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Title:The Hunting Notesfile
Notice:Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270
Moderator:SALEM::PAPPALARDO
Created:Wed Sep 02 1987
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1561
Total number of notes:17784

41.0. "PENN BOW HUNTERS INFO." by CASV07::RWEATHERBEE () Wed Sep 30 1987 13:57

    ATTENTION ALL YOU BOW HUNTERS, HAS ANY OF YOU HAD THE OPPURTUNITY
    TO HUNT PENNSYLVANIA? I'M GOING DOWN OCT 7 FOR THE WEEKEND AND WAS
    WONDERING IF ANY OF YOU COULD GIVE ME SOME HELPFUL HINTS, HOT SPOTS
    ANY KIND OF INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED. BY THE WAY RIFLE HUNTERS
    CAN GIVE SOME SUGGESTIONS ALSO. WE'LL BE GOING TO COULDERSPORT,
    IN THE POTTER COUNTY AREA. WHERE STAYING AT THE BROOKSIDE INN. HOPE
    TO FINDLY CONNECT WITH THE BOW SO THOSE LITTLE TWIGS, AND BRANCHES
    SEEM TO GET IN THE WAY (THE ONES YOU NEVER SEE UNTIL AFTER THE SHOT.
    THANK'S IN ADVANCE FOR ANY SUGGESTIONS. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE IN
    THE FEILD.
    
                                                      RICK W
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41.1Wish I was thereCROW::STORMWed Sep 30 1987 15:4624
    You will see LOTS of deer around Couldersport.  I've bow hunted
    near there close to the big city (1 stop sign) of Bertville.  We
    hunted a game management area just north of there.  Maps are 
    available from the Fish and Game Dept.  The game management area
    is much larger than around here.  The one we hunted was about 2
    miles wide and 6 miles long.
    
    Last year we had terrible weather the week we hunted.  It was windy
    as hell and rained off and on all but one day.  It even sleeted
    on us one day.  It was rather frustrating.  I sat for 3 days on
    game trails in the woods that looked like highways without seeing
    a deer.  We'd then see 20-30 on side of the road while we drove
    the 5 miles back to the room!  We finally caught on that the deer
    were using the fields to feed in at night and were just bedding
    down in the edge of the woods for the day.  We eventually got
    several opportunities but didn't collect.
    
    I envy your trip.  I decided not to go this year so I could devote
    the extra time with my pup looking for birds.
    
    By the way, I hope you are planning to hunt for more than the weekend.
    If I remember correctly, there is no hunting on Sundays in Penn.
    
    GOOD LUCK!!!
41.2PA. HuntingMSEE::KIEFThu Oct 01 1987 10:5511
    First of all....hit the CAPS lock will ya!!!!!!!!!!
    
    	Anyways, I have hunted PA. a couple of times. Lots of deer 
    	everywhere you look. Success rate is only 2% though so don't
    	go down there with the impression you will get a deer. Have
    	seen deer at all times of the day but our party's best luck
    	was always in the evening hunts. All in all you will have a
    	great time down there and see plenty of deer. Spotting at night
    	is also legal so bring a high powered light and get out and
    	do some spotting..........good luck....Mike
    	p.s. It is illegal to hunt sundays in PA.
41.3Hunt smart or they'll be smarterTROLL::ASHLEYMon Oct 05 1987 14:0218
    		
    		I hunted PA extensively while finishing up school (Lehigh).
    
    	Do your best to find a good spot near a farm.  The deer are
    much easier to pattern there.  Also, be careful to pick your stand
    with shootability in mind as well as deer activity.  Most PA deer
    won't be caught in the open during the day, so stand in the woods.
    The big woods in pa are BIG so patterning is hard, so still hunting
    can be good if the conditions permit.
    
    	Also, remember that there 300,000+ PA bowhunters and magnitudes
    more who use the gun.  So any deer old enough to be interesting
    will be very SMART.  They look up, they sniff constantly, they stamp
    and snort.  
    
    	Get up as early as you dare, and have a great time dealing with
    the smart, wellfed and prolific PA deer.
41.4Hi Bear -- Been a while!MJOVAX::OWENSWho is Gordon Schumway??Fri Nov 06 1987 11:2814
    	I live in Pa. and work in the Harrisburg office.  Most of the
    previous notes pretty well reflect hunting in Pa.   However if you
    come down for rifle season  DON'T GO SPOTTING! It is illegal to
    spot in season this year. (new law) and there are heavy fines for
    spotlighting a house or spotting after midnight so watch your manners.
    Also new regulations this year requiring flourescent orange.  The
    new law, I believe, is 250 sq.inches which means a cap no longer
    fills the requirements.
    	I am a member of a camp that is located just outside of State
    College Pa in the Black Moshannon State Park.   Good hunting for
    Deer, Bear, Grouse, and Turkey.  My 15yr. old son got a 4 pt. last
    year and we all got doe.  
    
    	BTW: I think you're refering to Coudersport not Couldersport
41.5Is this really larry owens?CUERVO::GATHFri Nov 06 1987 13:489
    
    	Thanks for keeping us updated on some of the new laws in the
    keystone state. I'm still trying to remeber your first name.
    Since you didn't sign your note and my neighbors name is also
    owens I am having a mental block. Its been purhaps 15 years
    since I last talked to you.
    	I still get in touch with some of my pa. brothern.
    
    Bear
41.6The bug has started already......LUDWIG::BINGThe Brady bill is a jokeThu Jun 13 1991 14:118
    
    I'm planning a hunt in the Delaware water gap this fall, and was
    wondering if any of you have had the opprotunity to hunt there? 
    I'm also looking for an address for the Penn F&G dept so I can write 
    and ask for a copy of their abstracts. If anyone has it I'd appreciate 
    it if you could give it to me. Thnaks in advance.
    
                                                     Walt