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RE: Secondary rut heating up in PA

One thing that specifically chaps my hide Sproul is when I see guys loading up on the fawns with antlerless tags. I know what their reasoning is, that 4 little fawns are better than 1 big doe because they are so much more tender, tasty and easy to carry out of the woods. Well, my problem is that 3 out of 4 of those fawns are button bucks usually. I feel that greed is playing a part there, that these guys are grocery shopping instead of hunting. It's all legal, and if a guy wants to shoot a fawn and go home then that's his choice. It's just that I know of several families that target the fawns specifically for sustenance, not sport. I dunno, just me I guess. On the flip side though is down here, we have so many deer in places that this kind of hunting is actually needed just to keep the pops stable. Like I said...complex. I guess it gets to me because I know that all those potential bucks are taken out. Somehow we still have good hunting the next year, and that part amazes me! But it's true.

RE: Secondary rut heating up in PA

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ORIGINAL: sproulman

price of meat is driving this now..
you used to hear hunters say,i hunted hard all day, had nice hunt and we got a few deer..

now, you ask most how they did and here is comment,WELL SPROUL,I GOT TO FILL THAT FREEZER..

when did getting doe meat become so dang proud to brag about?

never in my life did i ever hear comments like that or the BROWN ITS DOWN WITH KIDS TAG..

are we losing it,YOU BET..

for all gas most of these people are using road huntingto try to get fawn here in WMU2G,they could buy STEER at local farm near me.............

Uh, the topic was the second rut.

RE: Secondary rut heating up in PA

I'm guilty as well Bob.
I keep saying I'm not going to debate this anymore.
Just whenI think I'm free, they pull me back in! :D
Let's get some good hunting in tomorrow.
Maybe the second rut will bring me a nice buck!;)

RE: Secondary rut heating up in PA

We all get pulled in sometimes Greg. I just wish that we didn't have to have virtually every Pa thread hijacked into the same old crap. Once the hijacking starts, it's difficult to not get sucked in.

Get that buck tomorrow!

RE: Secondary rut heating up in PA

Uh, the topic was the second rut.
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i agree,i was off topic and have deleted my info.

RE: Secondary rut heating up in PA

Well if the 2nd rut is still kicking, and they say you should hunt the does during the rut, I may have a good spot for this late season. I saw around 20 this evening. Which sadly enough is almost half the total does I saw during the entire regular season. [&:]

Boy were they edgey though. Whew!

RE: Secondary rut heating up in PA

Was out yesterday with the flintlock here in PA and saw a buck with it's nose to the ground chasing a doe all over the woods. Must be some rutting activity still going on.

Ron

RE: Secondary rut heating up in PA

Talked to the UPS guy today.
He pulled in all excited, came inand told me that he has seen bucks chasing does all day today in various locales.
Secondary rut? Me thinks MAYBE!!!!