Hunting Season

[Keith]

You could for years. Most people just didn't realize it.
Now if you lived in the northern zone you would already be bow hunting with two weeks to go to MZ. Know anybody up north?

 

[roundball]

Bow runs after labor Day through Jan 1st here statewide.

The Eastern third of the state has a special ML week in early October before it's regular gun season through Jan 1st;
The central third has it's special ML week in early Nov when the pre-rut is just starting and the bucks are cruising all day looking for does, followed by the central gun through Jan 1st;
In November I have farms I hunt on and take two full weeks vacation 2nd & 3rd week of November to hunt the rut hard every day...can't wait!

 

[Slowpoke]

Tonight, my brother was sitting in the stand that is pictured above. He was shooting an inline sighted in at 100 yard. He had a nice 6 point walk out at 10 yards and he shot right over the deers shoulder. To bad I wasn't there to cut his shirt tail off. Unbelievable ! He was shooting almost straight down and with his gun sighted in at that distance, it's no wonder. :shake:

 

[shmrck1]

2thdoc,

very nice looking camp! hope you do well

snake-eyes eace: :thumbsup:

 

[The Baron]

Nice looking camps there!

 

[CG6018]

Today, archery season opened here in PA. and I found myself 2 miles from the parking lot by daylight. I had killed a nice fat doe at the start of last year's December flintlock season about 400 yards down the ridge from where I was standing. My long bow was propped against the cluster of chestnut oaks I had selected as my ground stand. It was overcast and quiet with the occasional clatter of acorns dropping to keep me alert. At 9:45, I saw my first deer coming across the ridge followed by a smaller deer. The first, a small racked buck, came slowly up toward the saddle I was covering. He was followed by a small spike, but I failed to look back behind these two, since the 6-pointer(a legal buck in my area), was at 30 yards and closing. I reached to pick up my bow as both deer moved behind the trunks of the oak. The big boy, trailing several yards behind, caught my movement, and one loud snort caused a wild scramble of tails. Within a matter of a few seconds the woods were totally quiet! After 50 years of chasing white-tails, my opening day exuberance had caused me to miss an opportunity at a fine trophy for PA. When the heart-thumping those few minutes stirred doesn't happen anymore, I will give up hunting! What a great way to start our season! I'll be in that same area a few more times before a week of muzzleloader season starting Oct. 16, and my son and I head north for Tioga Co. Only two more years until my grandson joins us. Is this a wonderful sport or what!