I just got back from a Sullivan County bear hunt and, although I saw no bears, I saw a lot of nice bucks. Here's the breakdown:

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) and the other nine points would go between 120 and 130 (gross). Big bodies, too. At least 3 of them would go over 200lbs.

GEE,wonder why it aint any better down here???????? I'm really puzzled this year.Well are you going back up for buck.

Cardeer - I'm going up but I can only shoot a doe (got a buck in archery). Hopefully some of the guys in our camp can get a big one.

We're in an area with thousands of acres of swamps, overgrown clearcuts and laurel thickets that most hunters don't even think about hunting. There's really not enough hunting pressure for all that land and the deer have a million places to hide. We've had bucks dying of old age up there long before antler restrictions.

It will be interesting to see if everyone sees more buck this year. There has been a ton of opinions thrown out here, and it will be intersting to get feedback from everyone in the field!!