Got to northeast Pa Monday night where I hunt in the town of Shohola right on the river and border to NY.Have hunted this place for years.I have permission on a bunch of acres owned by the Catholic church there.Tues it started snowing.I could not find anything in the hardwoods so I went to the back of the property in a bedding area I knew of and cut a smoking fresh track.I knew where that buck would be headed from hunting there before.Took off on a dead run in the oppossite direction from the tracks and got set up there.About 35 minutes later here he came sneaking thru there.Love hunting on snow.

Nice! Congratulations on the nice PA buck. It’s almost unheard of according to some that bucks even get killed in PA.


Great job.

Nice buck, its great when you can out smart them. Congratulations

Way to go, Bruce T! Your woodsman skills paid off for sure!

Moosetrot

Nice buck congratulations.

Congrats on winning the chess game!

Nice feller! Awesome!

Grew up not too far from there. Great bear country and killed some deer in that area also. Great hunting!

Cool Bruce. Lots of snow here too

Awesome!

Nothing replaces experience in an area and knowledge of how the game responds to pressure - escape routes. Nice buck. You are slaying them this year sir.

Nice buck. Congrats

The PGC usually has doe permits for that WMA.Is that 3C?

Dandy buck Bruce ! They’re getting bigger !

Looks like it is 3C, only zone left that isn’t sold out is 4A.

We almost never have snow during the NC season. Had about 6-8 inches of snow about 25 years ago. Certainly was a treat. Saw the most deer ever. They were always there but the snow made them stand out.

Advantage went to the hunter.

I looked that up too when I saw Mike's question. But I figured if Bruce knew he was going to be hunting NEPA, he would have applied for a doe tag during the first non-res drawing.

After years and years of deer hunting and killing alot of does I have suddenly lost interest in shooting does.I do apply for doe tags here in Maine as I can then legally transfer the doe tag to my grandson if I get drawn and it is now an additional tag to my license and I can still kill a buck.

Same here Lugnut, figured he would have got a tag early if he wanted to.


I was also curious when Mike asked, so posted what was left.

Wonder how many will actually get filled out of the ones sold? I can’t remember the number but I recall the game commission talking about how it’s not near as many as they sell.

Some years ago when herd reduction was happening it was a big thing for guys to buy as many doe tags as they could with no intention of using them. It was their feeble-minded idea of protecting the overpopulated deer herd.

I ave no idea if it is still a thing.

I usually get four each year and usually fill three of them, sometimes all of them.