice muley buck walk up to me in town today. I was eating an apple, and he wanted some. See if you can get one to do that at 11,000ft during hunting season.
I had a nice muley buck walk up to me in town today. I was eating an apple, and he wanted some. See if you can get one to do that at 11,000ft during hunting season.
11-29-2015, 01:05 PM
#13
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: south eastern PA
Posts: 15,426
It is the same in PA. Laws had to be passed to prevent the idiots from feeding the Elk. The ones around the Elk viewing area are not as skiddish but the ones out in the mountains and away from people are an entirely different animal.
12-28-2015, 07:13 AM
#15
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: PA
Posts: 7
My friend was drawn and he was successful, but it wasn't easy. I wrote an article about his experience.
The Hunt of a Lifetime
The Hunt of a Lifetime
04-24-2017, 06:01 PM
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 214
A few years ago there was an Amish man who shot and killed a top 2 or 3 bull and top 15 or 20 of all time record kills.
2011 a hunter from PA killed the state record bull elk as well as a definite top 5 or 10 of all time record kills.
2011 a hunter from PA killed the state record bull elk as well as a definite top 5 or 10 of all time record kills.
Last edited by kpatte26; 04-24-2017 at 06:03 PM.
04-27-2017, 03:06 PM
#18
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,745
I've been putting in for a tag ever since they started issuing them. I had a fellow in my village get drawn and thought it would be easy. He decided to hunt them with his long bow. The only thing he got to eat was tag soup.
