schuylkill- i hunt on the other side of the mountain in weiser state forest. i only archery and second season with the muzzleloader. but as fait would have it the 1st week of november while walking out to where i set my stand i watched a nice buck on three does and a smaller buck behind him. and the last week of archery a y buck and two doe. and that was it. did not get to hunt much because of the birth of my second girl the last week in october. hoping better things with the smoke pole.

Headed to blackwood tommorrow I'll let ya know how we make out.

Mike

That explains alot...



Matt,

I knew you lived up this way somewhere as I remember those directions you gave me to that archery shop in Frackville. I head over to Minersville a couple times a month on work-related activities. I always see plenty of orange hats in trucks during this time of year.

I had a college room mate from Minersville. His last name was Dinger (no lie). He proudly wore his "Sparky's" T-shirt all over campus.

Scott Meier
White Oak Lodge

Most of my family is from minersville, actually branchdale but its the same thing My uncle has a taxidermy shop there Vics Taxidermy

I droppped off my first deer at Vic's. A seven point. Not really big but it was my first deer so I had to mount it. My brother in law is from Minersville and has had Vic do about 20 mounts for him. Nice work.

I used to hunt that area many years ago when I lived in Hazleton. How do you folks thing the new quality management (3 to a side) rule is helping ?

Yeah cablebandit in my opinion he is the best and Im not just saying that cause he is my uncle. He does great work.

Greenbunch, Im not really sure how AR are helping I didnt see anything out of the ordinary. But I am sure in time it will produce.

I hunt on the southern border of Schuylkill county on occasion...Blue Mountain gamelands, and have noticed a slight increase in the number of larger racked bucks over the last year....and alot less does.