wildthing Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Fellas (gals)...I have been trying to get out in the evening to scout for turkey, but fortunately, I keep seeing a ton of deer. I saw 22 last night and might have only walked about 1/2 a mile total. What was crazy is that of the 22 I saw total, 11 of them walked into a field in a single file line, one right after another almost like they were connected by string. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 need to carry a camera and maybe do some doe thinning next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 It is fun to see them anytime..Ive got at least that many coming to the yard every evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildthing Posted April 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 I have a video camera, but I left it in the truck like a knucklehead. In PA, you get a license and then can purchase 2 additional doe tags. Every year, I fill my doe tags, my brother fills his, my brother-n-law fills his, my stepdad fills his...and there still are deer around! I am happy to be seeing what I am seeing because our area got hit real bad last year with EHD. Literally thousands of deer died of the disease in my area. A good friend of mine raises and sells deer, about 2 miles from me, and he lost a couple Monsters last year. Hopefully this won't be a problem ever again in my area. I am just anxious to see what start growing horns...I saw a lot of young bucks last year...a couple that couple be shooters this year, and 2 freak nasties! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 That is cool, would have to agree with Todd. Been passing on does here the past few years due to more liberal limits on them in this area. Felt like they were being overhunted and we had seen a pretty dramatic decline in the overall deer numbers around our property. Starting to see a few more around here now, will have to evaluate this year as season draws closer, but have to take into account that the neighboring hunters here have the "brown its down mentality". Sounds like where you are that is not an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildthing Posted April 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 There are definitely unethical hunters where I live...I simply think that the overall number of hunters has decreased a little and last year might have kept people out of the woods (EHD, Hot temps, rainy days during gun). I do a good job policing my property from unwanted hunters because I am trying to manage the game. Maybe some of the deer I am seeing are young bucks...just to hard to tell at this point of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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