DoubleLung55

Well i hit the woods hard , saw 2 doe in he field walking to my stand in the early AM

Saw 4 doe at about 915 , then got down at about 10 for lunch and hockey practice!

Returned at like 3 and saws a fawn on my way in , after taht it rained off and on , with some howling wind , didnt see a thing!

How did all you guys fair?

Kyle3

On my way into my stand this morning around 4:45 I saw one in the field walking in, and then kicked 2 or 3 out near my stand. I sat in my stand til around 10 and saw nothing but a few turkeys. I didn't even go out this afternoon. It was definitly a nice day to be in the woods this morning though. I hope someone had better luck then I did.

cardeer

Everone around here said it was terrible,most did not even see a deer

mrfritz44

I kicked out small group around 1:30PM on my way from my morning stand to the evening stand. Other than that, I saw and heard nothing. Beautiful day in the woods, but they were just not mving. I think the recent full moon, as usual, had them moving at night. I was in the stand from 5:15AM to 1:15PM, then again from 2:00PM to 6:15PM...........not a single deer...[]

Maybe it'll be better in two weeks.........

deerslayer223

Only saw one deer and that was in the PM and it was in a distant field like 300yds. Other than that i saw no activity. I think the weather had them screwed up. O well we still got 6 weeks!!! Best of luck 2 everyone!

livbucks

Typical opening day. Kicked some deer out walking in before light, saw nothing the rest of the day. I truly would like to see the season start a week later at least. It is still summer in the woods. The frost that is coming this week will get things moving. I never expect much on opening day of bow season. Didn't get much rain, just some very brief little showers. Made the woods smell real pretty but didn't get me wet.

BarnesX.308

Rain and pea soup fog on top of the mountain. We even had thunder and lightning in the late afternoon. I saw a mess of doe and shot a big 6-point. About 190lb live weight and a 17 inch spread. Heavy horns, tall tines and forward sweeping main beams. I never saw such a big 6-point. I think he could have been an 8-point or more but genetics played a part. This was my first buck with the bow so it was a special one for me.

MikeE51848

Good deal Barnes, congratulations. Are you hunting anywhere near World's End SP? I have DMAP's for there and was wondering what my chances will be.
PS> I saw deer while heading in, but nothing rest of morning. Skeeters were brutal.[:'(]

BarnesX.308

MikeE - I was hunting near Ricketts Glen State Park on Red Rock Mountain. World's End is about 30-40 minutes NW of us. We actually came up from Jim Thorpe on our way up Friday night. Rt. 115 was closed at Blakeslee so we had to get on 80 West.

Pops423

I hunted in Westmoreland county (Southwestern PA) and had a great day. While I did not connect on a deer, my friend who traveled in from WV did shoot a nice doe on Saturday Morning around 10:30. If I can figure out how to get the file size small enough, I will later post a picture.

Myself, I only went about 20 minutes at a time without seeing a deer. In the morning, I saw 1 buck and 6 doe. The only deer that made it within range where 2 fawns from this year and too small to shoot. The adult doe that I saw stayed just below my stand and came thru at about 40 yards in some heavy brush. The buck in my eyes was not a shooter. It later made it past my dad who said it was a 7 point but he couldn't get the bow up in time to get a shot. In my opinion, if I can't tell by looking at him as he walked past, then it really isn't a shooter. (My feeling behind the 4 point restriction is to let the younger deer live. If I took him just because he had 4 points on one side, I've defeated the whole purpose of the restrictions. This was a very healthy 1 1/2 year old buck who will make a nice trophy one day.) My dad saw 1 buck and 5 doe. My friend saw 1 buck (4 point) and 1 doe in the morning.

The afternoon hunt was just as exciting if not more. as we drove in to park we saw a doe and her 2 fawns. Because of the weather changing and the front coming, we were back on stand at 3pm. As I walked to my stand a buck and a doe were both feeding in the orchard. After they moved off, I climbed my stand and the action began. I had a small yearling (I think my 7 year lab was bigger) walk in and stop and 20 yard before crossing the creek into the orchard. She fed there pretty much until it got dark. Shortly after, I had a small buck (spike) walk into the orchard and feed before walking down the hollow. After he left, I had another buck, this time a very wide and tall six point work his way up the creek and to 25 yards. Again this buck will someday make a very nice trophy. I later got busted by a doe that had walked to within 7 steps of my stand before I saw her. She snuck in from behind on the same trail I earlier walked and when I turned around to check my back, she was staring at me from just a few feet away. I later had 2 more doe cross behind my stand on the way to the orchard.

I saw 3 buck and 5 doe (plus the 3 while in the car). My dad saw 7 doe and my friend saw 1 buck and 9 doe.

All in all , a nice way to start the pa season.