Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting Good luck to all the Pennsylvania boys!

First, thanks to all for the posts.

Second, most of you are probably better Deer hunters than me. I've had the blessings to be consistently successful most often, but not because I'm that great at the game. I just more or less hang out where they like to hang, and given enough time we usually bump into each other.

If I wasn't so greedy and would have let that one walk, he had the potential to be a Giant.

The rifle is a Kimber that started out as a .338Fed. Shot some Deer with it, but didn't enjoy the recoil. So, had Dave Bruno put a little heavier than what it came with Douglas .300Savage barrel on it. I really like it. Carries nice, shoots good and more than adequate for most Whitetail opportunities I will use it for.

battue, that's a beauty. Makes me home sick every time I see pictures of PA.

A little better look of the Deer and rifle.

Pretty much run of the mill Montana from a distance.

Congratulations!

Nice job battue, great deer and rifle!

Really glad you scored Battue. I was thinking about you on Monday moring and wondering how things were working out for you. Congrats, sir.

Thank you, and you boys obviously had a good time. I think if you had more of it, there would have been more than one Buck down. Only two days makes it tough for everything to fall just right.

Good luck to all!

For 40 years I always hunted the whole first week or until I got my buck. When retirement comes around in a few years count on me being there from Bear season Monday thru the two week deer season!

A year or two after my job took me out of PA I had someone notice my non-resident tag and called me a out of stater there taking their deer

I had to laugh at the jerk, my family has been in PA since the mid 1600's.

Yep, down here now house hunting, already planning on being back next year as a non-res for bear, Thanksgiving dinner with the relatives, then a week of buck, Sat doe possibly.

Nice buck battue! Interesting rifle too. The 250 and 300 Savages are both cool rounds. In the Montana either would be a sweet PA deer rig. I know a family that all 3 of them use 250 Savages. In the m700 Classic.

Nice pics too. Thanks for sharing them. Ill get some up next week. Been busy hunting and trading trucks.

Tagged a doe on Saturday morning. She was in a group of 4 that stopped on a wooded sidehill about 200 yds from me. I was able to get into the sling, kneel down, and lean against the gas shanty that I was using to block the wind. Almost felt like shooting the bench.

One shot with the 270 (130 gr Hornady Spitzer and 60 gr H4831sc) was all it took.

Then to top it off, she rolled down the hill to the field edge and I could drive the truck right to her.

Dale

Congrats on the nice buck, Battue! Now get the boys out for a few grouse!

Congrads on the Buck and a Dandy rifle!

Wilkes,

Thanks and hope you and yours are doing well.

Grouse on that place have been really down lately in spite of good cover. They think west nile virus has gotten into our Birds. Buuuuut, this year we flushed around 12. Will probably run the Dogs on them, but not try shoot more than one. Perhaps they are bouncing back.

Dale,

Congrats on a Pa Doe. Have a tag and have plans to maybe get one myself.


Saddlering,

Thanks. I like that rifle more than a little. Being a runt myself, I'm partial to runts.

Finally, after 6 days of hunting in the rain. cold, and wind I got a buck! Not much in the antler department.











For the looneys, here's the load info:
Projectile: 2007 Toyota Tundra
Weight: 2000 lbs
Speed: 72 mile/hr
Location: MM 54 on I-81





Not quite the classic mushroom but close.



Hit the 6 pt at almost exactly noon. He came up over the guardrail landed on the road square in front of the grill. I never saw him coming and never hit the brakes until after the crunch. Airbag deployment and towed from the scene. On the bright side, I did get to spend 5 hours with some fine VA folks at the Sunoco off exit 54 while waiting for my wife to drive up from Knoxville. Haven't heard back from my insurance company which likely isn't a good thing........

Not much else to say but glad you're ok.

It's amazing how fast they can appear. Glad you're OK but I don't think the truck will buff out.

Dale

Purty sure it won't buff out. <G>

A funny side note. Upon impact, I hit the brakes hard. The truck has antilock brakes but it wowed me down quick. I looked out the passenger side and the buck passed me skidding down the shoulder and came to rest in the grass. The truck stopped before he did. I know he skidded at least 100 yards.

pahick,I grew up in Renovo and live about 35 miles away. I rarely hunt in the area any more because of lack of deer, but my brother and I will end the season on Saturday hunting my wife's family's property in Shintown. I took a fair number of bucks there and in Baker's Run, but not too many were as nice as the ones you took.

Got back late tues night after a house hunting exursion for an upcoming move. Went out Tues night saw 1 deer (couldnt tell what it was) and 1 doe, which I waited to see if anything came out behind it, then it was gone. Today I decided I had better fill my doe tag. I sat a stand I built couple years ago that has been good to me, wasnt sitting 30 min when I spotted a tail flicker, doe but no shot, in brush. I watched her for about 15 min until she entered a cleared about 120 yards away, the Tikka barked and I wathced her fall in the scope (never had that happen), one more doe took off that I never saw. As luck would have it, after I field dresses her, my buddy texted me to see if I saw anything and came over to help me drag it out. Got the tenderloins in the fridge, meat hanging in the garage and a cold beer in the Laz-a-boy. Life is good! Got 2 more days to try and find an altered variety. Me and a buddy plan on covering a lot of ground tomorrow. We shall see. Been a good season thus far with probably close to 40 deer seen, even the gamelands in 3B are showing signs of life from the doe over-kill a few years back.