for those of you going out Saturday in PA. Have a safe and enjoyable day!
Good luck deer hunting guys
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I’m cheering for the deer. Hear they’ve decided to arm up and return fire this year.
Actually have no problem with hunting if you actually track the animal, kill, then eat it. Have no tolerance for “trophy” hunting or ambush hunting where feed is left out for weeks in advance while the “hunter” waits in a blind drinking and eating jerky waiting for the animal to feed and then ambushes it.
I bet most hunters agree with you. I have zero tolerance for any of that. Although, hunting over food piles is legal in several states.
It looks like a cold one this weekend.
Hopefully rifle season goes better than archery for me. It couldn't go much worse.
Hopefully rifle season goes better than archery for me. It couldn't go much worse.
Just hoping for two doe this year or a really big buck. Saw just a few small bucks in archery. I am a meat hunter. The farmers land I hunt on only wants large older bucks harvested. Always follow the landowner's request.
That is how you get big deer. Good strategy.
I’ve hunted a friend’s property in Michigan and I was only allowed to take a doe. And if anyone shot a button buck you got a $100 fine (which went to the food plot fund).
Btw those 2 deer I posted above are Allegheny National Forest public land deer (Warren County) - but deep deep woods where not many people hunt. Took multiple hours to drag out
Used to do that on Friday nights at Zeno’s and The Skeller!
Come to my parents farm and kill as many as you want. Between crop and orchard losses and then auto insurance rates sky high in the area due to deer being the dumbest animal on the planet and running into vehicles, they are a nuisance.
I think about taking up hunting when I retire in a few years. Deer Season is so necessary in PA!
I met my (ex)wife at the skellar
Close. I met her sept 90 and graduated Dec 90
I was at skellar multiple nights per week from 88-90
They were on the offensive three weeks ago, an eight point did about $7500.00 damage to my vehicle.
I hate to tell you this, but the turkey you are eating was killed by a farmer hunting inside a pen over a bait pile. Now just imagine if you loved eating turkey but the only ones were wild and you had to hunt day's or even weeks to kill one. It might even take a couple or more years to be lucky enough to kill one, then you might feel the desire to have your turkey preserved to remember all those day's it took to kill the turkey. That's the only way I could think of to describe why hunters get "trophy's"
Now if you are talking hunting predators just for the purpose of a trophy and not eating any of the meat, I don't have a big desire to do it, but if it's not hurting the populations of them, and the license money goes to benefit all wildlife in the form of conservation officers, then why not? Again, as long as the population is not hurt by taking a few.
The thought always come to my mind is, you probably kill mice and just pitch them.
Be honest. Some people hunt because they just like to kill things.
Im not sure a 9mm gets you much more range than a 22. Got to go with something with a little more cartridge behind it. 5.56/.223.
Sure, there are some like that, especially when you are young. I think the vast majority of hunters are not like that. My wife hunts and fishes, but she does not like hunting predators or trapping. I respect everyone's opinion as long as they have a full understand the other person point of view.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Yep, I saw more roadkills and live deer on the road this fall than I ever had before. I hit a buck, almost hit a doe and watched another doe get hit by a car in front of me. I have Deer PTSD this year.
I locked up the brakes and barely missed 3 doe earlier this year.
You can always tell when the rut kicks in cause 22 between Ebensburg and Pittsburgh gets painted red.
I understand, I have gotten many wall hangers. What hurts is two farms around us kill anything with 3 on one side. Bison13 anywhere near Harrisburg
Haha nah, SWPAI understand, I have gotten many wall hangers. What hurts is two farms around us kill anything with 3 on one side. Bison13 anywhere near Harrisburg
Took this picture end of September, turkeys near our septic field.
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Some of the TOM's are trying to lure the hens with plumage and strutting displays.
Took the pic last Tuesday, the Albino buck has been hanging around the Homestead the last couple of weeks, eluding hunters, for the doe, the homestead is their home. I hope he survives the hunting season.
He's a huge deer, wide rack, maybe a 10-point, the distance is about 300 ft taken w/phone-the resolution is grainy.
