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RussellCattle

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1. I'm not a hunter but do think that hunting statistics are interesting. This article tells....

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 01:18 PM

Apr 2021

....us that of all the deer shot in PA last year, 40% were bucks. Of those shot with a bow, the figure was 50% bucks. But of those shot with a muzzle loader, the figure drops to only 4% bucks. Hunting with a bow or a muzzle loaded rifle both require more stealth, more skill to approach game more closely, but how does this explain the difference?
OK, now that I have written this so far, I now consider the possibility that the game hunting laws themselves restrict whether a doe can be shot with a particular type of weapon during a particular part of the season. But I still have to wonder how this disparity comes to be.
Pennsylvania Group, can you help this Ohio native out?

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Pennsylvania hunters killed an estimated 435,180 deer during the 2020-21 hunting seasons [View all] left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 OP

I'm not a hunter but do think that hunting statistics are interesting. This article tells.... RussellCattle Apr 2021 #1

Some of this may have to do with the length of the seasons and how the licenses are allocated dutch777 Apr 2021 #4

My educated guess. wcast Apr 2021 #2

Meant to reply to post number 1. wcast Apr 2021 #3