PA hunters, what do you think of the point restriction now?
09-15-2005, 08:10 PM
#21
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Altoona,PA
Posts: 679
RE: PA hunters, what do you think of the point restriction now?
this is how i see it also. germain you and i were doing the same thing w/ the AR on our own before. i still take it a step more though i let those med. size 8's go. im looking for the big daddy.. though since ive never got one w/ a bow, it will be hard to pass up a nice 8
ORIGINAL: germain
I was doing my own AR by choice before this got started.I think it's working in some areas but on most public land the deer numbers are so low it's really hard to tell.
We were killing some great bucks before AR so I honestly can't say in our area.
I was doing my own AR by choice before this got started.I think it's working in some areas but on most public land the deer numbers are so low it's really hard to tell.
We were killing some great bucks before AR so I honestly can't say in our area.
09-16-2005, 08:01 AM
#23
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pa.
Posts: 554
RE: PA hunters, what do you think of the point restriction now?
ORIGINAL: BTBowhunter
AR has been a success but the HR has gone too far in some areas.
Lost Horn,
They're gone due to their behavior not their views. Those of us who've been here a long time all know where you stand on this issue but you've managed to state your point without crossing that line that those two (and all their alias's) crossed many times. I for one respect your views even if we don't agree often and I'd guess that most here do as well.
AR has been a success but the HR has gone too far in some areas.
Lost Horn,
Sorry, I can't say too much on the subject or I will be where uncle uly, ddear and others are. 
Hey one of my best ol hunting buddies is from Apollo!
Have a gooden.
09-16-2005, 12:17 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Lancaster pa
Posts: 3,015
RE: PA hunters, what do you think of the point restriction now?
personally I like the ARs. I have been seeing a lot more bucks and the bucks that I'm seeing are at least 8s. I agree with everyone else though that I don't like the doe being killed off like they are and smaller wmu's would be nice.
A friend of mine brought up a good point the other day that made me think. He said, if you want to have them lower the amount of doe tags being sold just tell everyone you know to send in their report card saying they harvested a doe even if they didn't get one. Now granted, I'm not going to ever do this but it did strike me as one of those things that seem so simple to come up with yet you don't think about it.
A friend of mine brought up a good point the other day that made me think. He said, if you want to have them lower the amount of doe tags being sold just tell everyone you know to send in their report card saying they harvested a doe even if they didn't get one. Now granted, I'm not going to ever do this but it did strike me as one of those things that seem so simple to come up with yet you don't think about it.
09-16-2005, 04:09 PM
#26
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Erie PA
Posts: 14
RE: PA hunters, what do you think of the point restriction now?
I've hunted allover NWPA my entire life and I think the AR's are the best thing since sliced bread. Overall size and rack growth has dramatically increased in my neck of the woods, but I'm still waiting for Sunday hunting.
09-16-2005, 10:23 PM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 3,236
RE: PA hunters, what do you think of the point restriction now?
I prefer to hunt during the week. I have tracked bucks all over the countyside for a whole day during a snowy day in rifle season and never crossed paths with another hunter. Man those kind of days are sweet. If Sunday hunting comes to be, there will never be another hunter out during the week except me, and that's just fine by me.
AR's are yummy, BTW!
AR's are yummy, BTW!
09-19-2005, 06:17 AM
#29
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Williamsport PA. USA
Posts: 91
RE: PA hunters, what do you think of the point restriction now?
Didnt care for them when they were implemeneted and still see no need for them. They havent done what was said they would do in my area. The bucks I have seen have been like the ones in the past. Nothing spectacular. Not seeing more like bucks as a matter of fact seeing less than in years before.
