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Harry,

Hope the action picks up! Mom finally saw a small 8-point tonight, but it was too dark for her to be comfortable to shoot. It went into the thicket near her stand, and she's hoping he'll come out tomorrow morning....I sure hope so!

Good luck tomorrow!

Jeff

Jeff,

Thanks. On my way out. I need to stay off of here and get some sleep after a days hunting.

Harry

Scorpion:

Just got back from the camp earlier today. Our camp is near Puritan, off of route 164. Hunted there for three days but did not see much. Went down to another camp in Dunlo and things got a lot better. Finally started to see some deer and on Friday afternoon and I got a 5 point around 1:30pm, finally reached the truck two hours later after the drag. Did not hear may shots in the woods. After a not getting a deer for the past few years I was thankfull to have the chance at a shot at one. Talking to the locals it seems like a lot of guys were concentrating on Turkey hunting this year more so than deer. If anyone is hunting PA during the second week, be safe and wack a big one!

Nuff said,

curdog

After missing a nine point at about 75 yards on Monday, I shot this buck on Friday at 192 yards.

I saw more shooter bucks this year than in the past three years.
I hunted the exact same spot all three years.It was an eerily quiet first day and I saw relatively few doe. I know that the pressure was down because the patch of ground that I hunt is a well used escape route and I normally see at least 50 different deer on the first day .

Doug

I could only get friday and today off. I got a little six point in Potter on friday. No luck today filling the doe tag.

Same here.

Started out Monday with a 25-06, had a four pointer close by and lots of baldies, got a brief glimpse of a rack buck, but no shot. Switched to an antique M92 I've been wanting to take a deer with and dropped a big doe around noon. Earliest I've ever taken a doe, since concurrent seasons started in 2001.

Normally don't "doe hunt" until late in the first week, or in the second week. No regrets. Now have about 70 pounds of venison in the freezer and finally got to take something with that old Winchester. ;O)

Still no tag filled out. Saw ll today. Just about got blown out of the woods today with wind. Had to be pushing 40 to 50mph. Some trees snapping. Decided in the woods was not a good place to be.

Still blowing like crazy. Hope it calms down some tomorrow.

Jeff: Your Mother do any good yet?

Today would've been a wild one for sure, it was blowing like crazy here in Pittsburgh. Wish I was at home, as we got two or three inches at the house, and over 6" up on the mountain. I'm hoping it hangs around til this weekend!

Harry,

Nope, nada. It was blowing like crazy at her place, and she chose to stay home. At 72, I cut her some slack about being a fair weather hunter!
Sure hope it eases up, for the last couple of days......good luck!

Jeff

I got this deer Monday morning.

Nice buck, country52. Congrats.

I've been looking for him, now I know way I can't find him. Wish you would have told me earlier.

Congrats, nice buck.

Thanks

battue, I see your right outside Harrisburg. I'm about 1/2 hour north myself.

Nah, it would be taother burg.

spent 4 days in state game lands 100--route144--ain't seen a hair yey, nor have i seen any sign. too many gas wells.

Furnace controller went on the blink sometime last night. No hunting today. ONE day left. Need to pull out some mojo....

Gotta do some work at our farm in Clarion County tomorrow. Figured since I'll be there anyway, I might as well take a rifle along and leave a little earlier...

Hunt for a couple hours, then do the work, and maybe hunt the rest of the day. We'll see....

Well the fat lady has walked off stage. It's over and the deer beat me. Saw 14 today, one buck following 5 does and grunting his throat out. Couldn't get a good look at the horns, so I hope he is having some fun tonight with a late bloomer.

Been a great year. Hunted every day but one. Saw 70 some deer. A few small bucks that should be ok for next year. One nice buck that didn't offer a shot. Wild turkeys on three or four days. A Black Bear with Cubs. Grouse that gave me a start when I was sneaking. Canada Geese flying overhead.

More than a couple Deer gave me the snort and beat me to the punch. And a few I gave them the snort before they had a clue.

Blessed to live in a country I can hunt and have the right to have firearms.

Hunted with some old rifles and new. Hunted with some old friends. Visited more than a few places that hold cherished memories of past hunts.

Lord willing, I can do it again next year.

And that about says it all.

Dale

The one thing left out was the trip back to the world. The phones, traffic and putting up with people you really don't care for. Used to spend time in an isolated Pa. North woods camp for a week or so a couple times a year with at most one friend or a girl who liked the same. At one time it was heated only by the fireplace and the lights were all coleman lantern. You had time to get into the rhythm of day/night and being in what the shrinks rightly call the present. When going home, the first time I would turn on the truck radio it was like being shocked it was that abrasive. Tomorrow will be much the same.