PA Game Commission Finally
#21
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South East Pa.
Posts: 526
Yeah, I am not overly impressed with the "Not trying hard enough" insinuation either. I once shot a heavy bodied buck a little after 7:00 AM and was still about 200 yards from a road at 5:00 PM. A couple locals saw me and helped me drag it to the road.
Sometimes I take birdseed along if I plan to sit all day. Put some on a boulder and watch the different birds stop by. I like to walk once the hunting calms down, but the last few years it does not calm down. You bump into a lot of hunters sneaking around or just checking for new deer sign. Most of these guys seem to know what they are doing.
I realize there are good years and bad years. A bad acorn crop will ruin the rifle season for me in a hurry. I don't hunt the "Corn woods" like a lot of Gary Alt followers. The herd needed to be thinned down in the 80's, but there is a point when you must ease up. All the studies done don't seem to touch on what the over pressure is doing to a deer "Family group". Young deer learn from older deer. The first Gary Alt line of crap was "Only shoot big does". I have watched (Years back) small herds running around confused after the lead doe was shot. They simply did not know what to do. There has been more damage done to the deer herd than depletion.
Sometimes I take birdseed along if I plan to sit all day. Put some on a boulder and watch the different birds stop by. I like to walk once the hunting calms down, but the last few years it does not calm down. You bump into a lot of hunters sneaking around or just checking for new deer sign. Most of these guys seem to know what they are doing.
I realize there are good years and bad years. A bad acorn crop will ruin the rifle season for me in a hurry. I don't hunt the "Corn woods" like a lot of Gary Alt followers. The herd needed to be thinned down in the 80's, but there is a point when you must ease up. All the studies done don't seem to touch on what the over pressure is doing to a deer "Family group". Young deer learn from older deer. The first Gary Alt line of crap was "Only shoot big does". I have watched (Years back) small herds running around confused after the lead doe was shot. They simply did not know what to do. There has been more damage done to the deer herd than depletion.
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Southampton Pa BUCKS CO
Posts: 2,492
#25
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South East Pa.
Posts: 526
When Alt was the "Bear Guy", just what did he do? What a bunch of crap. I used to hear that all the time and then when I asked just what he did for PA bears, nobody knew. The only thing I saw come out of his work was a bear stamp. He just got lucky and rode the bear population explosion. Over where I am at the bear were spilling over from Jersey.
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Southampton Pa BUCKS CO
Posts: 2,492
When Alt was the "Bear Guy", just what did he do? What a bunch of crap. I used to hear that all the time and then when I asked just what he did for PA bears, nobody knew. The only thing I saw come out of his work was a bear stamp. He just got lucky and rode the bear population explosion. Over where I am at the bear were spilling over from Jersey.
Hatchet Jack
#28
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South East Pa.
Posts: 526
Hatchetjack, You should know better, being from Bucks County. I worked down there for years and when the bears started moving in, they were spilling over from Jersey. We get them up here too. Nobody can say what Alt did for the bear population because he did nothing but run around and dart bears and have fun. Alt may know a lot about bears, but he did NOTHING in PA to cause the bear population explosion. That is a front started by the Game Commission to give him some validation when he took over the deer management.
#29
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Southampton Pa BUCKS CO
Posts: 2,492
[QUOTE=Gunplummer;4138197]Hatchetjack, You should know better, being from Bucks County. I worked down there for years and when the bears started moving in, they were spilling over from Jersey. We get them up here too. Nobody can say what Alt did for the bear population because he did nothing but run around and dart bears and have fun. Alt may know a lot about bears, but he did NOTHING in PA to cause the bear population explosion. That is a front started by the Game Commission to give him some validation when he took over the deer management.[/QUOTE
The one thing I think he did do was expand the Bear Range in the State at a much faster pace with his trap and transfer program. I do understand that he was a PGC Puppet for the Deer Slaughter. I also understand that most of the Bears in Bucks Co. do a lot of swimming. To say he did NOTHING ???? I don't think so.
Hatchet Jack
The one thing I think he did do was expand the Bear Range in the State at a much faster pace with his trap and transfer program. I do understand that he was a PGC Puppet for the Deer Slaughter. I also understand that most of the Bears in Bucks Co. do a lot of swimming. To say he did NOTHING ???? I don't think so.
Hatchet Jack
Last edited by hatchet jack; 05-04-2014 at 11:21 AM.
#30
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Southampton Pa BUCKS CO
Posts: 2,492
You no what Gumplummer? I was Turkey Hunting up in Pike County on Saturday and had a 200lb Bear walk by me at 50 yards. The first thing I thought of was this little discussion we been having about Mr Alt. LOL. Thats funny.
Hatchet Jack
Hatchet Jack