RE: Another Idiot in the Pa. Woods
 

Hey Cardeer,

Sounds like a rough place. I guess that I have it lucky here in Indiana County. Most people are nice and ethical. I don't know what tp tell ya. It would be a shame for you to quit hunting in Pennsylvania, but, with your illness, I understand that you can't get away from all those idiots. The offers still up for you to come out here anytime. This is TRUE farm country. Everywhere around here is either planted in corn, alfalfa, or clover. The woods are full of oaks and crab apples. It is a great place. The deer here are huge bodied, they have tons of food. No browse lines at all. This winter has been mildly rough on the deer. With the terrible acorn crop and farm crops this year, they can't just dig up anywhere in the woods to find some acorns. Alot more deer are moving into peoples yards to eat acorns. Heck, I have had deer less than 10 feet from my back door feeding on acorns and chestnuts that were left over this fall.

O yeah, we still got a BUNCH of deer running around. Yesterday I went for a stoll through my woods. I found a spot in the middle of a funnel, on the edge of a small stream where 7 deer had bedded. About 50 yards up the funnel from there were 5 beds, there were 4 beds in the thick pines down the funnel from where I found the 3 beds. Also, I found a total of 9 beds under the thick crab apple trees right next to my field.

There are still quite a few bucks running around too. I know that nobody got the 9 point that my best friend saw in early archery season. He is probablly around 115", then, nobody got the 10 point I saw this past Saturday. He is probablly in the mid 130" range. Plus, there are a few other 100-115" 7 and 8 points still running around. Should be some real bruisers next year.

I don't have the ground blind yet. Friday I am buying a hang-on stand and setting that up. I still have my ladder stand out. It just has a bike cable holding it on the tree, and it has been their for over a year. This spring I am planting a small clearing in the middle of my woods with a fall/winter food plot. My friend and I are then spliting the cost for a ten food tripod box blind, it will be nice for those cold days.

I am serious, anytime you want to come hunting, just e-mail me. I own a good amount of property behind my house, plus, I have my honey hole, which is only open to my family and our friends. Along with that, there is rougly another 1,000 acres of farms that I have permission to hunt.

Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet



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RE: Another Idiot in the Pa. Woods
 

Cardeer-I knoe what you mean a friend of mine had a ladder stand chained and locked to a tree used it the first day of archery they went in a few days later for a evening hunt but found out someone took a shotgun to it it was destroyed said he would rather have them steal it than destroy it it would make me mad either way

RE: Another Idiot in the Pa. Woods
 

thats terrible CD...i believe people would do that just because they know you kill big bucks perfectly legally and they cant get them without poaching...some people in this state....i know i will never stoop that low...i was walking with my friend and we came across 2 tree stands and he was about to take them..i told him if he took them id break his legs...as far as i know they are still there! i would be MAD if i went to my stand that was undisturbed for 5 yrs to find it gone! my dad taught me not to be like that and we also agreed that why would u poach a deer..youd look at it and get sick or just not as happy as if it were fair chase...the first morning we were driving to our spot and see na real bruiser buck feeding within feet of our truck..we stopped and admiered him and drove along...we could easily blasted him threw him in the truck and left...then i was thinking..why waste him..i know i couldnt mount him and look at him knowing it was illegally killed and not a hunt at all..i think its just stupid...but than again i was brought up to be a decint person...guess others werent and dont care except about bragging...i will get my big bucks legally and still brag and have it mounted and get a smile everytime i look up on the wall!

RE: Another Idiot in the Pa. Woods
 

CD you cant let them idiots run you out of the woods.
How the heck can the dude claim a free ranging deer
was "his buck"? Some people dont deserve a hunting license.