Hunting S.E. PA?
 

Hey all,

I'm new to the forum, glad I found the site. Been lookin round for a good hunting/outdoors forum.

Anyway, can anyone suggest some good hunting spots in SE PA? I, addmittadely, life in Philadelphia.

Thanks in advance!

JAS

Hey JAS, I go to school in doylestown. I have found it hard to gain hunting access in my area, most people are against hunting. They just don't understand it. But Across the river in NJ its been a lot easier to get hunting permission and there are tons of deer and some pretty good bucks. my advice is to ask around alot. In PA its like a 1/20 shot (for bow hunting) but in NJ its closer to 1/10. good luck hope you find a place to hunt

Look up Evansburg State Park in Montgomery Co. Maybe 45 minutes away.

yeah.....SE PA in one tough place to get permission to hunt. I live in Langhorne and have found just one small woodlot I have been given permission to hunt...have yet to venture into Jersey.

Dang... looks like I might need to get a NJ license for this season then. Could be worse

Just googled it, looks like I might need to check that place out this winter. thanks for the help

If you want to drive a little further, Berks Country has a lot more land. Also, Marsh Creek State Park, in Chester County.

The good thing about jersey is you can shoot like 5-6 bucks a year, just something else to think about

Can you suggest any good spots? I see a lot of good land driving from SE PA to Atlantic City... but I'd say they're all private spots.

I used to live right on the Bucks County/Lehigh County line. I did good by hunting spots nobody would even bother with. I had a good spot where 3 fence lines came together. It was open fields all around it. Nobody had ever even asked the owner to hunt there before I did. Hunt during the day (10:00-2:00) during the week. Deer can tell when it is a work day just by the noise in the morning. Deer really get up and move around during the day in the 'Burbs. Tell NO ONE where you hunt. That is when the trouble starts. I still go down there now and then during the late doe season. I have a good spot on State game Lands and we have always seen deer in the extended season. It is thick and I bet the average deer in there is missed 5-6 times a season, but we do see deer. There are deer left on state land, but you have to find that magic spot.

Sounds like I'm going to be doing a lot of driving around looking for a honey spot, lol. I wonder how much I'd bug a land owner just walkin in and askin, "hey, in a few months, can i sit in one of your trees with a rifle?"

I wouldn't lead off with that question. :D

Especially the rifle part, although it was legal to use a rifle at my fencerow place. 5-c has a lot of rifle areas, but I would invest in a shotgun or crossbow. The best places are right next to houses. That is another good thing about hunting during the week. Nobody around to complain about the noise.

Most farmers in NJ hate the deer because of the high populations. So you just have to ask someone who doesn't have anyone already hunting or who hasn't been asked before. I haven't hunted any of the state land so i couldn't say about it but have heard it has good deer. Another good idea for the PA side of things is to look for people with small chunks of land ,nice houses, and expensive flower gardens. They are not fans of deer at all, also tree nursery owners are not very big fans of deer either. I am considering hunting Noximixtion state park in PA this year, i have heard its pretty solid hunting in bow season.

here are some deer I have got in NJ just across the river. I never did get a shot at the first 8 point but i the bigger buck in the last picture i was able to get. he was in a 12 acre piece in the burbs. score 135 net and is proudly on my wall lol (i pretty much only bow hunt down there, its easier to get permission)

I live in the SE suburbs. I just had a buck in my backyard last night. It jumped the fence to come into my yard. My dog was 5 feet from it, barking in its face. The deer just stood there. That's the 2nd time I've seen a deer in my neighborhood that laughed at a dog. :D

JAS,
Have you seen what is required liscence and money wise to hunt Jersey?
I did for 1 year almost $400
daddus

DANG, no I hadn't. Stickin to PA then, lol.

And I agree with some of the posts earlier about the rifle thing, I just don't want to double post or pad my post count.

I do have a Mossberg 500 12ga at home with a 18 inch barrel. I might get a slug barrel and take that along instead. Now im kicking myself for selling my Mossberg Slugster. :sad:

SGL 56 off of Rt611 near Ottsville . Lot of state land to hunt. or all around Nockamixon lake off of rt 463 Bucks county. Good Deer hunting on Game Land 56 if you do some scouting and your homework. Shot lots of nice deer off that Game land. Been hunting it for 35years!!!!! Get some some topo maps and GOODLUCK!!!!

Hatchet Jack

Good Luck!

The tough part is finding the state land. About two years ago I was down at my Buddys place (I live in Carbon County now) and we took a day and went hunting. I think we were on that #56, if it borders Noxamixon State park. It was late in the extended doe season. I did see a deer, but it looked like a spike. It was thick in there. In the afternoon we went to a place he used to hunt as a teenager. I think we were almost on the Jersey border. We were walking in and we passed a guy dragging out a doe he shot with a muzzleloader. Somebody pushed 4 buck past me. When we left there were 3 doe in the parking lot that were taken late in the day. This was on a Saturday all on public land. It is not like the mountains. Deer are always moving somewhere down there. You may go out and see nothing all day and the next day see 15. Sometimes you have to be patient.

Man I hunted that area in Bucks co since the early 70's. That was some great hunting back in the day! Its a shell of what it was. Still some good hunting up that way if you do your homework. I still Duck hunt mostly and some Late season Doe hunting. There is still a nice pocket of Ruff Grouse on #56 Near Ottsville, Turkeys too. Still not a bad place to hunt. Some spots on Perryauger RD and Wildcat rd are good spots. Bolder Road too. Back in the DAY that was a GREAT AREA TO HUNT!!!! Brings back a lot of great times in my early hunting days. Where I cut my teeth hunting!!!!