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Deer and bear season at a few of our 'past' great spots was taken over too. Once while in a stand bear hunting, 3 truck loads of them came along with trailers in tow. They climbed trees in a row about 50 yards apart making sort of a fence by me. The rest drove the woods. Nothing got past them. Archery woods same thing. They past me in a line almost holding hands driving everything to their posters. A few deer manages somehow to slip past but for the next 7 years, not 1 deer was caught on my trail cameras or a track to be found. We are lucky though that a few that own farms will let us small game hunt back in the day. Lots were friendly and most were nice. However, again, deer/bear season?.. You don't stand a chance. NOW, that isn't the only problem we have around my neck of the woods. We have problems with a few with the $$$ in pockets that are buying up everything and posting. One guy hates hunters/hunting and has just this year purchased the last of the 100acre woods we could get to for deer. Now is closed too.. One road where I grew up on is posted for about 4 miles both sides of the road. These are NOT Amish either. Then there is the butthead that purchased many acres x the road from me that does hunt. 3 years ago he bragged to others how he took 23 deer out of there. Now trail cameras up behind me on my property showed only 2 little doe and one momma all summer. Not a critter to be found... So it goes like this. We are loosing hunting property by the tons every year. Highway, condos, Mine keep out signs. So for the first time in my life and I am 62 have I thought of giving up hunting. I can sit in my yard with my kids and my guns and 'hunt'. Will see same as if in the woods around here. Gamelands 285 in Pa is only 1/2 mile from me and that is where hunters have to go now. .... to take their rifle for a walk in the woods. Nothing lives there. Oh well. this post just gets my hackles up all over. Not only loosing land to posting but slobs too. Took my daughter out Saturday archery. Had a nice lunch / coffee in the woods and lots of laughs of stories in the past. Seen NOTHING.. so far anyhow.
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