PA Flintlock season December 27, 2021

[TerryK]

Good luck to my fellow PA hunters this season. I'll be in 4D and 5G areas. Lucky to hunt with a couple crews of hunters.

 

[deermanok]

Bon Chance.

 

[Juniata]

Good luck to you, I'll be in 4E Monday. Work 2 days then up to Potter county to hunt Thursday and Friday.
Hope to find a buck but have doe tags for both places too!

 

[good ole boy]

Good luck.I,ll be out when it gets a little colder.

 

[TerryK]

It wet snowed over an inch while I was pushing deer. On the last drive I took a "shot" at a string of deer at 50 yards. Click no bang. I was soaked, and so was my pan. I was hoping it was sealed, but it was mud. On the last drive the guy next to me flattened a nice sized coyote. So I had a great day.
Looks like rain and snow again tomorrow, so I am hoping the morning has a dry window.

 

[soup1279]

Was going to take a half day today to get out to the local property to sit but with the weather I figured it would be best to wait. Might try for tomorrow afternoon instead. We have a half day Thursday and off Friday so I'll try and get out those days as well.

 

[Sidney Smith]

I hit my local spot in the am and pm yesterday. Lucked out in that I beat the falling snow both times. I like hunting with the flintlock in snow. But not wet falling snow. Didn't see a thing. I've got time Thursday through Saturday this week, so not too concerned. I've seen this place be barren one day and loaded with deer the next, so it's just a matter of being there at just the right time.

 

[erhunter]

Good luck to you, I'll be in 4E Monday. Work 2 days then up to Potter county to hunt Thursday and Friday.
Hope to find a buck but have doe tags for both places too!

Just a friendly reminder, you don't need a doe tag to kill one doe in Pa. flintlock season if you didn't kill a buck before now. You can shoot a buck or 1 doe with the tag. That's state wide also.

 

[Juniata]

Just a friendly reminder, you don't need a doe tag to kill one doe in Pa. flintlock season if you didn't kill a buck before now. You can shoot a buck or 1 doe with the tag. That's state wide also.

Yup, I'll use my buck tag on a doe here by the house but I'm not doing that until after the first week here.
I figure it would be dumb to hunt places with only my buck tag when I have several doe tags. I'm hunting the areas I have doe tags for so I can shoot either.
Still hoping to find a buck.
We had a few buck up yesterday...
My friend shot a good one yesterday, there was 9 of us doing slow pushes... he used my trade gun and smacked a big 8 point!, heck my boss was along with us hunting and was so dang impressed he bought my trade gun today, so now I gotta order parts to build another! .

 

[Juniata]

 

[Juniata]

Don't ask why I put a fowler side plate on that NW trade gun, I just never liked the serpent side plate.
Throwing this out there before the PC police start ripping on that gun ha

 

[erhunter]

Great buck and congrats! That rifle is nice and that's why it's YOUR rifle, you can do what you want with it. I like the side plate and of course the buck! Welcome to the forum also, I see you just came aboard in October!

 

[3Setters]

Now thats a nice buck.

 

[Juniata]

Great buck and congrats! That rifle is nice and that's why it's YOUR rifle, you can do what you want with it. I like the side plate and of course the buck! Welcome to the forum also, I see you just came aboard in October!

Thanks, I'm enjoying this forum, mainly the hunting stuff.

 

[soup1279]

Went out this afternoon and ended up running off a trespasser. Hang on stand, x-bow and two piles of corn 15 yards from his stand. Accessed property from the highway. Property owner was made aware and came and we policed the property afterwards. Still took up a good bit of the afternoon for me.

I did see 12 deer, 11 Doe 1 Spike. Nothing within range. I'll be out again Thursday.

 

[moose23]

Nice buck! Congrats! I didn’t hunt yesterday…rained all day. Went out this morning and saw one small buck. I’ll be out again tomorrow morning.

 

[johnfrommd]

Nice buck and nice rifle! I sure wish I still lived in PA.

 

[hinamanra]

Don't ask why I put a fowler side plate on that NW trade gun, I just never liked the serpent side plate.
Throwing this out there before the PC police start ripping on that gun ha

That is a nice buck. I can't say a thing about the side plate, I never liked the serpent either.

 

[chuck1956]

Nice buck. Congrats.
I'm heading out now for the afternoon but jeepers it's awfully foggy here.

 

[45man]

I loved that season when I lived in Ohio. The funniest thing happened one time. Two fellas drove from Michigan to hunt and neither of their factory guns would fire. They never shot them at home. I found the frizzens were dead soft and could not spark. I asked how would they know if the sights were on even if they worked!!!