Skunked Again

[uncledj]

  My 49th year of enjoying the tradition of Buck Season at the Headhunter Camp.    I haven't hunted for 20 years or more but still enjoy hunting season at the cabin.   The old timers that were regulars have been passing away and the numbers of hunters at our cabin is dwindling, but I figure the tradition survives until the last of us are gone.

  The unquestionable wisdom of the PA Game Commission has decimated the deer herd, at least in the area of our cabin.   We're now as likely to see elk as deer.    When I was young, there were deer EVERYWHERE.   You didn't always make it to your stand before getting your deer.   Not so much anymore.   It's been a few years since anyone's gotten a buck on first day.   As for me, I enjoy taking a walk into the woods on first day and check out my old spots.   I did a little over 5 miles in the woods, walking slowly and never saw so much as a tail.   I only heard 2 shots off in the distance.   We used to have a 90% success rate first day....Wow, how things have changed.

  Anyhoo, we all still had a great time, but I fear I won't be the only one who won't be hunting there next year.

  Doesn't matter, the tradition still lives.   If it was only about harvesting a buck we'd all hunt in Ohio.   Heck,  I have them running around my backyard all the time.

  I still look forward to buck season every year.