PA Archers..... How's the season so far???


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Down here in Allegheny County I have the luxury of hunting a lot of private land that as a lot of you know hold some NICE bucks that I have shown in pictures before. I am not disappointed this year as there are 4 P&Y bucks that I am well aware of, & 2 are absolute HAWGS!!! Anyway, none of them have shown up yet, just a lot of does & young bucks. The oddest thing to me is the fact that I haven't even found a rub yet on any of the land I hunt. The BIG tracks are still there, but usually by now I have seen some rubs and what not. What's it like in the rest of PA?

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Re: PA Archers..... How\'s the season so far???

Yeah, it's a curse lol............. In all seriousness though I am blessed with some great hunting area. My buddy took an 8 point last year off one of the areas I hunt that netted 143 and some change, a beautiful animal by every aspect. Well, one of the 2 HAWGS I have seen this year blows that 8 away, the other one is just about the same size. So, hopefully they follow their nose to disaster this fall, we'll see. Good luck the rest of the season!

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Congrats on the buck bud!!! You are about 20 minutes from me in Wexford. Anywho, yeah, they won't really start moving much until next weekend (the 30th), give or take a few days, but come the first week of November, all that will change. Hopefully one of the ones I want follows it's nose to within 40 yards or so of my stand. Good luck the rest of the year bud.

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I had the slowest start to the season I can ever remember. But, I think things are heating up a little early this year. I shot a 9 point on Monday that was chasing a doe with 2 other bucks. I also know two guys that took 8 pointers yesterday after having slow starts to their seasons as well. Last night while spotting almost every single buck I saw was in serious chase mode on the does. In the next couple of weeks it's going to be getting pretty good I think.

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Is anyone having luck with rattling, calls, or scents. If you put a doe n heat scent out to early does it effect your hunt negatively? I put it out more or less as a cover scent confused.gif

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I grunted the buck I shot on Monday right in. This is probably a good time to try scents too, I think the bucks are ready to go...there just aren't any hot does yet. If one gets a good whiff of your scent you might just pull him in.

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