Anyone seeing Big Bucks in Pa yet?
 

I have not been out in the woods alot this year, butI'm hearing that there are some big bucks in Penns woods this year. Anyone seeing any?

RE: Anyone seeing Big Bucks in Pa yet?
 

AR seems to be working! I've seen more "wall-hangers" this year than I've seen in 30 years of hunting in PA...:)

RE: Anyone seeing Big Bucks in Pa yet?
 

Seeing a lot of smaller bucks, spikes, forks which will be good in the future. Also, seeing a lot of bigger rack bucks but not seeing a lot of does. We hunt in WMU 3C

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5c same old dinks and few doe

RE: Anyone seeing Big Bucks in Pa yet?
 

Quick answer.... YES! :D

I have seen a ton of quality buck this year. It should only get better from here on out.

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I just got back form spotting and cannot belive the bucks I've seen in the last couple of days. I've seen more shooters this year than I EVER have before. I been seeing alot of young 4's and 6's too. I think AR's are starting to payoff.

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5D...yes. Less does too.

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Only buck I saw was from the car on the turnpike, he was ok for rack size.

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We were seeing mostly small bucks through early archery, but now that all the corn is down we we are seeing some whoppers!!

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Yes!!! Bucks of all sizes. The last day of archery I wathced 4 different bucks, 2 were shooter bucks, and nice ones at that. Spotting has been great this year, have seen more bucks and more points than in the past.

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3A has few doe left, the 2 1/2& 3 1/2 yr olds are still big spikes,ys and scrubby little rack bucks with the occasional nice rack being seen .
Alt's program around here has only lowered numbers and did nothing to increase buck rack size.
All it DID accomplish is to see more posted land now to save what few deer there are.

RE: Anyone seeing Big Bucks in Pa yet?
 

Yes,

I took a nice 9 point on 10/21 and had a really nice non-typical escape me this season. All told, I saw 19 bucks on stand this bow season and killed the last one (hunting some evenings, occasional fridays and every saturday). 14 of those bucks were legal, 5 of which were trophies.

All hunting was done in 2A, 2C, 4A and 2F. Saw 22 does/BB's. Deer sightings were down, but quality was up. I also did not get an opportunity to hunt as the rut began to heat up.

Not bad for having tagged out before the peak of the season.

Spotting has been the best ever, but slightly disappointed with the disproportionate number of does I saw on my most recent trip to Somerset County. One night yielded 250 deer, only 25 visible racks.

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I agree parts of Pa have way too many deer BUT what about those areas of the state that don't???? What is Alt's plan there?????
Seems to many he just forgets to mention that at his rallies for Alt Program Supporters

RE: Anyone seeing Big Bucks in Pa yet?
 

I saw 10 different bucks on our property in the last two days:

2 spikes
1 six point
2 seven points
1 8 point
4 nine points

The biggest nine point would score in the 140s (gross). This was in Sullivan County on private land.

RE: Anyone seeing Big Bucks in Pa yet?
 

Barnes for God's sake don't tell Alt he'll have the doe tags increased so those bucks have more to eat, then they'll be forced to turn homos

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Our property is surrounded by thousands of acres of state land in the big woods. Alt can't do anything about those deer because there aren't enough hunters to cover all that area. He'll just have the does wiped out on the smaller tracts of public land that have better hunter access.