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Residents of Pennsylvania are carrying on the long-held tradition of harvesting food provided by nature.
Young and old, male and female shared their trophies from their time in the woods.
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Randall Kreider with the 8-point buck he took with a compound bow in Potter County
Randall Kreider with the 8-point buck he took with a compound bow in Potter County
Randall Kreider
Randall Kreider of Lancaster, with the 8-point buck he took with a compound bow in Potter County
Lonnie & Ethan Swarr
This is my son Lonnie and grandson Ethan who got his first deer last year December 2024. Not a record, a really great start. A lot of adults would be happy with this one. Submitted by Ken Swarr

Lonnie & Ethan Swarr

Ethan with his first deer last year December 2024
Brad Wenger with 8 point buck shot during 2024 rifle season
Brad Wenger from Lawn, PA shot this 5 1/2-year-old, 8-point in his "backyard," during the 2024 rifle season.

Brad Wenger

Brad Wenger from Lawn, PA
shot this 5 1/2-year-old, 8-point in his "backyard," during the 2024 rifle season.
Bill Chalfant
Widest southern Lancaster County 6pt I've seen. Still putting 'em down at 70! Date: 11/6/24
Bill Chalfant
6-point buck in Southern Lancaster Co.
Bevalee Tshudy
At the age of 19, this is my biggest buck harvest of an 8 point in Union Co., PA. The first day of the season, 14 minutes into legal hunting time I pulled the trigger to let an arrow fly, hitting the mark thru the heart. The buck ran about 100 yards and weighed around 140 lbs.
Bevelee Tshudy
8-point bagged in Union Co., PA
 
Brian Weaver
October 19th 2024, at approximately 6:27 PM. While sitting on the ground, I saw something black about 50/60 yd in front of me steps off to my left, then comes back into view and walks right towards me. At that time I realized it was a bear. I slowly reached down, grabbed my bow, hooked my release and waited as the bear walked even closer towards me. The bear got about 10 yds, away turned slightly away when I released my arrow. The bear charged toward my direction and all I saw was black fur and white teeth. I grabbed a sapling and started to yell at the bear which got about 3 to 5 yd away, before it turned direction and ran towards a pipeline. A few minutes later, I heard the death moan. I marked my area and proceed to the vehicle to meet up with family members that I was hunting with at the time. We went back to the area where I had shot the bear and started to look for blood. There was no blood to follow, and while searching for the bear, our flashlights started to go dim. We decided to back out and return first thing the next morning. Within about 10 minutes of starting our search, I located my bear in the area where we had stopped the night before. The bear field dressed at 86 pounds. My bear was the first bear taken at our family's camp with a bow, and I first bear. This will always be a trophy to me.
Brian Weaver
PA Black Bear harvested in archery season.
Don Henry III
Nice gobbler, 10 inch beard, 1 1/2 inch spurs bagged in Benton, PA
Don Henry III
Turkey with 10" Beard, 1 1/2" Spurs, Benton, PA
Dylan
Dylan from Gap, PA Big 8pt buck shot on the first day of rifle season! 11/30/2024
Dylan
8-point Buck bagged on the first day of rifle season.
Joshua Stotzfus
11/09/2024 10-point buck harvested in Berks County, PA.

Joshua Stoltzfus

Joshua Stoltzfus
harvested a 10-point buck in Berks County, PA. on 11/09/24.
Kendall Bange
Taken by Kendall Bange, age 11, in Central Pennsylvania 11" beard, 1¼ " spurs, weight: 21.2 lbs. This gobbler had been banded by the PA Game Commission, and released years earlier. It was at least 8 years old when killed, making it one of the oldest gobbler kills reported back to the PA Game Commission.

Kendall Bange

Taken by Kendall Bange, age 11, in Central PA
11" beard, 1¼ " spurs, weight: 21.2 lbs.
Clayton and Josh Grove
This was Clayton's first Compound Bow buck. He shot it from a tree stand with his dad beside him.

Clayton Grove

Clayton Grove from Columbia, shot a 3-point buck in York County
Max Aument
"Cinco de Mayo" Spring Gobbler on May 5th 2025 6:40 am. 10 1/4" inch beard bagged in Centre County, PA. By Max Aument, Mount Joy, PA
Max Aument
5/5/25
Spring Gobbler 10 1/4" inch beard bagged in Centre Co, PA
Randy Miller
11/09/2024 8-point taken in Perry County, PA during archery season.
Randy Miller
11/09/2024
8-point taken in Perry County, PA during archery season.
Ryan Brennan
Ryan Brennan of Birdsboro, PA Trophy: 5 1/2 years old, 11 point, 210 pounds white tail deer. Harvested in Montrose, Pennsylvania
Ryan Brennan
Ryan Brennan of Birdsboro, PA
 11-point, 210 pound white tail deer. Harvested in Montrose, Pennsylvania 
Steve Prokopchak
Steve Prokopchak of Elizabethtown, PA bagged this 9-point PA White Tail in Cambria Co., PA

Steve Prokopchak

9-point buck bagged in Cambria Co., PA
DJ Royal
DJ Royal of Manheim, PA harvested this 7-point buck near Ulysses, Potter County

DJ Royal

7-point buck harvested near Ulysses, Potter County
Tana Hubler
Tana Hubler of York, PA 10 pt- 175lb, shot with 308 Savage 2G State Game Lands, Clearfield County, PA 7:30am
Tana Hubler
10 point- 175 lb, shot with 308 Savage 2G
State Game Lands, Clearfield County, PA
Ted Schreiber
83 yr old Ted Schreiber of Columbia, PA., can still get the job done. This 9-pt. Ohio buck was taken with a crossbow on Nov. 2023
Ted Schreiber
83 yr. old Ted Schreiber from Columbia, PA still gets the job done. This 9-point Ohio buck was taken with a crossbow.
Tim Finnegan
Tim Finnegan of Southern Lancaster County 3 friends when out turkey hunting in the mountains of Pennsylvania during the spring 2025 PA turkey season and all three tripled up on 3 Toms in less then 10 mins!
Tim Finnegan
Tim Finnegan of Southern Lancaster County
turkey hunting with friends in the mountains of PA during the spring 2025 PA turkey season.
Tony Aument
11/2/24 Tony Aument 9-pt Whitetail
Tony Aument
9-point Whitetail
11/2/24
Zoie Keck
12/13/2024 Zoie Keck of Maytown, PA harvested this 9-point buck one broken point, my first deer, 4C

Zoie Keck

Zoie Keck of Maytown, PA harvested this 9-point buck one broken point, 4C
12/13/2024
Wyatt Huber
Wyatt Huber of Lititz, PA Spring Gobbler 12” beard harvested in Tioga County, PA

Wyatt Huber

Wyatt Huber of Lititz, PA
Spring Gobbler  with 12” beard harvested in
Tioga County , PA
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Ira Heistand 

From Elizabethtown, PA shot this 10-point buck
Curvin Shirk 2
Curvin used archery tackle, only several miles from home on public land.

Curvin Shirk

Curvin Shirk took this 7-point on the morning of 11/2/24 using archery tackle.
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Jeremiah Stoltzfus
Jeremiah Stoltzfus, age 12, from New Holland,
killed a triple-bearded turkey in Allegheny County, on 5/23/25. The beards were 9½, 9½, and 9¼ inches 
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John Taylor, Jr.
John Taylor, Jr. of Denver, PA shot this 8-point buck on 10/31/2024
 
Lowell D. Graybill
Spring Gobbler harvested in Harvested in Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) 3A in Potter County, PA 21-1/2 lbs. with an 8-1/2 in. beard

Lowell Graybill

This Spring Gobbler weighed in at 21 1/2 lbs., with an 8 1/2" beard. It was harvested on 5/5/25 in Wildlife Management Unit 3A in Potter County.
Mark Oswald
Mark Oswald from Parkesburg, PA Turkey trophy. Beard length 9 1/4" long Bagged in Clinton County Pennsylvania

Mark Oswald

Turkey trophy with beard length 9 1/4" long .
Clinton County, PA
Kenneth Rodgers
Eight point buck shot in archery season on November 9, 2020 using a compound bow a 20 yard shot. The buck ran about 50 yards.
Kenneth Rodgers
8-point buck shot in archery season on November 9, 2020 using a compound bow
Ronald Landis

Ronald Landis

Ronald Landis of New Holland, PA shot this Black Bear in Ulysses, Potter County, 
Kenneth Rodgers
10 point buck shot in Potter County on December 2, 2024.
Kenneth Rodgers
10-point buck shot in Potter County on December 2, 2024.