I Went On A Hunting Trip And……….
November 13, 2008
I went on a last minute whitetail deer hunting trip to Maine and didn’t see any deer! At least in the woods while I was hunting…….More details to follow!
But that didn’t stop at least one person in our hunting party! Of the eight of us at camp during the week, one deer was seen, total, and one deer was taken.
Dennis, pictured above with his deer, persisted in his tree stand until last legal light. He had placed a combination of scents around and near his spot and waited. Just before dark, this prize appeared with nose to the ground, determined in his quest to find the source of the compelling odors.
He was a 10-point, weighing in at 193 pounds.
So where were all the deer? Good question. We know that last winter’s deep snows created a “blood bath” in some locals, as was described to me by one game warden who flew over the region last winter where we hunt. Ironically, the same warden believes there are still ample deer although not like the past couple seasons.
As for me being sick most of the week, I managed only to see a gathering of wild turkeys one day and a ruffed grouse on another. Ironically as it may seem, our trip north and the return trip south provided moments of great entertainment spotting deer.
The most deer that we saw in broad daylight was about a 30-minute drive from downtown New York City. The second most deer we see were in Pennsylvania, where all I have heard for the past couple of years is that Pennsylvania’s deer have all been killed as the result of poor management by the PA. Game Commission.
To spend six days in the woods of Maine hunting for deer and seeing nothing and to spot perhaps hundreds of deer from a car in broad daylight in Pennsylvania, doesn’t conjure up a whole lot of sympathy to those Pennsylvania hunters who say it isn’t worth hunting anymore. Try spending $105.00 for a non-resident Maine big game hunting permit and seeing nothing.
I’m back and am sorting through my 60,000 plus emails. Depressed as I am over the results of the election, I’m putting my nose to the grindstone and will be back to posting information, stories and entertainment again.
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Tom Remington
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What a great deer. It’s too bad that the deer sightings were low, but at least great company was enjoyed.
I’m hunting PA in a few weeks. I sincerely hope to pick a Wall Hanger like this one,out of the Hundreds that will parade past my stand.
Then I’ll wake up from that dream and Hope that this year I’ll be in the right place at the right time. It’s been a dry run the past few years but I suspect from your sightings that thing could be getting better! I sure hope so. LOL
I was just thinking, The hundreds of deer sightings in PA. Did these sightings take place along the Interstate 95 Corridor?
If so, you have to understand the these animals you saw were actually free ranging PETS. YOU can’t shoot these pet deer. You can hit them with your car but you CAN’T shoot them.
There is “NO HUNTING ALLOWED” of these special deer. I wouldn’t let out to anyone that you drove through that part of PA with a hunting rifle having visions in you mind of shooting one of these prized animals. Turkeys are pets too! so don’t even think about it!
You were on the Blue Route Buddie NO GUNS ALLOWED! NO HUNTERS ALLOWED
I’ll tell you my exact route through NY and PA.
I turn South off I-84 onto I-680 in NY and then onto the Sawmill Parkway through to I-287. I knew this region was pet deer country and my shotgun rider, Walter, and I laughed but were disappointed that there was no hunting. We actually thought perhaps some of them were hand fed by Bill and Hillary as we passed through Westchester County.
Over the Tappanzee Bridge, we followed I-287 south and turned onto I-78 following it west to just north of Harrisburg where we headed south on I-81. A lot of farm land along I-78 and a lot of deer - many with antelers too!
We kept checking out the road kill. Laughing I told Walter if he saw a fresh one we could stop and cut out a few backstraps, build a campfire and roast them up. YUMMY!
see you steered clear of Philly, Heard they were having a BIG PARTY streets and roads were blocked up for miles including 95.
Something about a WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP
Great looking Deer. Everyone in camp gets uplifted with an animal like this hanging on the meet pole.
I would have gone through Philly but I think I still had on my Rays shirt, LOL! Yeah, you can’t beat a World Series Championship celebration.
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