#2092640 - 09/30/10 08:00 PM
Don't know what to do
|
cecil30-30
16 Point
Registered: 12/05/06
Posts: 13189
Loc: Morgan Co
|
Offline
|
|
Im disgusted,I've hunted 7 times since season has opened and put right at 26-27 hrs on stand and have only seen 1 deer from my stand that was over 100yds away..I get it,there are loads of acorns,okay,on the 104 acre property I hunt,it is a 10yr old clear cut,very few oaks..Except for 1 hollar,its full of mature oaks thats loaded with acorns..Bingo!!! You think thats where to hunt...WRONG! I've hunted it a few times already and never seen the first deer there.
I don't understand im getting loads of trail cam pics,but not seeing any deer,im also seeing alot of deer tracks..Im not doing anything different than last year. Hopefully my luck will turn around this weekend,when I start hunting the new 50 acre tract I got permission to hunt..I put a ladder stand up today there and brushed it in,gonna hunt it saturday evening..Im gonna have to do something,at this rate,I'll give up hunting by the middle of OCT...LOL THanks for reading my complaining!!!
_________________________
The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." -Thomas Jefferson
Ban Liberals!!! Save America!!!!
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092643 - 09/30/10 08:04 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: cecil30-30]
|
ghosthunter
10 Point
Registered: 11/30/04
Posts: 3446
Loc: chattanooga
|
|
Offline
|
|
Sounds like hunting to me. Are your pics mostly at night. Maybe they've go you patterned aleady.
_________________________
it's a long way to the top if ya wanna rock 'n' roll
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092647 - 09/30/10 08:06 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: ghosthunter]
|
cecil30-30
16 Point
Registered: 12/05/06
Posts: 13189
Loc: Morgan Co
|
|
Offline
|
|
Sounds like hunting to me. Are your pics mostly at night. Maybe they've go you patterned aleady.
_________________________
The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." -Thomas Jefferson
Ban Liberals!!! Save America!!!!
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092662 - 09/30/10 08:11 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: cecil30-30]
|
ghosthunter
10 Point
Registered: 11/30/04
Posts: 3446
Loc: chattanooga
|
|
Offline
|
|
I think the action should pick up over the next few days. The weather is about to get right.
_________________________
it's a long way to the top if ya wanna rock 'n' roll
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092712 - 09/30/10 08:33 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: ghosthunter]
|
Twitch
8 Point
Registered: 11/27/08
Posts: 2232
Loc: Knox
|
|
Offline
|
|
I think the action should pick up over the next few days. The weather is about to get right.
X2... It will get better. Be patient, It has only begun......
_________________________
AIM SMALL (( + )) MISS SMALL
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092720 - 09/30/10 08:37 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: ghosthunter]
|
BluegrassDan
4 Point
Registered: 09/14/09
Posts: 395
Loc: Elizabethton, Carter County, T...
|
|
Offline
|
|
I'd blame it on the weather. This big front has things messed up.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092743 - 09/30/10 08:50 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: BluegrassDan]
|
Pursuit Hunter
8 Point
Registered: 10/01/08
Posts: 2084
Loc: Way out there
|
|
Offline
|
|
Strap on your boots and go scouting. Find that one tree with fresh feeding sign and hunt there.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092758 - 09/30/10 08:53 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: Pursuit Hunter]
|
LA man
16 Point
Registered: 05/31/03
Posts: 18548
Loc: spencer, tn/houma, la.
|
|
Offline
|
|
Strap on your boots and go scouting. Find that one tree with fresh feeding sign and hunt there.
i agree, also with the moon gettin smaller the deer may change their pattern to more morning and evenings
_________________________
GO LSU
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092787 - 09/30/10 08:59 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: LA man]
|
Velocity kills
6 Point
Registered: 07/26/09
Posts: 738
Loc: Sevierville,TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
I agree that the moon and weather have things all messed up. I think th 90 degree to 70 degree instantanious change did not help. I believe it will get better.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092795 - 09/30/10 09:02 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: Velocity kills]
|
spitndrum
Team TLBB Woodpile Boys
Non-Typical
Registered: 03/09/06
Posts: 50717
Loc: Cumberland Plateau
|
|
Offline
|
|
The moon phase is fading give it time buddy!
_________________________
<(((< Bowfish or NO FISH!
SUPREME HUNTING OUTDOORS PRO STAFF
VooDoo Mafia
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092841 - 09/30/10 09:20 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: spitndrum]
|
Pursuit Hunter
8 Point
Registered: 10/01/08
Posts: 2084
Loc: Way out there
|
|
Offline
|
|
Blame it on the moon, wish on the moon, whatever... When you get tired of that, go figure out where they're feeding and start killing some deer. 
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092848 - 09/30/10 09:23 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: Velocity kills]
|
SHAGEE
4 Point
Registered: 11/17/09
Posts: 336
Loc: MCEWEN
|
|
Offline
|
|
CRACK OPEN THE ACORNS AND STICK YOUR TOUNGE TO IT IF THEYRE BITTER KEEP TASTING TILL YOU FIND SOME SWEET ONES U CAN ALSO SPRAY VANILLA WATER AROUND THE SITE NOT ONLY A GOOD COVER SCENT BUT IT ATTRACTS THEM AS WELL
_________________________
YOU CANT EAT THE ANTLERS
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092945 - 09/30/10 10:10 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: Velocity kills]
|
gator-n-buck
16 Point
Registered: 10/22/08
Posts: 14908
Loc: Knox, TN / Palatka, FL
|
|
Offline
|
|
Just hang in there...
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092979 - 09/30/10 10:34 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: Velocity kills]
|
moondawg
16 Point
Registered: 06/19/02
Posts: 17765
Loc: Millington, TN
|
Online
|
|
The season is still young. Get out there and maybe find a new spot.
_________________________
Don't look down, BE down!--Turkeyburd (Prevous 2012)
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2092981 - 09/30/10 10:35 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: Velocity kills]
|
Baxter83
Good ol' Boys
12 Point
Registered: 09/03/08
Posts: 7243
Loc: Winchester, TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
I hunted this morning 3 hrs and this afternoon 3.4 hrs.....2 locations.....0 deer.
Where I'm hunting sounds similar to yours. It was mostly clear cut 12-15 yrs ago and thick as can be other than a couple hollers that are slam full of mature oaks. I walked a little ditch this morning after I hunted and found a nice little persimmon tree with sign all around it. This afternoon I was waiting for one to walk out any minute and nothing. It's just hunting 
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2093019 - 09/30/10 11:08 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: Velocity kills]
|
tasaman
6 Point
Registered: 01/11/10
Posts: 793
Loc: Woodlawn, TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
Wait and the deer will change pattern eventually. And also remember, the rut changes all the rules. Place may be a dud right now but if you have does on the property, bucks will be there at some point and push them around any time of the day.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2093430 - 10/01/10 10:41 AM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: tasaman]
|
cecil30-30
16 Point
Registered: 12/05/06
Posts: 13189
Loc: Morgan Co
|
|
Offline
|
|
I've been blameing the moon..Gotta blame something right!! LOL Im hopeing with it fadeing,something will change,I wish we'd get some rain too..Im gonna hunt all day Saturday,Sunday,and Monday,if I don't see one then,i'll probably start shooting squrriels and little birds with my bow! LMAO
_________________________
The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." -Thomas Jefferson
Ban Liberals!!! Save America!!!!
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2093499 - 10/01/10 11:26 AM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: cecil30-30]
|
smstone22
16 Point
Registered: 01/11/04
Posts: 16261
Loc: Allardt, TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
Im having some trouble over there myself. My only help is that all of my 55 acres are the most mature oaks around so the deer are hanging around in there, just not moving much, because there are acorns literally everywhere! Ive seen 3 in 3 hunts, 2 does and a very nice 8 point that I really didnt expect to see.
_________________________
-QDM=Better Deer, Better Deer Hunting
- Fentress Roots 200 years and growing
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2093514 - 10/01/10 11:39 AM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: smstone22]
|
cfmartin1833
6 Point
Registered: 09/26/10
Posts: 523
Loc: Smith & Wilson Co.
|
|
Offline
|
|
The property im huntin on has acorns under every dang oak tree so its a challenge to know where the deer will feed on them. I do have a pond that has some mature hardwood on one side that im seeing alot of fresh sign around. I took a shot at a doe there last night at about 6:30. I managed to nail a tree branch!
_________________________
Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick!
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2094087 - 10/01/10 09:00 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: cecil30-30]
|
easlo
8 Point
Registered: 09/02/09
Posts: 1063
Loc: east Tennessee
|
|
Offline
|
|
Thats why they call it hunting and not killing.
Hang in there, if I tallied up the hours I've logged on a stand not seeing deer and compared it to the hours of seeing deer.I'd say its easy that 3/4 of that time would lean toward the not.
It's that 1/4 that makes it all worth it.
_________________________
You can put lipstick on a pig but......
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2094108 - 10/01/10 09:15 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: easlo]
|
BlackBelt
10 Point
Registered: 08/09/08
Posts: 2614
Loc: SouthWest TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
Remember to try not get burned out on hunting this time of year. It's difficult hunting unless you locate the food source they are eating.
For several years I hunted SO hard during early bow season with limited succes that I was burned out by the time rifle season rolled around. Of course during rifle season they are MUCH easier to kill than in early bow season because of the rut, limited food sources, less foliage on the trees, etc.
This time of year it takes about as much 'scouting time' as you'll spend 'hunting time' to find that one tree or that one field that they are feeding from. And remember that the tree they are under today might change tomorrow. Especially if they figure out you've been there (and they will)...
Pace yourself and don't get discouraged or burned out early season.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2094115 - 10/01/10 09:21 PM
Re: Don't know what to do
[Re: BlackBelt]
|
UTGrad
12 Point
Registered: 12/01/07
Posts: 5742
Loc: Franklin, TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
Remember to try not get burned out on hunting this time of year. It's difficult hunting unless you locate the food source they are eating.
For several years I hunted SO hard during early bow season with limited succes that I was burned out by the time rifle season rolled around. Of course during rifle season they are MUCH easier to kill than in early bow season because of the rut, limited food sources, less foliage on the trees, etc.
This time of year it takes about as much 'scouting time' as you'll spend 'hunting time' to find that one tree or that one field that they are feeding from. And remember that the tree they are under today might change tomorrow. Especially if they figure out you've been there (and they will)...
Pace yourself and don't get discouraged or burned out early season.
Well said, I'm getting frustrated as well!
_________________________
"Drop kick me Jesus through the goal post of life"
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
Moderator: RUGER, Tennessee Todd, Unicam, Cuttin Caller, CBU93, stretch, Bobby G, Outdoor Lady, TurkeyBurd
|
12104 Members
38 Forums
115649 Topics
1408971 Posts
Max Online: 756 @ 11/20/12 09:10 AM
|
|
|
The TnDeer.Com Deer Talk Forum is for Tennessee Deer Hunters by Tennessee Deer Hunters. If you enjoy using our Talk Forum and would like to contribute to help in it's up-keep. Just submit your contribution by clicking on the DONATE button below and paying with PayPal or a major credit card. Any amount is much appreciated. Thanks for your support!
|
|
|
