Yeah right!
A buck killed like that with a bow in PA WOULD be ( or close to ) the new state record. Our state only has a handfull in B&C. The Record for typical with a bow is 174+ inches taken in '95 that broke a 15 yr running streak. The largest non-typical also taken in '95 (OVER 10 years ago) was 195". Heck, those are "good" bucks for some of my clients on sponsors in the midwest.
Check out the current records at
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/v...?A=11&Q=156446
Notice, not 1 entered past the year 2000. I'd say our antler restrictions are working great!! Thanks PAGC! Here's another pic I took that day, and probably the one of the only places you'll see bucks of this caliber around "These" parts. From what I've seen, the PAGC has only managed to decimate the herd in the past 4 years.
I actually took the day off Saturday and missed the opener. I took my kids to the deer farm.
We actually think differently about the seasons Adam. You feel us archers get a better deal with our extended season. I believe the only reason there is an extension to our classic 4 weeks is because they threw all these other seasons in there, including the youth hunts for every little critter in the woods/fields. I'm now required to wear 250 square inches of orange, 100 posted while hunting with a bow b/c of this early muzz. season. Heck I just hang the bow up for this wek and go with you, break out the flintlock and have a little early season fun.
I think it should go back to the old days. 3 day does season, 2 week buck, 4 weeks of archery, and 3 weeks of flintlock. I've never had a problem getting my tags filled, even with the "original" seasons. I won't sit and preach to the quire, nor will I fill my legally obtained 5 tags each year and ***** about no deer. Use it or lose it, I guess.
I personally think the PAGC has their heads up their butt. You can't "manage" an area the size of Pennsylvania with one program....you just can't. Talk to any big ranch biologist or deer management pro in Texas (or any other state that has ranches of 100,000 acres to manage) and they'd laugh at what PA is trying to do.