BSK, where did they go?

[muskyhunter]

all the deer i have been getting on camera have vanished. set up 2 miles deep in the woods away from any pressure but myself and have not had a pic of a deer in over a week.
was getting pic of this buck every 3 or 4 nights

and this one was coming through about every 7 to 10 days

will they move to a post rutting area?
i have got a couple bear pics since the deer left out, they have not had a big effect on the deer before but did seem to have some.
i have cameras out several hundred yards from my stand and still have nothing.

 

[Winchester]

Appears you are just experiencing the range shifting of bucks just prior to the rut! They will likely come back but it will likely be after the rut is over! You will also likely have some new bucks show up during the rut!

 

[muskyhunter]

that is what i figured, i have more success it seems in mid december.

 

[Football Hunter]

range shifters

 

[BSK]

What Winchester and Football Hunter said. Those bucks are rut range-shifters.

 

[BamaFada]

I had this same problem....Watched 3 differnt 8 points for nearly 2 months (1000s of pictures). Then 2 weeks before bow season they disappeared.

Great news though! They started showing back up last week and 2 days ago started showing up during the daylight hours.

I have heard if those specific ones do not come back that others will range over.

Good luck!

 

[BSK]

I have heard if those specific ones do not come back that others will range over.

On smaller properties, it's simply amazing how much "swapping" and shifting of individual bucks can occur around the rut. On my 500 acres, it is common for a full one-third of the total individual bucks we have to hunt only appear during the rut. And they disappear post-rut just as suddenly as they appeared at the beginning of the rut. They are around for 3-5 weeks and then vanish. However, we often see the same bucks appear just for the rut year after year (if they aren't killed).

 

[J-WO]

If you still have doe's in that area,I wouldn't give up on it yet. With rut starting soon you very well could get another buck in there.

 

[muskyhunter]

the does left also, everything has except bear.