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I have a series of meetings in the Philly area, and so flew in on a redeye and planned on taking the day to hunt. SE PA only allows muzzle loaders or shotguns for hunting.
Can't bring any powder with me, so call ahead to a bunch of shops. Only one out of a dozen called actually carries Goex. I speak with the owner, seems everything is set.
I get there straight from the airport, owner's not in, and wait an hour while they figure out if there are any restrictions on selling it to me. Picked up some 9mm ammo and a holster for my R51 while waiting.... A good day thus far.
Boss calls me while I'm on my way to PA Game Lands 157, "there's a meeting on a new product at 3pm, can you make it?" My company pays me well, so of course the answer is "yes."
Spend four hours in the woods, happy as a clam because I'm in dense forest. See one doe, she's on the move, too fast for me and my flintlock.
Get back to the office, another engineer sees my camo pants, asks and we chat about hunting. He then invites me to spend 3 days hunting with him on his 400+ acres in January. Bonus!
Here's the irony: get to the hotel at 5pm. In the parking lot is a 1x2 buck and 5 does.
[EDIT TO ADD] It puzzles me how some hunters will choose to put their stand within 50 yards from the road. I'm walking up the road and not trying to keep quiet. I imagine, for every hunter like me that passed him by, there was a lag in the potential for any deer to come into his range.
Can't bring any powder with me, so call ahead to a bunch of shops. Only one out of a dozen called actually carries Goex. I speak with the owner, seems everything is set.
I get there straight from the airport, owner's not in, and wait an hour while they figure out if there are any restrictions on selling it to me. Picked up some 9mm ammo and a holster for my R51 while waiting.... A good day thus far.
Boss calls me while I'm on my way to PA Game Lands 157, "there's a meeting on a new product at 3pm, can you make it?" My company pays me well, so of course the answer is "yes."
Spend four hours in the woods, happy as a clam because I'm in dense forest. See one doe, she's on the move, too fast for me and my flintlock.
Get back to the office, another engineer sees my camo pants, asks and we chat about hunting. He then invites me to spend 3 days hunting with him on his 400+ acres in January. Bonus!
Here's the irony: get to the hotel at 5pm. In the parking lot is a 1x2 buck and 5 does.
[EDIT TO ADD] It puzzles me how some hunters will choose to put their stand within 50 yards from the road. I'm walking up the road and not trying to keep quiet. I imagine, for every hunter like me that passed him by, there was a lag in the potential for any deer to come into his range.