Pennsylvania public land bucks

[Awhis]

Antler restrictions have worked wonders in PA!


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[MallardSX2]

Antler restrictions have worked wonders in PA!


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I always laugh when people say antler restrictions don’t work because it sure as hell worked in PA.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

Where at in SEPA? 5C is a huge area.

Recommend not answering this unless you literally want a guy in every single tree at your hunting spot.

 

[FritzHlzr]

My Daughters Rifle Buck from '22. ANF

 

[Limbhanger]

Last two years, 2023 & 2024 Archery bucks on Public in PA. Have several more good Archery bucks off Public over the years, but don't have any of their pics downloaded.

 

[Rob960]

Recommend not answering this unless you literally want a guy in every single tree at your hunting spot.

I was literally going to direct him to some general areas.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

That's nice of you, please do it via pm.

 

[Kularrow]

Cory Gulvas. Oct 2020. State lands in Tioga County. 191 inches. #1 Trad Bow Typical and #2 Archery Typical in state history. Just shows the caliber of deer PA is able to produce on public lands.

 

[Kularrow]

PA Public Land Mountain Buck. Got his sheds from last year. Hoping I can close the chapter. What do you think he ages at?

 

[Glendon Mullins]

I always laugh when people say antler restrictions don’t work because it sure as hell worked in PA.

just out of curiosity what are the antler restrictions in PA?

 

[ResearchinStuff]

depending on the part of the state, either 3 points on 1 side, or 3 points above the brow tine on 1 side.

 

[MallardSX2]

^^^^ When they were first implemented, where I lived, it was 4 points on a side.

They changed it because "hunters" were supposedly leaving dead bucks lying everywhere because they shot "6 points" with no brow tines.....

Personally, I wish they had left it as 4 points on a side and taken peoples hunting licenses for 10 years for killing illegal bucks when they got caught....

 

[Kularrow]

If Pennsylvania didn’t have so many hunters and a slaughter fest of a gun season. I truly believe the genetics could rival Ohio if not better. Even with close to a million hunters, Antler Restrictions continue to produce high caliber bucks every year.

 

[bigmike23]

If Pennsylvania didn’t have so many hunters and a slaughter fest of a gun season. I truly believe the genetics could rival Ohio if not better. Even with close to a million hunters, Antler Restrictions continue to produce high caliber bucks every year.

Yep the slaughter of gun season is one of the most depressing things ever. Going throughout archery last season, I had 5 giants on camera that were never killed all archery. After the first 3 days of rifle everyone was dead. Its very hard for even the weariest buck to survive a rifle behind every other tree.

 

[Awhis]

Imagine if no bucks were allowed to be harvest for one season. The next year would be epic


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[Sammymusi]

What would we do for an entire year if we couldn’t hunt hahahaha I’d have to do drugs just to get me through it

 

[Gseith]

Found this guy this year. The antler requirements make you really take a pause and take a hard look before shooting.

 

[Awhis]

For those hunting public land / game commission property, do you notice a difference in hunter participation for rifle. I know where I’m at there seems to be less trucks parked every year


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[Gseith]

For those hunting public land / game commission property, do you notice a difference in hunter participation for rifle. I know where I’m at there seems to be less trucks parked every year


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I see a bunch of trucks and 4-wheelers. And everyone is hunting from their trucks. Traffic gets real heavy at sunrise and sunset.
It makes it easy getting away from people by just walking off the road.

 

[aachey]

For those hunting public land / game commission property, do you notice a difference in hunter participation for rifle. I know where I’m at there seems to be less trucks parked every year


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Locally the parking lots are as full as i've ever seen. Where my camp is in central PA, it just depends on the year. I haven't seen a pattern to it other than when we had the 5 day buck, 7 doe, that saturday doe opened was always full.