Hunting PA

The experiences of a Pennsylvania hunter and trapper.

Browsing Posts published in October, 2010

A good day of hunting today; I saw 5 turkeys, 6 grouse, and 2 deer. One of the deer was about a 4 point buck and would have given the nicest shot ever had it been an anlterless deer. The other deer I saw just before quitting time running away as I left the woods, [...]

Today I did a lot of sneaking through the woods; it was a rainy day so it was a good day for that type of hunting. I saw quite a few squirrels, but no deer. At the end of the rainy day my gun went off with out hesitation, which is a huge improvement over [...]

I had a good start to Muzzleloader Season. At about 7:30 AM three antlerless deer came out of the woods and started moving towards me as they were feeding. One of them finally stopped about 17 yards away from me presenting a shot between a couple trees. I took the shoot with my flintlock and [...]

Yesterday, I came home from college for the weekend and got a little dog training in. My brother has been training our bagel/basset in my absence and has her finding rabbits pretty well. She is still has trouble keeping the sent after she finds a rabbit though.