Guest csod08 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Well I got good news the other day. I got accepted to Penn State Main Campus and that is where I will be spending my next 4 years. Since that is 3 hours or so from my house it means I won't be able to archery hunt or rifle hunt for the next 4 years. I was excited to get in though because this was the college that I really wanted to go to, so I figure I'll make it through the next 4 years with no hunting, and with any luck maybe I'll make friends with someone who lives close and then be able to hunt on their land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigalt78 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 yeah man i went up to school in minnesota but i didnt really like it but if i would of stayed hunting would of took up all of my weekend because it was an hour above iowa and 45 minutes from wisconsin it was good hunting. I'd say just make some good friends up there that hunt and get into some deer up there if you cant find any friends that hunt do what i do to get hunting land i go from door to door and just ask everyone where i think would be good hunting land. as soon as the season is over i start knocking on doors and getting permissioin for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Hey look at it this way if you get in and get a good job you'll be able to hunt any time you want for the rest of your life right? Hope your able to make a few good friends and get some hunting land close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam16 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Im a junior at the university of illinois, and i was in the same situation you were. It was 4 hours away from my regular hunting farm, so i was bummed. My freshman year i just got used to being a college student, but my sophomore year i was dedicated to scouting out some public land down there. After a few scouting trips, i drew on a doe and killed a coyote the first evening i hunted, and shot a doe the second evening i hunted. Although public land isnt as good (or as convenient) as private, it can still produce some good hunting. Hope you find someplace close! Good luck at school, but GO ILLINI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 No hunting? Man C'mon. Penn State is in the middle of freaking nowhere. There are places to hunt all over up there. If nothing else, you've got SGL's in every direction. You'll find a place to hunt in no time. Congrats on getting accepted!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 the same thing happend to me 3 years ago but my college was in the middle of a huge city and on top of that i play college baseball so my time n the woods was very limited, it also didn't help living an hour away too, i'm sure there are bucks by your college, i would go and checkout any mom and pappa stores over there if they have any, and ask them wheres the good hunting land! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm23494 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Congrats on being accepted, I was in the same predicament 7 years ago when I went to a PSU branch campus. Although I always managed to have a cold and could not attend class the first day of rifle season.....that damn flu bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 No hunting? Man C'mon. Penn State is in the middle of freaking nowhere. There are places to hunt all over up there. If nothing else, you've got SGL's in every direction. You'll find a place to hunt in no time. Congrats on getting accepted!! Your not kidding there, Great hunting just up the road by Hower. Good fishing lake there too. You do a little looking around and your going to find some unbelievable hunting oppertunities. If now PM me and I can hook you up with some great area's within 40 min. of your dorm. Good luck. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Congratulations, but you will get time off of school still right? Would not be so quick to rule out hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm23494 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Penn State give time off for hunting?!?! Heck they don't even give time off for Easter. PSU is too "culturally diverse" was the answer I was given. That means that you have to be sick, or if smart arrange your classes so you have none or limited on certain days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 guys--can't you hunt during the T-giving and Christmas breaks???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganHunter Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 hey i'm just wrappin up college at NMU in the U.P. of Michigan I picked them for the program they had/ the price/ and the fact that they have a student gun locker and lots of public hunting land around. U might want to check for some state/fed land to use and to see if they have a gun locker for students Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest csod08 Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Penn State's thanksgiving break ends the Sunday before the opening Monday of rifle season here in PA. I'm not able to have a car out there for freshman year so I probably won't be able to get "sick" and miss Monday's classes. As for after Christmas I will have time for late archery season, but its just not the same as early archery or rifle season. I figure I can hunt public land out there if I need to, but just my without having a car my freshman year sorta puts me in a predicament. LET'S GO STATE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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