Great deer season

[shotgunner]

Things were slow for archery. The gun season has been different. My 18 year old daughter killed a 10 point buck Saturday. I shot a buck that was a 2 1/2 year old 6 point. My wife missed a nice 8. We have taken several does. I managed to still hunt one and kill it with a revolver. My son is still after a buck, but there is a week to go. All this with the mild weather we have so far. Shotgunner

[Bingo]

   Yep! My boy got a 10 point and his buddy got a 5x2 15 minutes later. By son got 2 doe and his friend got one too. We have a few more doe down and our freezers are full. If I get out this weekend it will be to help a handy caped kid get his first deer. Wish me luck!

[BCB]

   Yep! My boy got a 10 point and his buddy got a 5x2 15 minutes later. By son got 2 doe and his friend got one too. We have a few more doe down and our freezers are full. If I get out this weekend it will be to help a handy caped kid get his first deer. Wish me luck!

Bingo,
 
How about that?...
 
And you did it without Sunday Hunting!!!!!
 
But, I suppose if we had Sunday Hunting, you could kill a few more?...
 
Good-luck...BCB

[superd]

wish I could say the same around the Allegheny National Forest as I haven't even seen deer crap. Been another bad year!  Maybe Sunday would give me an opportunity to hunt other areas as I only get 1st and 2nd day and the Saturdays to hunt.

[irold]

First day , saw 7 doe plus a spike.  Went down hill from there....was in the woods 8 hrs a day till Friday afternoon.....nuttin , notta ....The boy and I went out saturday ....more of the same ..nuttin !   Had to go back to work , will be out this Saturday ( last day ) , hoping to find a deer.  I hunt norhern Clarion county ,  sersiously considering selling the camp....its just not fun anymore.  I do enjoy being out , and killing something is the icing on the cake...but its nice to see a deer once in awhile.   
 
regards, irold

[BCB]

First day , saw 7 doe plus a spike.  Went down hill from there....was in the woods 8 hrs a day till Friday afternoon.....nuttin , notta ....The boy and I went out saturday ....more of the same ..nuttin !   Had to go back to work , will be out this Saturday ( last day ) , hoping to find a deer.  I hunt norhern Clarion county ,  sersiously considering selling the camp....its just not fun anymore.  I do enjoy being out , and killing something is the icing on the cake...but its nice to see a deer once in awhile.   
 
regards, irold

Where do you hunt in northern Clarion County...
 
I live in Clarion...
 
BCB

[irold]

Have a camp near Tylersburg.  Just north of Leeper.  About 12 miles south of Tionesta......we're only a mile from the gamelands , used to hunt there.  Had a very bad experience there.  Long story , but it soured me on hunting public lands. For the past dozen years we've been hunting near the camp.  Just seeing less and less deer.  As I stated , could go deeper , and maybe see more....but what if I shoot one ?  On snow I'd be able to drag....wouldn't even attempt it on bare ground.  Sounds like you've had a fair season , you hunt around Clarion ?
 
irold

[BCB]

Have a camp near Tylersburg.  Just north of Leeper.  About 12 miles south of Tionesta......we're only a mile from the gamelands , used to hunt there.  Had a very bad experience there.  Long story , but it soured me on hunting public lands. For the past dozen years we've been hunting near the camp.  Just seeing less and less deer.  As I stated , could go deeper , and maybe see more....but what if I shoot one ?  On snow I'd be able to drag....wouldn't even attempt it on bare ground.  Sounds like you've had a fair season , you hunt around Clarion ?
 
irold

I actually hunt about 14 miles to the southeast of Clarion—got a small piece of property over there…

‘Bout, 7 miles north of New Bethlehem where Routes 28 and 66 split.  I hunt of the 28 side…

Yep, not seeing near as many deer in that area either, but there is a major lack of hunters…

Posted ground and ground that is fenced-in…

I agree if one does not see a few deer, it sure gets discouraging…

Do you use your camp just for some weekend relaxing?  If so, that still might be a reason to keep it…

But, I don’t know how far you drive to get to the camp…

If one frequents an establishment from time to time, there are a few up that way!!!  And the area is nice—some good fishin’ also, if you stay away from the streams that have been affected by oil/gas drilling and mining of many years gone by...

Oh well, hunting is certainly not what it was years ago—60’s through the early 80’s…

And so it goes…

BCB


 

[shotgunner]

I noticed that there were very few acorns this season, and lots of apples. The deer were on the corn fields and in the apple trees. I think if you are hunting big woods you need to be near the food, can be hard to do if the area you hunt in limited. I will say this, we did not shoot very many deer that we did not move. All of the gun season deer were the result of still hunting or shooters on stand while others were moving, a modified drive. Shotgunner

[Bingo]

   The herd where I hunt is not as big as it used to be ether but there are still pleanty of deer there. The one thing that hert our herd was the EHD out break a few years ago. It has come back pretty well but not like it once was.
   Most of the deer we harvest are doe and are taken on drives. We do get some nice bucks too but they get hard to find when bullets start flying. we mostly see them in archery season.
   As for hunting on Sunday, that would only be another opertunity to get out with the kids. We use out time and tags wisely. We shoot doe for meat and only what we need. The bucks are a trophy and a bonus. Meat is meat. I have passed on all the bucks I have seen in the past 10 years. I have a big 10 point on the wall and will not shoot a basket rack buck. I am looking for a 150 class or better. If I let them pass the kids can shoot them or they will be bigger next year. The only exception to that may be a cull deer that needs taken out of the herd.
    Not to rub it in, but last night from 3:30 to 5;00 I counted 28 doe and 3 small bucks. At least a dozen were in shooting range and I shot nothing.

[jays375]

Boy Bingo for the limited time you have seemed to have done pretty good.

[Bingo]

   I'm just lucky enough to have good friends and a good place to hunt.
 
  Correct that......Not lucky, Blessed!

[irold]

BCB ,
 
We're about 25 m. from our camp.  Its not the distance.....just lack of critters...even small game.  I really didn't keep track , but I know I didn't see a dozen squirrels the whole week I was in the woods.  We do fish at Tionesta , and its just a short trip to Kinzua also.  Though neither of those lakes are great to fish in.  Still enjoy getting out....got two boys, one out of the house and one still at home....the one out of the house is spending less and less time at camp, believe he's found a better place to hunt.  Now I'm trying to keep the younger one interested.....I agree there is a lack of hunters....and now the ones that are out, hunt differently....though so do I.  Can't hoof it like I used to...the years are catching up to me.  Still good to get out....
 
My younger one did get his first buck on Saturday ( last day ) He saw two , he shot the one with horns , small but legal.  I was tickled for him....maybe that will keep him interested for next year.
 
regards irold