Last year Dale in PA started a Pennsylvania harvest thread. Lets get this year's harvest pics up and going

I had an unbelievable week. Won't go into details but I saw over 20 does from opening day lay saturday until last evening. After 2 misses last week I made a good shot on a big doe last night here in juniata county. Video will be on YouTube this evening. I'll post that on here later.

Oh specs, 14 yard shot. She expired in 12 seconds. Shadehaven Sika "curly -q- sue" 58" - 63# @ 28"

Goldtip 400 100 grain brass insert 200 grain cutthroat single bevel 531 grain total

Congrats Brian! Way to go!

Good to see ya post brian, been a while. I asked jim how ya been. Miss seeing pics of those beautiful bows. Congrats on a clean kill.

Thanks fellas. This morning I took s 6 point at 20 yards on the ridge behind my in-laws. He was making several rubs. filmed this hunt also. I will work on the video tomorrow.

He was no stranger.

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations Brian.

Better to be Good or Better to be lucky. Any Who good job Brian

Well done, 2 fine deer. Nice to see the little one in on it.

Well done. I'm on the not yet list for now. ;)

And, in Pa., we harvest what we kill...we don't waste it.

Awesome my friend!!!

Way to go!

Congratulations Brian on your deer.

Way to go Brian!

Congrats Brian!

Nice job, looks like ya got a good season going.

Congrats again Brian! Way to go man!

Good job Brian.

Great Job. Seeing the buck but not legal ones and the doe sound their warning snort. Game over. Congratulations.

Wow, well done Brian!

Congrats Brian, way to go, two nice ones.

Congratulations Brian! Way to start the season, sounds and looks like a GOOD week!!

I like how you decided on the heaveir poundage if I remember right you undecided about the heavier weight . Also that is one heck of a big Doe

Congrats Brian. That's a BIG doe! Enjoyed the video on YT also.

Congrats Brian.

Congratulations

Congrats!

Good job Brian ! nice big deer, that will put some meat in the freezer!

I've only managed to get out for 2 hrs the first morning, and about a 1 1/2 hr Sat.

Sometimes I really HATE being a contractor, very busy.

I'm going to try to get out this week sometime.

Brian do you know this guy. Alvey , I read some where he is not seeing any deer. Could you give him a helping hand since you are having good success. OK

Got it done last night here in PA with my Striker Classic longbow and a cedar arrow, made a nice shoot 70yrd recovery

Buck was still in velvet not sure why he still had his balls maybe he injured them somehow, taxidermist said it the first pa buck he’s ever had in his shop that still had its velvet in all the years he’s been doing it. So I’m having him freeze dry the antlers to preserve them and get a euro mount.

Congratulations, Nice, that is a first.

Nah shot 6 or 7 with trad gear now but it is a first with a wood arrow

Congrats Wildecoyote! Way to go!!

Good job

Nah, Wilde I ment the Velvet for PA. In Oct.

For sure Wayne, taxidermist said it the first velvet buck he has ever gotten in in all the years he’s been doing it. Said he’s had a few velvet antlered does but never a buck

nice pics

I shot this guy last week in 5D at 645am. The last two years I have been lucky.

He was a fatty 182 dressed.

This last years same spot, same bow, same weight better rack.

First time posting.

Jdhog, That is an awesome buck from last year. I love how the rack almost comes full circle!

Congratulations to all.

Yes they almost touch.

No deer yet, have passed up several shots at doe. Just not in any hurry yet. Did get this porcupine the first evening of the season. Good luck to everyone, love seeing the pics!

Awesome stuff, congrats to all of you!

That doe is a trophy if I have ever seem one. Beautiful animal. Congratulations!

Congrats to everyone!!

A buddy of mine from here, took this buck in PA last week sometime.

I don't know anymore of the story. Sorry.

Rick

A buddy of mine from here, took this buck in PA last week sometime.

I don't know anymore of the story. Sorry.

Rick

Rick nice buck your buddy got here in Pennsylvania. It will surely make the Pa. Game Commission's big game record book.

Wow Rick tell your buddy congrats!!

I don't know about that buck that looks like a raised pen deer to me with lots of Protien n steroids!!!!

Yeah, we need the story on this one!

Yep ???? Good to see Gutpile and Mahantango ?? me too ??

Pen deer for my vote! Woohoo! Guess all meats the same Regardless big deer.

Got this doe last night. 8 yard shot, 50 yard recovery, complete pass through. Congrats to everyone that's been successful and good luck to everyone!

Sam, you gonna eat that porcupine? They're supposed to be real good eating! Congrats on the deer!

JMartin, I really was going to eat it. I have a good friend who eats a couple per year and says they ate great! However, this one stunk really bad...like a pile of crap bad, so I didn't eat this one. I would try it if given the opportunity though.

Congrats Wojo!

Good job Wojo.

Good job WOJO

Good job WOJO

Bringing this one back up.

MAB, Congratulations. Very nice.

MAB, great job. Would like to hear some details of the hunt.

Shot a nice 11-pt last Monday here in PA

Beauty,Bones!!

Nice Bear n. Nice Buck u guys

Nice Buck PA Bones!And Nice Bear MAB!

Congratulations on your first trad kill. First of many for you.

Congrats to everyone. A couple of nice bucks Supernaut & Pa Bones. Nice bear MAB...killing a bear in Pa with a stickbow is a major accomplishment in my book.

Congratulations to all great pictures!

I'm able to see pics from Oct. 20th to present. Before that, there's a small black box with an X (embedded photo). Anyone know what's going on here? Congrats to all just the same.

Great Job Longbow Dave!!

Good job Yoder. Is that a Korean Bow? ;)

Nice buck longbowdave. Congratulations!!

Congratulations Dave. Geneva swamp buck?

Mike

Nice bucks and bear fellas!!

South of that Mike, Mercer county. I’ve got a couple spots in that swamp tho....

Some nice pictures fellows. Are there pictures missing though?

Nice deer guys, congrats. Longbowdave, I like the looks of that longbow what make and model is?

#58 Great Northern Critter Gitter. I’ve got several of their bows, this one is my favorite

Great bucks guys!

longbowdave the Keystone Killer. ;)

Way to go Wojo!

Congratulations Jason. Shick

Pretty cool older thread.

Great pics and some names that aren't around much anymore or at all.

Too bad some of the pictures from 2018 aren't viewable.

Late archery season

Rick, this thread is from 2018.

I brought it up to the top for nostalgia sake.

I like seeing PA harvest pictures no matter how old they are. There's something magical about Penn's woods.

This is my Pa. harvest for '23/'24. What you didn't see anything ! That's because I never drew my bow. Tag soup for me.

Good thread!

Some nice pictures from members who were successful in 2018.

Where I'm at in Pennsylvania (Southwestern) the early archery season starts in mid-September and ends in late November. Then the late archery season starts the day after Christmas and ends the end of January. For example, the early season in my area for 2023 started September 16, 2023 and ended November 24, 2023. Then the late archery season started December 26, 2023 and ended January 27, 2024.

You can hunt with a bow in rifle season if you want.

I don't remember what the last day of archery season was back in 2018. I was lucky enough to kill my buck early that year.

You can hunt with a bow in rifle season. PA also has a season that comes in the day after Christmas that is archery and flintlock.

PA is a one buck per year state with any weapon. If someone killed a buck in rifle season they would only be able to kill a doe after that if they had a doe tag.

Looks like my pic from my 2018 buck I killed got deleted from this thread so I will repost it.

Bear Kodiak Magnum. Carbon arrow. 145 grain Grizzly broadhead. 12 yard shot. Happy Jim.

I really enjoy seeing everyone's success pictures.

Nice buck Supernaut.

Thanks Michael, 2018 was a great year.

I was really hoping to see a few more pictures posted on this thread from guys here that said they killed a buck in PA in 2018.

Nice picture Jim. Let's see some more 2018 kill pictures.

Through the years.

2023

piebald doe

Great pics, guys!

Shick

that buck is a dandy nemo!

If you have posted photos here and find they were removed please make sure they are no larger than 640 on the longest side by 480 and repost them.

sorry phil....one of these days i'll get around to re-sizing pics stored on my computer.

thanks for the heads up

shade - please do resize them. The photos are great.

Great pictures gentleman and thanks for posting them.

A picture really is worth a thousand words.

I have bluesman yes.

This year was a little tough though, i hunted a REALLY big buck all season. Just couldn't get within range of him.

I did end up killing a 7 pt , and i filled no doe tags this year.

The buck i was after made it through firearms.(again) I'm already trying to keep tabs on him.

He is an old mt buck, when the SF has the gate closed it is a long walk back there.

They open it for firearm season, and then its only a mile or two walk..I have kept my fingers crossed for the last 3 yrs that he makes it through gun season.

Any buck that makes it through several PA gun seasons is impressive. I know how hard those gangs drive the mountain.

Anyone else care to share a story, picture or both of the deer they killed in 2018?

Shot this guy on Halloween 2018 60# Fedora RC Hunter was only in the stand for 20min

Interesting.

Some others of me with my Pa bucks.

My longbow days.

The picture on the left was my first archery buck kill, 1973. WoW, how time flies by.

Just got my custom Fedora RC HUNTER in September of 2001 3 weeks before opening season

Great pictures everyone.

Anyone else have a picture or success story to add from 2018???

Supernaut X2.

A few year ago I got to spend a few days with my very dear friend who was about to turn 80. I had been hunting and fishing w him since I was nineteen years old. Together we had the good fortune to take many fine bows w the bow. He still had one small spot outside of Philadelphia that we could hunt. He had seen a good one a few times and offered me the opportunity to try and hunt this buck with a styk bow as age and injuries now forced him to use a cross bow. He did not want this buck to be harvested that way. I slipped into the stand and a few hours later this buck snuck in behind me while I was taking a leak. I was able to finish my business, put my pee bottle down and pick up me bow. I have a habit of counting slowly when I think I might get a shot at a good buck. This started when I was young and would get a little to excited. It was a trick my father taught my brother and I to avoid buck fever. Any way 1,800 seconds pass from the time I pick up my bow until I got the shot. The buck was with in ten yard the entire time. But being early in the season the jungle of vines was in full bloom. Any way I got an 8 yard shot with a 65 yard recovery. The buck was a 9 point w a 18.5 inch inside spread. Dress out at 204 lbs. The bow I used was a 48# Covert Hunter - Hex 7.5 limbs with a 520 grain nitro stinger and an old Premium - the for runner to the steel grove broad head. Thanks - Bowhogan51

Bowhogan 51, Nice buck, nice bow.

Great story and a beautiful buck Bowhogan51. I get to hunt down there near Philly once in awhile Media to be exact some really nice buck down there

Nice buck, picture and story Bowhogan.

Let's see some more pics and stories from 2018 PA successes. Surely there has to be more???

Thanks guys, as the world turns and now I find myself working in Philly. I just joint Wapiti Archers near Fort Washington. Use to shoot there until I moved to North Carolina. I am also going to check out a few little holes that I was always able to hunt when I lived in the area incase I am working here in the fall. Maybe I will find a few sheds. Thanks to everyone who take the time to post of comment. Bowhogan

TTT

Congratulations to all you guys!

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