I live a very short distance from state game lands here in Pa and every year I see a few nice buck in my yard after dark. I didn’t get a liscense this year and haven’t talked to a lot of local hunters so I don’t know the deer population this year. I hit the spotlight to get some paperwork out of my truck and saw a real big boy. Would have liked to get a picture but he checked out pretty quick. Never seem to see one like that when I’m in the woods. Oh well.
I’m thinking about deer hunting this year, I haven’t hunted deer in at least 6 years, stopped when the kiddos were young
Yea I’m guessing he had a bit of a smirk on face when he took off. Didn’t really have a chance to take a pic but maybe a trail cam in my driveway is in order. The last time I put a trail cam in my yard I had 500 pics of possums cats and raccoons.
Opening our gate yesterday morning (800' from the house), I saw a good-sized buck with a large rack watching me from about 20-30' away. We had eye-contact for perhaps 30 seconds, then he just ambled on in no rush, with a young doe about five feet in front (that I had not noticed earlier). We live in a remote neighborhood with 5-30 acre lots, inhabited with folks who moved here to enjoy the wildlife, so they're safe and welcome. It is about a mile to the nearest paved public road (with 25mph speed limit).
