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CATCHDAWG

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I'm pretty sure it's on the downhill side. Seeing a bunch of does without anything chasing or following. Bucks are just cruising and acting normal. What's the other southeastern's observations?
 
It's been weird for me this year in Bradley. Some days I see some bucks cruising and a little action, then some days I see bucks grouped together and absolutely nothing going on. I've not seen the action I saw last year. I shot a 10 pt yesterday (Thanksgiving) and he was all over a doe, stunk worse than any I've smelled, neck swollen, trees in his horns...so I don't know. Kinda off and on
 
I'm in S.W. Bradley and it's been a little strange past couple of days. Hunted Wednesday morning and saw 26 deer in three hours. All does except for one really small 8 pt. and a spike.The 8pt.had his head on the ground like a bird dog but couldn't find what he was looking for. The spike was just clueless on what to do. And it has really went down since then. Kinda want to think the bigger bucks are locked down.
 
Across the river in Hamilton County things have been very quiet for the last few days. Scrapes look like they've been hit but must be at night because nothing moving during the days.
 
Been quiet in my neck of the woods this year. Very little action. Saw a spike after a doe one day. About it. Like that cleaning commercial says "Like it never even happened"
 
Went this morning saw 12 yearlings and fawns. Went back out this afternoon and saw 2 yearlings and one fawn and right at last light punched the Ol buck tag. Nothing huge but he definitely needed to be culled.
 
Friday morning through tonight saw several does and bucks, two 2.5 and a couple of 1.5. Didn't do anything rutty, best I could tell, but they were out and moving. Trail cam on a scrape I have is seeing less and less activity.
 
Two weeks ago I was seeing three different bucks on my trail cam. Never saw them in daylight. Since then they have completely disappeared off camera too. Still seeing some does on the camera during the night.
This whole season, so far, I have seen only one doe in the day time.
 
Been a pretty quiet year for me. I have seen very little rutting activity. Have managed to kill an 8 pointer walking through by himself. Warm weather seems to have shut them down. Haven't seen a deer in the last two times I've been.
 
Hunted yesterday and saw several does and three smaller bucks. Bucks were just browsing and acting normal. Scrapes are no longer being worked.
 
Well I seen a Good buck at 1:30 today wide open after a youngun. Went and pulled cards when I got off work this afternoon and got alot of pics on camera of good bucks midway and at night checking scrapes. Also had several does running in front of the cameras. Looks like it's starting to heat up again.
 

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