PA_BOW_HUNTER

I see deer just about everytime I go out here in PA and trust me when I see on that I want to pull that string back or put those cross hairs on, the old heart is beating a mile a minute...

Dirt2

Around my home range, I'll see an average of 5-6 deer per day, and I always considered that to be a sparse deer environment. I'm bemused to hear that so many of you have it even worse.

Of course, one week each year I venture across the state (MT) and then I really see the deer. I've been hunting there for three years now, and have never actually spent the entire allotted week because I have always filled my tags by then. In that country, I have seen as many as 13 whitetail bucks between dawn and 8 AM. I'd go kick the dog (actually the hotel guy's dog) if I saw fewer than 2 bucks in a day. Oh yeah, I don't count mule deer over there, if I did the counts would double.

That's some fun hunting, and no I haven't gotten tired of it yet. I mean, I watch three or four bucks tend scrapes each year. I see a fight or two, and I even saw a buck breed a doe (don't read that last bit if you're under 18). It's like a nature show, all day long. A typical day on stand would be 15 whitetails - 6 bucks, 20 muleys - 5 bucks, half a dozen coyotes, a dozen or so pheasants, and about 20,000 geese overhead (I tried to count one day and estimated 25,000). How could that possibly get boring?

hillbillyhunter1

I didn't realize that in the northeast the deer numbers were so sparse. What factors contribute to this? Old growth forests with little food to offer? snow levels?
Thanks

I never get bored hunting. Cold, hot, tired, sweaty, anxious, and excited, but not bored. Probably see a few more animals than you guys from the north east. Observing the workings of nature can never get old. Dealing with humans---that can get old.
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danowak

I thought it was sparse in South Florida, but it isn't as bad as all that. I might only see 3 to 5 shooters in a season, but I usually see 3 to 5 does a day. We can't shoot does down here so they are only for entertainment. But I enjoy watching any kind of deer do what deer do.

Slamfire

Well I don't hunt in one of those places that full of deer, but I have shot a lot. While it don't exactly get old, you'll find yourself wanting to get closer.

Zoomer

My friend had a doe tag a few years back and saw a nice 8 mount a doe at about 30 yards. At least he had the decency to wait till the buck "finished" before he blistered em both.

SWAMPMAN

I guess if I ever get to the point where I'm tired of seeing deer, it's time to find a new sport.

trailer

We aren’t as fortunate in seeing an abundance of deer where we hunt. Some year are better then others but in general we are lucky if we see 2 or 3 deer a day and that would be a very good day. I would have to say that seeing plenty of deer during hunting season would not get old but interesting. The day that it gets old would be the day I would pack it in.

mrwhitetailhunter

hunting will never get old for me i see a good amount of deer myself

PA GOBBLER

well i dont know about the rest of the Nth east but for PA, we started a deer management plan a few years ago.. and as you can tell just on this post PA has a lot of hot and cold areas.. the hot spots are mostly around the 2 big cities and also private land in the state that doesnt have many hunters hunting it.. the good thing about PA is we have a lot of public land to hunt than most states, but when the plan started the does got hit really hard in some areas so its really tough hunting.. put that w/ the things you have stated like some areas that need timbered and sometimes the snow and w/ one million hunters in PA alone, it tends to hurt the herd in a lot of areas.. but then there are areas around pittsburgh or some private farm land that people see 100 deer a day.. so its pretty crazy here..