Deer Season Over.What Now?
#1
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From: wampum pa USA
Now that deer season is over what are you guys going to do? Any small game hunters? I plan on taking the boys out for some rabbits & squirrels,hopefully the lakes will freeze & I can get in some ice fishing,& I plan on whacking some coyotes out here. What about you guys?
#2
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From: Old Bridge NJ USA
Well i'll be out bowhunting and bird hunting with my pointer. i'll probably throw in some trout fishing as well. but mostlty just spending time with my wife and 9 month old baby.
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From: Rural Valley PA USA
I'm relaxing until the bow season again. Rifle season was a bummer for me. I saw one 6 point (not legal here in Armstrong Co.). I got my doe during fall archery. It was so quiet around here this year, even on opening day. I wonder if many of the hunters decided to go elsewhere. Nothing was moving. It was very discouraging.
Am I going to be able to find bucks that still have their antlers in a couple of weeks? Anyone around Armstrong Co. heard of any losing theirs yet?
Am I going to be able to find bucks that still have their antlers in a couple of weeks? Anyone around Armstrong Co. heard of any losing theirs yet?
#4
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From: York Springs PA USA
What? Deer season's not over. That was the rifle season for beginners bang-bang-bang shoot em up season that just ended. The REAL season is late flintlock starting after Christmas for the more advanced crowd, and finding a now smaller gunshy scattered herd in January's coldest weather is the challenge.
#5
Typical Buck
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From: Wardensville West Virginia USA
Muzzleloader season starts tomorrow here, so i'll be doing that. Then there is a special 4 day doe season starting on Christmas and then back too bow till the end of the year. Then all i have to do is get ready for next season.
#6
Nontypical Buck
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From: Pulaskiville
Mr. Ferguson....Deer season isn't over for me! There's muzzle...and bow...and WV's late doe season...and rabbit and grouse.
Man, hunting season is just starting! LOL
Don't tell my wife........................
Man, hunting season is just starting! LOL
Don't tell my wife........................
#7
Typical Buck
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From: OKC Ok. USA
That's right ,we still have late muzzle season, small & upland game and if one wants to hunt a preserve or two birds until March. I'm also going to try my hand a little coyote hunting.
#9
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From: Huntingdon, PA
I am just biding my time til late ML and bow comes back in.
Once it is out, then it is time to clean everything and put it away, until around next summer when 3-d archery comes back again!
Jennings Buckmaster Bow
.50 Cal Thompson Center Renegade
Once it is out, then it is time to clean everything and put it away, until around next summer when 3-d archery comes back again!
Jennings Buckmaster Bow
.50 Cal Thompson Center Renegade
#10
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From: Sinking Spring PA USA
Muzzleloading season in less than 2 weeks I can't wait. Gotta agree with 762mm about the challenge of finding a gunshy scattered herd.
My favorite season of the year.
The herd we hunt only in muzzleloading season is great, the hunters that use the land during rifle season don't drive the deer on the land at all. Usually we will get about 10-15 deer out of one patch and at least 6 more out of another patch. It is just a matter of scouting and knowing where the herd has grouped up. And after hunting this land for the last 5 years we know more than likely which way they will run out if we push it.
My favorite season of the year.
The herd we hunt only in muzzleloading season is great, the hunters that use the land during rifle season don't drive the deer on the land at all. Usually we will get about 10-15 deer out of one patch and at least 6 more out of another patch. It is just a matter of scouting and knowing where the herd has grouped up. And after hunting this land for the last 5 years we know more than likely which way they will run out if we push it.


