14 hours doing that? You could have probably found a good spot to hunt in those 14 hours????????? hmmmmm...........

ahhhhh yea. It is hunting season is it not and they did issue doe tagsto us for 2E. Whatare we supposed to do? I looked in the game book and it said I was to hunt these animals and try to kill them and we did that. Was we to waite to make sure there was more deer before we shot these deer? I didn't read that in the game book. If I see them,I will try to kill them. That is the reason of hunting season is it not?

Bullmoose ,My goal is not to wipe the deer herd out.It is to try and get across to people you cant expect to kill all the deer and have a future of good hunting ever again. I already got 2 buck in a State on property I manage. And I let 51 doe walk in 3 days. The neighbors will take some.They aint hogs either. Yes some doe must be taken,SOME,.I get so frustrated watching so called hunters TAKE,TAKE,TAKE from the system and never put anything back. You have property,plant food,You hunt on someone elses ,help with there cost. Dont depend on the Government to take care of the herd. Thats socialism. We need to Take the bull by the horns and do our part . And yes I still buy a Pa license,and this year jointly a group burned 3600 doe permits. A one to one deer ratio is great. But why kill the doe to even it out. Bring the buck numbers up to meet the doe numbers. This fairy tale if you want big bucks you got to kill more doe is a fairy tale. I owned property in south Texas and hunted many states.Big bucks come from genes,food and age, not killing all the doe. You all do what you want,and listen to the Governmental oriented game commission. And live with the future.If enough of us keep yelling maybe the powers to be will listen if they fear their job.After all we did get some of the doe allocations lowered and a delayed doe season up north.I dont do this for myself,I have my own place,But the future for the youth is a stake. I dont dislike any true hunter and wish you all well. But just stop and think about it. And think of the future instead of ME,ME.

You're so far out in left field,it isn't even funny.Guys like you,guys that need to see 50-75 deer a day are why we need so many less deer today.Theundeniable truth is that we had way too many deer for way too long.It's undeniable and there's reams and reams of evidence to support that fact.There is no government conspiracy about this and it has nothing to do with gov entitlements.If you want to spend money to feed an overabundance of deer on your property,knock yourself out.The truth is,nobody should have to spend a dime to feed deer.

you are correct it is hunting season so have at it.It's ashame one got away.

I'm still waiting for some improvement around rockton Doug.The herd has been down long enough up there to show some signs of regen or at least undergrowth.Looks the same.

I strongly disagree.It only looks the same in the areas that almost 100% oak and haven't been cut yet.

Doug, Next year I will be culling some doe on my property. Right now I have somewhere around 50 doe and 19 buck. If I decide to do so. Would you like to take one. Out of state license and doe tag I think will be around 150.00,plus your travel and motel. Believe me its exciting to see dozens of deer go by all day. You have to experience the pick and choose amongst so many challenge. Not easy to shoot a selected deer in the midst of a herd and thicket. 100 eyes watching you.Must be a mature doe and no buttons.SLug gun only. I only want a 50 yard sure kill shot taken.1 deer is to important to chance wasting. Infact any game is.Have a good day. Must go fill feeders and molasses dripper.

My supervisor, who is a pretty darned good hunter, returned from his camp in Tioga County. He hunts the canyon area somewhere south of Rt 6, which is in 2G. Between 8 hunters in camp for 3 days of bear season, several days of scouting, and 2 days of deer hunting, they seen a total of 4 deer for all days combined. A total of 12 shots were counted in 2 days for deer. He said he heard more shooting during bear season.

This is sad news, but it sort of gives me some redemption for feeling so bad about not finding any deer during the October inline season when I went up to see what all the fuss was about.

There's sections of 2G that have very few deer and even some areas devoid of deer.
Some say habitat,some say anterless kills,and some feel once the deer numbers were brought down so low the predators had more of an impact.I kinda liked the predator theory but then I thought about public land in the SE and SC where deer numbers are also very low yet predators and or bad winters are few and far between.
So for now I'll go with the anterless kills.