Offering a Spring Bear Hunt May, June 2015

[mrbb]

Well I have done a lot of dumb things, I have crawled into several bears dens with bears in them too LOL,
as for deer hunting in pa, well its hit and miss, better than what it was , for big bucks, but its still not a prime deer state. Too little effort by the state for real quality, and many many hunters here still have the if its brown its down, shooting deal, antler restriction or not?
Some area's are great, mostly on private lands where they do QDM, some public /game lands, have gotten better, as the state does plant a few food plots here and there, but most forest, are in despert need of help, to make better habitat, for wildlife to really mature and grow.
its getting better but a slow road here, and a shame, as Pa has the largest amount of forested public access lands in the eastern half of the USA, so its potential is huge, IF the stata would step up more, and hunters would slow down on the cheating and killing small bucks

[pacanes]

Thank you for clarifying, hopefully that mentality of killing small bucks will vanish

[mrbb]

I would like to think so, but its a LONG ways off, too many generations of hunters here have the Kill it now, as won't be here next yr, and there the reason its NOT there the next yr and they don't get it?>
same guys cry about NO deer in there area and shoot every one they DO see, then complain again about NO deer being there
its LIKE< well STOP shooting deer there and next yr there will be more?, same with bucks, let them small one's go and Next yr there will be bigger
they just don't get it!
we have generations of meat hunters here, and poachers too, sad
when I had my gun store, it was like 70% of the hunters were proud of telling me how they cheat?, made me hunt out of state a lot LOL, still rather hunt other states than here in PA< hell last yr I didn't even hunt in my home state, for many reasons NOT just this!
I again admit, the odds of getting a big buck in PA< are higher now than in its history, so don't want to sound like it totally bad!
the antler restriction has helped a LOT, its just a slow progress, still in the works! IMO