PA Doe application due
07-19-2014, 06:18 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Southampton Pa BUCKS CO
Posts: 2,492
I sent my tag in for DMA 3D and I will not use it! The Deer are starting to make a comeback in the area I hunt in Pike co. Deer have been few and far between for a long time in the Big Woods of the Delaware State Forest, SGL 180 and SGL 209 where I hunt.
Hatchet Jack
Hatchet Jack
07-20-2014, 05:37 AM
#4
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Trumbull County, Ohio
Posts: 9,161
Hatchet,
I've "burnt" a few tags in past years. But the last two years I've been seeing good numbers again. Thankfully. The past ten years deer were pretty slim. But the past two I've been regularly seeing groups of 5-10 doe together regularly. Had a group of 12 come through one morning last season. It's been getting better. I hope it gets better statewide. I'm also mostly on private ground. It's open to whoever, but it is private.
-Jake
I've "burnt" a few tags in past years. But the last two years I've been seeing good numbers again. Thankfully. The past ten years deer were pretty slim. But the past two I've been regularly seeing groups of 5-10 doe together regularly. Had a group of 12 come through one morning last season. It's been getting better. I hope it gets better statewide. I'm also mostly on private ground. It's open to whoever, but it is private.
-Jake
07-20-2014, 06:52 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Southampton Pa BUCKS CO
Posts: 2,492
Originally Posted by Bocajnala
Hatchet,
I've "burnt" a few tags in past years. But the last two years I've been seeing good numbers again. Thankfully. The past ten years deer were pretty slim. But the past two I've been regularly seeing groups of 5-10 doe together regularly. Had a group of 12 come through one morning last season. It's been getting better. I hope it gets better statewide. I'm also mostly on private ground. It's open to whoever, but it is private.
-Jake
I've "burnt" a few tags in past years. But the last two years I've been seeing good numbers again. Thankfully. The past ten years deer were pretty slim. But the past two I've been regularly seeing groups of 5-10 doe together regularly. Had a group of 12 come through one morning last season. It's been getting better. I hope it gets better statewide. I'm also mostly on private ground. It's open to whoever, but it is private.
-Jake
Hatchet Jack
07-20-2014, 02:33 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Southampton Pa BUCKS CO
Posts: 2,492
Originally Posted by BarnesX.308
Unused doe tags equal low success rate. In response, the game commission will issue more doe tags next year.
Hatchet Jack
07-21-2014, 06:48 AM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 103
Originally Posted by hatchet jack
The Deer are starting to comeback but part of the problem is the Hunters are not there to move the Deer.
Hatchet Jack
Hatchet Jack
I live on the border of 2G/2H where's there's supposedly no deer.We have less dpsm than almost any part of the state and my kids and I will fill at least 10 tags without feeling a tiny bit of guilt.The habitat was trashed in this part of the state and it's making big gains in recovery.There's no pressure on public land and now isn't the time to increase the herd a great deal to loose what we've gained with the habitat.
