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What do you guys consider a good Public Land PA buck?
I know this is a loaded question. I just want to see what you guys have for standards.
My standards have increased a bit. Any buck over 100" I would classify as good public land buck.
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Any legal buck is a good buck.
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These two were recently taken by a Bud on a State National Forest. I found this one two years ago, that someone had shot-probably the day before-on a Gamelands. Have shot some nice Bucks on property that almost runs up against that Gamelands, but a few of us lease it, so they don't qualify as public.
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if you're going by score i'd say 100 is a nice buck. i let my boys do the shooting usually but if they don't get anything, i shoot anything that is legal the last few days to have some meat for the freezer. i never really got hung up on the horns. i like spikes, scrubs and nice ones all the same. every rack gets a place on the camp wall. i have a lot of spikes on the wall from when they were legal.
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I'd say anything over 90 B&C is a nice PA buck.
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Got this guy at a Pa. State Game Lands this past season. I csn also tell you that there are more like this.
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With the mild winter and the heavy acorn crop there will be some real good bucks on the ANF and timber company properties for 2017.
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Sounds alot like my area in NY. I'd say here anything 90+ B&C would be considered a good buck by most and anything over 120 a slammer.
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Now I remember why I hunt the midwest, Pa has gone to total crap.
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No doubt. We already have too many hunters after too few Deer. Please spread the word.
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Those bucks have huge glutes. Have they been working out?
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Where some of them live is a workout in itself.
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Now I remember why I hunt the midwest, Pa has gone to total crap. Sure has... A better buck to doe ratio, and bigger deer. Who would want that? I guess it was better back when we were shooting spikes and forkies after glassing 20 does...
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We often hunt within Tuscarora State Forest for white tails. Any legal buck is a good kill for me. Young bucks and does are genuine diner plate trophies!
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Where some of them live is a workout in itself. No doubt. Some of the elevation changes in Clinton Co would give Mtwarden second thoughts of doing twice. Pa Deer hunting sucks, it's almost as bad as Texas. Oh hell, probably worse.
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Not too bright either and not much of a challenge for a real hunter. They even let themselves get hit by cars. Why he was within a short walk from a GL and the smart hunters know there are most certainly no Deer there worth spending time on. http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2061164&d=1413219094Midwest is where it's at. Go West young man, go West. Please do, please. If only to save our low life Bucks for us renegade, lawless, couch sitting Pa hunters.
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Now I remember why I hunt the midwest, Pa has gone to total crap. Sure has... A better buck to doe ratio, and bigger deer. Who would want that? I guess it was better back when we were shooting spikes and forkies after glassing 20 does... Pa blows 1)Too many hunters 2)Too long of seasons 3)No Sunday hunting 4)Lyme disease thicker than Mexicans in Arizona If you think Pa is the Meca of whitetail hunting, you're a babe in the woods friend. The PGC is all about money, not conservation or management.
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