A few years ago we were passing thru the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area and in the course of 10 miles or so we must have seen 7 or 8 deer carcasses on the side of the interstate. First impression was that "somebody hit Bambi" because these deer weren't much bigger than fawns here, but after a while realized it was a variety that was quite a bit smaller than what we have here.
My wife has me pee around her hosta plants as a deterrent, especially in the spring. Seems to work.
They're all Whitetails here in PA. They're small because they have overpopulated and don't live long enough to get big. Competition for food is tough. Many yearlings don't make it through their first winter due to starvation.
I remember one of my dad's friends hunting in PA about 30 years ago.
Hell of a lot less of a power tripping game warden then you'd get these days.I remember one of my dad's friends hunting in PA about 30 years ago.
He had both buck and doe permits.
Well he saw a really nice doe pop it's head up behind a log.
He shot it. Then it pops up. He shot it again. It pops back up.
He does this 8 times before it stopped getting back up.
He goes to collect his deer and once he gets over there, there are 8 deer laying there
He called the came warden and explained what happened once the warden arrived.
Even walking over to where he shot from, 100 yards away.
Game warden let him go with the one deer and donated the rest to the local food pantry.
Boy was he sweating it though wondering how much trouble he was gonna get into
Yeah, they would confiscate everything from your gun to the truck, throw you in jail and lose the key.
