Allegheny State Park

[turkeyfeathers]

Anybody hunting it ? Just curious to the pressure , special permit needed , does it get pounded etc ?  Honestly not going to hunt it but have always curious about it. we used to spotlight it at night camping and saw lots of deer. Thanks in advance

[robw]

Hunted the last full week of Bow and a couple days gun this year, been hunting the park for many many years.  Was the worst 9 days of hunting I've ever had there.  Saw very few deer anywhere, had zero shots at deer in the woods, heard few shots opening day, and hardly saw any deer on the cabins Sat evening after opening day. (used to be every cabin had 1 or 2, I counted 5 across 3 trails total, could be part of the problem) Guys I spoke to also reported seeing few deer where they hunted, with only a couple small areas being productive.  If you ever do go, plan to do some walking looking for them, they seem to be few and far between.  Archery season it's a ghost town for hunters, which I like, seems to be 65000 acres to my self, opening day had quite a few more hunters than I've seen in a while, but it gets few and far between after the 2nd weekend

 

FYI, need the free hunting permit from the park police station, shotgun only, must be plugged to limit of 3 shots (1 in chamber, 2 in mag), no Sunday hunting, no bear hunting, no handguns