RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

Do you realize that feeding deer during deer season is illegal? I think it might e called baiting.

RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

I shot a doe today, one of two I saw, at 4:20 PM. :)

RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

Or possibly the reason the "NO HUNTING" signs went up in the first place is because people just help themselves and don't have the curtousy to as first.

RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

We would never bait deer. The area with the corn feeder is in the backyard of the house and a couple of miles from the hunting area. There is no hunting anywhere near the house so there's no way it could be construed as baiting. If anything, it would draw the deer away from where we hunt. The non-hunters who live in that development put out corn for deer as well and they're sure as heck not baiting.

RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

Agreed, but that's where the deer are. [:-]

RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

Today all we saw was our Limpy Leg 5 point - until later...
Ran into a neighbor who asked permission to hunt (only cause he was busted, but that's another story) and said that we could hunt their property. They own hundreds of acres. Anyway, they reported seeing a lot of bucks - good shooters too but they're hiding.
At 4 pm as the sun was going down I was on top of the hill and looked across the valley to a neighboring farm field - there were at least 30 deer! A few of them were bucks too. And the funny thing was that there were people hunting there less than an hour before. I could see cars and trucks going by and stopping to look at the deer. So that's where they're hiding! Guess they're all herded up already....

RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

I got an 8 point monday at 11:00, my best deer yet. We got one other 8 point in camp along with 2 doe and a couple misses.

I heard more shooting this year than i did last year.

RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

Well lets see! Got on stand at 6:00 and left at last light. Not a tail much less any shooting all day! This is on Federal land in Delaware Water Gap on opening day! Out all day same area on Thursday did get to see really nice tall & wide 4-Pointer walk past me at 50 yards. Could'nt wish hard enough for one more point! That was it for Thursday. Friday out all day in Northampton County (Slateford Farms) NOTHING. I seen some nice bucks during last week of archery in Delaware Water Gap. Did'nt here of any being shot yet! So far this is the worst year on these areas that I have ever seen it! Seems like the deer are extinct from the areas now! Well see what happens Sat. but not getting my hopes up!!

RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

Well, first post so here it goes. Group did better than last couple of years. A few doe and one nice 8 pt. Large 8-10 point wounded and not found. Not hapy about that. I filled my Buck tag in Archery so was looking for does. Didn't see a single deer but it was the best hunting day I've ever had.

RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

got a doe yesterday boy the300 RUM sure does a number on them deer dropped in her tracks.

RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

Well I got my Buck today (Sat Dec 4) at 8:00 He was hit in the leg sometime yesterday the best I can figure, due to no shooting before my shot. Had a broken tine on the left side, but he measured 17 1/2 inches inside spread. Big body too.

RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

Fight4yourguns, congrats on a nice buck. What part of Pa did he come from??

RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

THANKS!!
He was taken in Northwestern Pa. 15 minutes south of a small town called Saegertown. About an hour out of Erie.

RE: Pa hunters- any luck today??
 

I hunted this year with about a 40% success rate. I hunted about six days before taking a nice 9 pt. in archery season. I passed on countless does and smaller bucks. Thereafter, I went 3/3 taking one doe every day out.

The deer are here - but y'all gotta remember - they're not retarded. They find a safe place and stay there. Posted lots, limited access sites, remote areas and otherwise odd woodlots are where the deer are currently holed up. Beating the same old stand locations to death is probably the wrong approach at this point. PA has over 1 million hunters - hunt the unpressured areas and find the deer. Remember - they are trying to ELUDE hunters, not LOOK for them!