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<blockquote data-quote="mrbb" data-source="post: 1172563" data-attributes="member: 11837"><p>I belong to a hunting camp in North central PA, and like you MOST of the hunting camps there are a opening day or two and GONE like ghost town like deal anymore</p><p> there are however more and more full time residents there now than ever</p><p> a ton of folks got into the Natural gas lease's, got cash in pockets and built homes, or added onto camps </p><p> and yes MOST all private lands are now gated, as are MOST of the game lands other than hunting season</p><p> when I remember being an older guy myself, how for yrs and yrs access to game lands was open ALL yr and roads were in worse shape, and beat your truck up going on them LOL</p><p> but game numbers in my area(larger 20,000 plus tracts of public lands)</p><p> game numbers is still far and few, deer are sen her and there IF your lucky</p><p> 25+ members in camp, that GO out and hunt all first week, and about 2-3 weeks of archery</p><p> and were lucky if we kill one or two deer now, and most guys don't even see a deer in a week of hunting</p><p> and were not all poor hunters(some are not the best I admit LOL)</p><p> but many are die hard do all they can hunters very successful in almost all out of state hunts(self guided NOT outfitted hunts)</p><p> we actually quit hunting grouse as we never even see any any more, HOPING numbers would come back</p><p> I personally haven't seen a woodcock there in about 10+ yrs now, and for yrs it was PRIME hunting there for them</p><p></p><p>ONLY pheasants we hunt there are pen raised one's, and we ONLY shoot them, as we know if we don't they will; end up hit by a car or a cat will eat em!!</p><p> My last bird dog used to catch them all the time, as they didn;t know to fly away or???</p><p></p><p>too the fun out of hunting them like that??</p><p></p><p> I don't have the answers to bringing back small game, MY best suggestion is for the state to do MORE timbering</p><p> NOT huge clear cuts, but a lot more smaller sections at a time</p><p> and its to me a WIN WIN deal, better habitat and more funds for the game commission to put in there budget</p><p></p><p> I think the price for a hunting lic is CHEAP, and a SMALL price to pay for enjoying the sport and the outdoors</p><p> BUT at the same time, it ****es me off to hear them cry about BUDGET, when there sitting on hundred of millions in timber and NG!</p><p></p><p>COME ON< timbering is GOOD for the wildlife and if it puts money in the budget, why do they do so LITTLE</p><p></p><p> better to get the $$$$ off timber than ask for it from hunters, who MOST I know are NOT big fans of the Game commission, due to there mistakes they have made!</p><p></p><p> other states would LOVE to have HALF the budget PA has, and or the amount of land they have to work with!!</p><p></p><p>but back to the OP's ??</p><p> NO I do NOT think PA right now is a GREAT place for hunting, its way low on TOO many species it once had in HIGH numbers</p><p></p><p>best time for bears', BIG bucks, coyotes and MAYBE turkeys</p><p> YES</p><p> but anything else?? NO< not even close!</p><p> unless you can hunt back yards, then there are a ton of squirrels and rabbits there,</p><p> but NOT as many in the woods where I hunt LOL</p><p> grouse wood cock, woodchucks, Pheasants??</p><p> far and few anymore!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrbb, post: 1172563, member: 11837"] I belong to a hunting camp in North central PA, and like you MOST of the hunting camps there are a opening day or two and GONE like ghost town like deal anymore there are however more and more full time residents there now than ever a ton of folks got into the Natural gas lease's, got cash in pockets and built homes, or added onto camps and yes MOST all private lands are now gated, as are MOST of the game lands other than hunting season when I remember being an older guy myself, how for yrs and yrs access to game lands was open ALL yr and roads were in worse shape, and beat your truck up going on them LOL but game numbers in my area(larger 20,000 plus tracts of public lands) game numbers is still far and few, deer are sen her and there IF your lucky 25+ members in camp, that GO out and hunt all first week, and about 2-3 weeks of archery and were lucky if we kill one or two deer now, and most guys don't even see a deer in a week of hunting and were not all poor hunters(some are not the best I admit LOL) but many are die hard do all they can hunters very successful in almost all out of state hunts(self guided NOT outfitted hunts) we actually quit hunting grouse as we never even see any any more, HOPING numbers would come back I personally haven't seen a woodcock there in about 10+ yrs now, and for yrs it was PRIME hunting there for them ONLY pheasants we hunt there are pen raised one's, and we ONLY shoot them, as we know if we don't they will; end up hit by a car or a cat will eat em!! My last bird dog used to catch them all the time, as they didn;t know to fly away or??? too the fun out of hunting them like that?? I don't have the answers to bringing back small game, MY best suggestion is for the state to do MORE timbering NOT huge clear cuts, but a lot more smaller sections at a time and its to me a WIN WIN deal, better habitat and more funds for the game commission to put in there budget I think the price for a hunting lic is CHEAP, and a SMALL price to pay for enjoying the sport and the outdoors BUT at the same time, it ****es me off to hear them cry about BUDGET, when there sitting on hundred of millions in timber and NG! COME ON< timbering is GOOD for the wildlife and if it puts money in the budget, why do they do so LITTLE better to get the $$$$ off timber than ask for it from hunters, who MOST I know are NOT big fans of the Game commission, due to there mistakes they have made! other states would LOVE to have HALF the budget PA has, and or the amount of land they have to work with!! but back to the OP's ?? NO I do NOT think PA right now is a GREAT place for hunting, its way low on TOO many species it once had in HIGH numbers best time for bears', BIG bucks, coyotes and MAYBE turkeys YES but anything else?? NO< not even close! unless you can hunt back yards, then there are a ton of squirrels and rabbits there, but NOT as many in the woods where I hunt LOL grouse wood cock, woodchucks, Pheasants?? far and few anymore! [/QUOTE]
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