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[Dean Romig]

The deer population in the area is well-regulated and jealously guarded by the locals. That said, I have seen deer feeding nearby while we were shooting and spotted fawns casually observing us with big curious eyes.





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[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

The deer population in the area is well-regulated and jealously guarded by the locals. That said, I have seen deer feeding nearby while we were shooting and spotted fawns casually observing us with big curious eyes.
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I hunted Wayne , Monroe and Pike counties a good bit in the early 2000's . Strangely I killed more deer then my buddies from PA . But they all liked sitting out and smoking cigars while they waited . And while these same guys used treestands when we hunted the Eastern Shore of MD they wouldn't use one in the Poconos . But most of those guys hadn't killed two dozen deer in their entire life , where as with the liberal seasons and kill permits we have in VA I've had years that I'd kill close to that many .

The year I lived in Dickson City which is right outside of Scranton I worked with a bunch of guys that hunted Susquehanna County and they had decent seasons but they also had leases in the Binghamton area .

It's a big difference in the Northeast vs most states in the south . You guys maybe have a couple weeks where as we have a couple months . Also our bag limits far exceed what you guys are even remotely used to .

[Andy]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Heck with the darn targets I'm kinda intrested in what the deer situation is like in his area ? Last time I hunted the Poconos about 15 years ago it was a bit on the bleak side .

Over the border in NY we have the biggest deer herd we've had in 10-15 years. They had a tough, long winter, now so far a dry birthing season and we may have yet another bump in population.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Deer are like vermin. They eat everything. If they don't eat it the bucks snap the saplings off. We planted well over 1000 trees in the last few years and if it is a mast tree we have to tube & stake and/or fence them in until the branches are above the browse line and trunks sturdy enough to hold up to rubbing. We average 13-14 deer off of our property every year. Only allowed 1 buck and it must have minimum 3 points on one side for PGC requirements, I want only 2 1/2 YO and up buck killed) and up until this year we could only take 3 doe with proper permits. Six weeks of archery, two weeks of rifle and three-four weeks of flintlock/archery. We also have almost four weeks of bear season. I usually score on a buck in archery and have two doe down before rifle. I like to save one doe tag for my "rifle of the year" experiment.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

The deer population in the area is well-regulated and jealously guarded by the locals. That said, I have seen deer feeding nearby while we were shooting and spotted fawns casually observing us with big curious eyes.





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Not uncommon for me to have to chase fawns away from the shooting areas.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Deer are like vermin. They eat everything..

I've got maybe 120 azalea bushes on a bank right beside the house and when I say right beside at one point all you can do is drive the lawnmower one swipe between the house and the bushes .

Anyway we had right much snow one year in January/February . That lane between the house and the bushes looked like a cow path from deer traffic and all the azaleas got pruned . We've got this ivy kinda stuff growing up some of the tree's in the front yard . This stuff my mother planted many years ago , anyway one day during this snow period I looked out in the middle of the day and two yearling deer that had made it thru hunting season were out there eating the ivy because they'd trimmed back the azaleas already .

[Brian H]

Mike K

Do you have any Hotel’s set up with a group rate.

Thanks.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Brian, the Hampton Inn and Comfort Inn in Tunkhannock have rates for all of our events. Just tell them you are shooting at Rock Mountain.

[john pulis]

Mike,

Can we rent golf carts? Uddvar can’t walk long distances.

John

[Mike of the Mountain]

John, as the registration form says you can rent carts from Empire. Their contact info is on the registration and our website. All of the Empire cart rentals are done directly with Empire. You reserve with them and pay them directly. THX.