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Pennsylvania bucks

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:26 pm
by Hibby83
I hope everyone has had a healthy and hopefully a bountiful season.

Here’s a few of my buck harvest photos from 2016-18. My 2018 buck was only holding onto one side when I shot him. When I came up on him after he expired I gave a tug on his lonely antler and it came off. The other side appeared to have came off around a few days or more prior.

I was unable to hunt 2019 due to being on an extended stay in Poland thanks to Uncle Sam. Poland is a very beautiful country and I’d definitely recommend anyone to go.

This past season my father and I both connected on a doe and buck each, my father with his biggest buck to date. We’re fortunate to have good public hunting land local to our area.

My go to deer rifle is a Browning stainless stalker, it’s chambered in .280 Remington. Every round fired down range out of this has been hand loaded off my fathers Rock Chucker. My backup rifle is a synthetic Remington 7600 Carbine in 30-06. Don’t get me wrong I love the Walnut stocked blued rifles of old. Of course I also am quite enamored with the rifles that all us forum members are here for. Here comes the but, Pennsylvania big game hunters can’t use Semi-auto’s. I’m crossing my fingers the game commission will authorize the semi’s. If and when, I’ll finally be able to use a spring pole to knock a whitetail down!

Keep your powder dry fellas

Re: Pennsylvania bucks

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 7:16 am
by 81police
Thanks for sharing the stories & photos Hibby! Great bucks :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

It's a shame about the regulation since the Model 8/81 were historically used around your kinda woods! Great alternative choices you've got there though :D

Re: Pennsylvania bucks

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:48 pm
by Phyrbird
Congrats Luke,
Wish I were there... Now we are wanting to go to the woods...
Carl

Re: Pennsylvania bucks

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:08 am
by Bandersnatch
Those are some fine looking deer!

Re: Pennsylvania bucks

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:17 pm
by Hibby83
Thanks, Bandersnatch, Pyrbird and 81 police.

The snow on the mountain isn't going to last another week or so "nobody likes losing cases". I've been itching to get out and enjoy some 8 & 81 target practice/load development along with some hiking.