PA. second season any tips ??
12-17-2006, 11:25 AM
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Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
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RE: PA. second season any tips ??
It's back to the food sources and hunting funnels and transition zones. The deer are going to move back to cover early and come out late. That's why the funnels and the transitions zones are important. You need to be were the deer are when it's legal shooting hours.
12-17-2006, 11:52 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Wisconsin and Canada
Posts: 2,415
RE: PA. second season any tips ??
Rob is correct. But I would suggest getting as close to the bedding areas as possible without being detected. You may need to leave much earlier to get to your stand and move extremely quiet through the woods. Like Rob said, they will be moving late and you need to be as close to them as possible when they do decide to move.
12-17-2006, 05:23 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: PA. second season any tips ??
Find what they are eating.
I notice that the deer seem to move earlier in the evening as the cold and snow come. I have a backyard feederand I notice a lot of activity before snow storms.
If you found a place where there were lots of red oak acorns, this would be a place to check out. Deer prefer the sweeter white oaks which get eaten up quickly. I've noticed that deer don't really go after red oaks until about now. This has been my experience.
I notice that the deer seem to move earlier in the evening as the cold and snow come. I have a backyard feederand I notice a lot of activity before snow storms.
If you found a place where there were lots of red oak acorns, this would be a place to check out. Deer prefer the sweeter white oaks which get eaten up quickly. I've noticed that deer don't really go after red oaks until about now. This has been my experience.
12-17-2006, 05:38 PM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SW PA USA
Posts: 7,220
RE: PA. second season any tips ??
Best bet is to slip in as close as possible to the bedding areas. If it gets cold, look for bedding areas on the south facing slopes and don't discount the midday hours. You're in Greensburg so if you hunt area 2B, try to find those thick, out of the way hiding spots and be near them especially Dec 26 31 and Jan 1. There are plenty of gun hunters who go out those days and put on drives trying to fill a doe tag. If you can get near an escape route, you can get some great action on those days. remember to wear your orange in 2B. You might run into some brown and down types in some spots.
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