Its a great day in PA
 

Sunny and warm, just might be a great afternoon for a little shed hunting.
Are any of you going to spend some time in the great outdoors today?
I am and I don't have any thing to worry about because.

Its spring time so breeding rates are of no concern.
I haven't ever seen a mountian lion this time of year.
I don't live in 2F or 2G

Get out and Have a great day,Jim

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i'll be running the coonhounds tonite....sure does look like a beautiful day.......

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Must be cloudy in the rest of the state.

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I do happen to know where a 2.5 year old buck seems to have spent the winter, and on my way to work on Monday I saw what I believe was the same deer minus his horns. I might take an hour or two and have a look. Really looking forward to next wkd if the weather holds up for some more serious shed hunting up north, and looking around for some turkeys, maybe stop and say hello to the fish warden and get a handle on the preseaon trout stocking. C'mon spring!

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Now c'mon Jim! Didja ever stop and think that some of us might already be out there rather than hammerin a keyboard? Took a shed walk this AM and goin back out to shoot my new 22-250 in cause I'm headed to Illinois tomorrow to hunt sheds and coyotes. It's supposed to be decent all weekend out that way:D

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Just got back from a little trip to the woods and one of my trout streams. Made myself a coffee and checked in to see what was new on the forum. I see Jim added a new topic fitting to what I just did today.I watched the weather last night,even though it was to be quite chilly last night,I still planned to go out early this morning. Got up at 6:00am and arrived at the top of ridge to listen for what I think is the most exciting sound that spring can offer. The gobble from the "ol boss tom." Last nights chill made the birds roost low in the hollows. The first gobble didn't pierce the morning silence until 8:37am. But it was worth the wait!:) Things picked up an hour later. Heard 7 to 8 total for the morning.:) Left the mountain a little before ten. Stopped and took a walk along the designated delayed harvest section on a local stream. Wanted to see if or any changes, that might have been made from high winter waters or ice jams. They will be stocking this section next week.:) So here is my contribution to Jim's topic.I don't know about anyone else, but I just had a great dayin Pa.:DNow it's time to go downstairs and hit the tying bench to get ready for some early trout fishing on the delayed harvest and for the upcoming spring Steelhead trips.;)[/align]

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I took the day off tomorrow. Look out Spring Creek 'cause here I come!

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Good Luck tomorrow! It has been almost 11 years since I fished that creek.[/align]

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I have been in the woods at least 5 days a week for the past two months, cutting browse and firewood. The warm weather is nice but it will turn my trails to mud and I'll have to stop hauling wood until things dry up. Haven't seen any buck or found any sheds ,but 4 doe are hitting the browse.

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MOUNTAIN LIONsighting have really dropped off the edge here in clinton/potter county.


i cant figure out why .

weather was nice, its going to hit 60 saturday.

i was stocking trout this week and the air was real cold.

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Supposed to be mid 60's here on Sat...birds will be hammerin for sure, and sadly I'll be punching the clock both days this wkd....:(

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Filled the feeders and seen over 100 deer on the way 15 miles to the feeders

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Well have a great time and post some pictures of what bucks can look like if they don't get whacked at birth.
Coyotes are making some noise here at night ,time to spend some time on them.

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Looks like a decent weekend and another hour of day light.

You guys better get finished up on the apple trees.

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Been working havent did any walking but seen 21 deer out in the field this morning. Looks like i will
be working all weekend[:@]

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i have not seen 24 deer here in clinton county in last 10 years,let alone in a FIELD.:)

back in 1967,we used to spotlight with dad.

we would make a 26 mile trip out to alvin bush dam and count 100 bucks.

back then you did not count DOE.

in daylight, it was nothing to see 40 buck on that ride and a lot at noon.

now, you are LUCKY to see more than 6 deer, thats TRUTH.

oh, i forgot, theyare WAYBACK.yep, thats itr, WAYBACK.:)

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Yes Jim I agree,it's a dandy day.Sooo I started my hill climb training for spring gobbler.

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Ain't no serious training going on unless it's on Elephant Mountain acrossed from the rest area.

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LOL...us turkey hunters are a strange lot! (I been doing the same thing, bud!)[8D]

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spring gobbler trout ahh times are good again

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Spent part of themorning working at my sportsmen's club, part of it at the range bustin' some caps, afterwards.

Won't make me mad if winter decides to be over, still got over a cord of firewood left.

:)

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I hope spring is here for good for me and the critters

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I was burning the grass and corn stalks in the field with my son. Planted some turnips last year and the deer won't even taste them. Some of the soybeans are still being eaten by the deer and the squirrels are eating the beans off.

Wish the snow would melt in N.Y., so i can start working in the fields up there.

Seeing at least thirty some turkey going through the corn field in the morning and evening, haven't seen a bearded one yet. Deer are still moving at night, seems to be at least as many as last year, if not more. That's what happens when everything around you is posted and you don't shoot every deer you see.

It's really a shame that doe tags are issued, supposedly by the number of deer in a WMU, then most of these tags are used on SGL and other areas open to hunting. Until they issue tagsseperately for public or private land, those that hunt public land will always have less to see and enjoy.

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Grumbler. ;)

My cousin's kid called last night, wants to know when I'm coming up to camp so's I can do some repair work on his Rem.243. He also mentioned they're getting ready to work-up some of my ground and plant food plots.

Told him to hold hishorses until I get up there. Don't really want anything done where he said they were fixin' to start. It's already starting to produce some nice clover there, just from me keeping it mowed a few times per year, over the past several years. Used to be nothing but goldenrods and briars in those open patches of old pasture in amongst the thorn trees and brush.

Dang hoofties, anyway.

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Why don't you tell us again about how you got your tractor stuck in the mud one more time. Everyone just can't wait for the latest update on what you and your clan is doing.

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Is there any reason you live in PA and post on a message board about everything you hate about living here.
This is America you have the right to bitch and whine like a candy less child ontrick or treat night,but you also have the right to leave, go some where that the deer breed like rabbits and trees regenerate like in the rain forest some where that those wary button bucks are trophies of a life time.
Your not getting any younger so why live in a place you despise surrounded by people that nothing in common with your train of thought.

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Friday was nice here in Crawford county,sunny and warm. So in the afternoon I took my wife ,daughter and puppy to a friends farm to do some shed hunting.
Well I found three and my daughter found a big buck dead,it looks to be the brother of this buck. I found the right side of this buck with a piece of skull attached so it appears he too is dead. This is a game cam picture from 11-07. He was a great buck.

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Gee, thanks for the cut'n paste update. ;)

So I now know what theGreat Grumblerhad to say about a response I made to Coalcracker's comments on "food plots".Poor devilreally can'tresist the urge to spew, apparently?

[8D]

Also just realized that if I scroll down below the response feature, the ignore feature doesn't work.

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You must have me confused with someone else ,since I never said anything about hating anything about PA. Or, was this another of your nonsense posts, in an attempt to gain some attention and generate another argument?
That was really a nice buck in your pic. It's really a shame if two bucks of that quality went to waste.

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my gosh, WHAT A DEER.thats a RIO GRANDE:D

what do you think killed those 2 bucks.

i bet HABITAT,he looks skinny, i will have to get RSB to check out those dead deer, yep, HABITAT.:)

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Yes it is time to start training for turkey season. I have some work to do. The Big 50 is close[:o] It gets harder and harder each year!!

Hatchet Jack

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Do you have a pic of the rack of the buck your daughter found?

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Well Denny, You're already dumb. So if you stick your fingers in your ears, that will make you both death and dumb.

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Someone might also wanna tell Denny that most emotionally mature"adults" don't need to use an "ignore" feature to prevent their self from being worked up into a froth over people expressing their anti-treehugger opinions, and distaste for a failed deer plan.;) LMAO!

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Here are both the horns on the skull are just under 19 inches on the in side.
The mass on the single horn is just incredible. I am guessing the deer that the skull came from died in August,because the end of the horns were eaten away like they might have been in velvet,also because of the very rough texture of the horns them selves.They have very sharp little knobs that don't appear to have been rubbed.
But really who knows.

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Neat bucks Jim! It's a shame they went the way they did but hopefully their genes still roam your woods:D

The Il trip was a great time in spite of some really crazy weather. We intended to call yotes each morning but heavy rains simply made the cabin a whole lot more attractive. Walked a good bit of bedding cover after the rains let up and found tons of sign but not one shed. Unusual for that area and a bit baffling because we saw plenty of deer that appeared to be shed bucks.

The deer absolutely mauled our turnips over the winter. The strips of small craters where the turnips used to be are the only sign left there.

Sunday brought winds that got up to 50 mph and never seemed to go below 30 mph. Walked two properties we are considering leasing for 2010 and found ourselves wishing we didnt have to wait another year for them to be available. We saw hundreds of deer over the weekend.

Drove home yesterday and saw hundreds more from the interstate. The sightings got numerous as we came through eastern Ohio on 70 as the day got long and hit the PA line in time for the last 15 minutes of light. Can't speak for all of 2A but the I-70 corridor is just teeming with deer. Our light was gone by quickly as we came into PA but we managed to see a dozen plus groups of deer numbering as few a s 2-3 to a dozen or more. I guess that a few deer survived down there after all;)

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Its a shame the weather got so bad. The coyotes need some thinning around here too.
I planted turnips a couple of years ago and the deer loved them,yet I've read where others say they don't touch them. Mine ate the foliage in the fall and dug the turnips up all winter long.:)

No sheds is really surprising,do you think some one might of beat you to them?

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Couldn't help but wonder that myself.

The landowner and family hadn't been out there yet but we did see quad tracks on one lane that could only be explained as tresspassers.[:@]

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200 dollars worth of alfalfa i put out and deer walk right thru it[:@]

yet, others say they eat it.

i put it in my yard and it scared my deer away in fall last year.

i had 2 bucks,3 doe and 2 fawns and not 1 has shown up.

rumors is my neighbors kid had the little spike on his back porch hanging in gun season.those spikes were just 3 inchs long from my pictures.

oh well, i try to keep a buck alive and they get shot first year.[:@]

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At one time I would have agreed with ya spurs but now my teeth are just too long for those mountains.:D
Besides I said train not kill myself.:D