Pa Rifle Season Hunters.
 

How did your season go for you guys? I got a big juicy doe but didn't have a legal or mature buck come past me!

Grats. I didn't see any deers for the 5 days I was out. A buddy shot a doe on opening day, we hunted in 5C. Hoping to get either a buck or doe after Christmas.

I missed a 140 inch buck on opening day. I think about it every night I lay in bed. We got a buck and a big bear at buck camp. One of our guys went back up for the buck/doe and got a doe with his 44 mag.

My 11 year old son got a buck and a doe in archery and my 83 year old dad got a doe and missed an 8-pointer. My buddy got buck fever on a 10 point and an 8 point within 3 weekends.

Overall, we could have hung 6 bucks, as many doe and a bear this year. But....people are human and we can screw up :D

Only saw doe the first 6 days. Took a doe on the first Sat.

Nothing at all wrong with tagging a doe. Looks like many a good meal lying in the snow. Well done.

I went for a few times,due to working,but saw nothing. My grandson got a doe in the youth early season.
My two sons got bucks in archery season. My son-in law,took a doe in early muzzy season.
The total deers taken was 5 taged.

I did give this doe away to a family that really needed the meat. But my dad tagged out with a doe and a small 8pt that had a broken back leg. Looks like it got it's leg caught in something and was limping pretty good with some bleeding.

Nice lookin rig... What cal. ?

Thank you...It's in 280 Ackley Improved

two does with the rifle and a doe in archery...saw two shooters running in rifle season, but couldn't get a shot and countless scrubby bucks in archery. Still hoping for a buck in muzzleloader.

I'm thinking of heading out for 2nd season archery. Still alot of deer in my area, they seem to like living around the neighbors houses

Late Flintlock is the time for solitude....good luck...

out twice seen no deer and no hunters

Got a nice doe on the morning of the last Saturday. Didn't see a buck the entire season. I shot the doe on a private farm that I was invited to hunt by a buddy. On the SGL and Water Company public land I hunt, I only saw two deer the entire season.

We didn't see a many deer this year, but I did have the opportunity to take a legal buck that I passed on. Didn't seem to be a lot of deer killed this year from reading the message boards anyway.

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Not one Deer seen in Pike County! The hunting has been real BLEAK in my part of the woods! { Milford/Pecks Pond}. Part of the problem is the Hunter numbers are down and the Deer are not being pushed. Did see a Bear but could not get a clean shot. Just Keep Hunting !! Thats all you can do.

My junior hunter son scored a doe in Archery and in the regular firearms season.I scored with my f/lock in the early and late season.

Pahunter123. - I signed up for your site, posted some trail cam pics and got banned. What's up with that? :D

They know yer past...:wink:

Congrats on the doe. I got 3 bucks this past season, my dad got 2 bucks and my nephew and niece each shot a buck. My nephews first deer. 7 bucks total. I would of shot one of those too if given the chance. Gave the last buck to my mom.

I have a past? :D

Lots of nice buck on trail cams this year. Of the 10 members of my lease, 5 tagged buck this year. I was one. I shot a young 8 that was engaged with an older half rack 4. After I shot him, he jumped and landed on his head and broke off one side.


Haven't gotten any of the big early season buck on trail cams recently, but found one dead, a big 8, a few weeks ago, and another smaller 6. Not sure if the coyotes got them, or they were wounded during the season.

Everyone has a past. Some more vivid than others!:guiness:

OK, I'll buy that. But what kind of past gets you banned from a hunting website the same day you register? :D

In the history of PA hunting
 

...there is always hunters who don't see a deer that season; hunters who harvest a deer; a few hunters who get the "trophy" of a lifetime.

And many a hunter had a "failed" hunting day, until they suddenly harvest a deer, turning it into a brilliant success.

And some will seek and expect the same results and never hunt the other's square mile.

This was the worst rifle season I've ever had. Seen very few legal bucks and nothing to even consider shooting. Logged just under 100hrs on stand with no luck.

For the past 2 seasons hunting on SGL 4c I have seen a total of 3 deer in 5 days of rifle hunting.

Archery was a little better but rifle season no deer and only a handful of shots within earshot

I got a 7 point on the first saturday and a doe on the second tuesday. During archery I saw 3 legal bucks, lots of little scrub bucks, and missed a doe. I saw more deer this past season than I have in previous years. Frequently saw groups with 5-10 in it instead of just seeing 1 or 2 like I had been. Things might be looking up in my area.
-Jake