I live in Lancaster county, I was reading the Sunday News and opened to the Outdoor section. It told some stories of 4-point bucks being shot, than left for dead (because they were illegal). The article talked about hunters in southern Lancaster.

Don't thrive on the slobs out there.

There's an excellent 20 pt that was taken just north of Harrisburg. Great story there. I read in the paper where donations are up for Hunters Sharing the Harvest. I wish I could find it but this program provides many meals to those that need it courtesy of some very generous hunters.

We needed 3 points where I hunted. I let what was surely a legal deer walk away because I could not be sure of the point count. All I could see was the fork & it was very large. I later saw deer hanging with forks that were about the size of our Thanksgiving turkey's wishbone. All they needed was a nub to make up the third point, but I didn't get out of the truck to see if these were legal. Guess I should have. I think I let a legal deer walk away because I was not certain, and I'm glad I did.

I live in Ohio and hunt both states. Tagged a doe in Ohio, but nothing in PA since I didn't get a doe tag. Saw 16 does the first day in PA!

Airedales hunt for feather or fur!

I read the comments concerning PA hunters and felt compelled to respond. I have been hunting since 1980 and have never been afraid to enter the woods and find the vast majority of the hunters I've encountered to be decent guys and gals. I think it's counter productive to be so condeming of others, especially in a forum that is accessible by so many. What message are we sending to those who may be reading this and forming opinions about hunters and hunting? To be sure, we probably have all had bad experiences, but painting the majority of PA hunters as morons is not fair nor accurate. I hunt in a very rural, mountainous area that is often ridiculed as backward and redneckish. It's funny that the guys I've met from this area are the exact opposite of the ones portrayed in these threads. They're not perfect, but I am pleased to share the woods with them.

Well said BUCKTAIL, You must hunt in my neck of the woods.We have a few bad apples here but the vast majority are sportsmen.

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Bucktail, you make a great post, unfortunately, good actions don't make the paper, just the morons and more often than not, there's too many out there. Think of it as more of a learning scale....perhaps someone will think twice.

I'm scared as hell in our rifle season, that's why I don't go....unless I'm guiding or patrolling.

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bucktail maybe the &quot;morons&quot; as others would call them might read this and be compelled to change their ways and see the time and energy we put into the sport we call hunting. it is amazing the lack of respect and info these people have, the GC does what they can by giving everyone a rule book but what are they to do? go and read it to them for a bedtime story? maybe we should sight their guns in for them? i just don't get how someone could not understand the rules and regs, it just blows my mind. but if the &quot;morons&quot; live in the city they are used to bullets flying everywhere so why should they think it should be different in the woods. but i have run into many of them and the total lack of common sense is astounding. alright i'm done complaining thanks.....

My point in responding to this post was that I have not seen these actions described by many. I believe hunters are a cross-section of society and include all types. The vast majority of the ones I've met have been decent people, though. They're the ones who have helped drag a deer, chatted about the hunting, and even offered to share a lunch or drink. Not all were good hunters, but they, like me were out enjoying a day away from work and everyday stresses. Maybe I'm simply fortunate to hunt in an area just inaccessible enough that only those really serious about the sport would travel. Perhaps if I lived near more urban areas with higher hunter densities I would feel differently. I don't question that these actions really happened, but I don't think we are helping our cause by taking these events and painting so many hunters with the same brush. Is it really the majority of hunters who commit these acts? I seriously doubt that these same people are also reading these posts and will change their ways. I think we're more likely to leave a non-hunter with a sour taste about hunting, or reinforce an anti-hunter's opinion than change any person's actions. I've checked out PETA's website and was incensed by their statements. I'm sure some of them check out our sites as well. On the other hand, we do need the opportunity to vent and gain reassurance that there are other good, like-minded sportsmen out there who are enraged by the actions of slobs. I just don't believe that there are as many slobs as this thread would suggest