I have not seen a deer all day. We have 10 cell cams out and haven't got a deer pic all day. Even the birds aren't moving or chirping. It is DEAD today. They gotta move tomorrow. Right?
Deer Movement Question
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UCStandSitter
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Same here. Been a pretty dead week honestly. Only a handful of does
EDIT: Just had a lone doe run in front of cam
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Wrong, they will move all night then lay up and laugh at you tomorrow
deerhunter10
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Logically yes realistically no. Deer are Logical lol. On a serious note very odd huntes this morning and run a lot of cell cams and had a decent sit this morning and have had deer moving on 2 different farms all day. But it is by far the craziest season I have ever seen for movement. Days that should be good are but some days that shouldn't at all have been very good for us.
Hopefully so. I'm seeing deer everywhere in Williamson and Rutherford counties. It's almost like someone has flipped a switch.
The big one that almost creamed me was after does. He had it on his mind.
Outdoor Enthusiast
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I have noticed does returning to scrapes to check them. I am wondering if that occurs before the second rut. Up until the last couple days I haven't seen any does on camera over a scrape in weeks.
megalomaniac
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I'm in Starkville this weekend. 1st rut should be starting this week. Mid 70s today, have seen 1 spike on 7 hours on stand today. Tomorrow can't be worse.
Just checked cams this afternoon on two different properties. Both cams show plenty movement but significantly less chasing & rut activity than last week. I too noticed several does were stopping up to smell and rub their faces on scrape vines. One actually squatted & peed while doing it, so I'd say get ready for another wave.
It is crazy how farms in the same region can be SO DIFFERENT on the same day. My cams were extremely active this morning from 5-9AM, and steady most of the afternoon. Mainly does/fawns/small bucks, but I did pickup a nice 3.5 y/o 8 point and a new 3.5 y/o buck.
Spur I was driving on interstate between jackson and lex exit around 4pm (prime time). I must have looked in 60-70 fields. I seen one field that had deer in it. There was between 10-15 there
Bean fields
Corn fields
Green fields
Slightly grown up fields
Bean fields
Corn fields
Green fields
Slightly grown up fields
bigtex
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I learned a little about Deer behavior yesterday evening.
It had been raining off and on all day. Around 2:00 the sky lightened up and the rain stopped. I was getting tired of sitting around the house so decided to go sit in a shooting house looking over a small food plot. Got settled in around 2:30 and out popped 6 slick heads. They fed for over 30 minutes then the sky opened up and it poured the rain. I figured the deer would head to the thicket to get out of the rain but they just froze in place, stood still as statues until the rain slacked off then went back to eating.
It had been raining off and on all day. Around 2:00 the sky lightened up and the rain stopped. I was getting tired of sitting around the house so decided to go sit in a shooting house looking over a small food plot. Got settled in around 2:30 and out popped 6 slick heads. They fed for over 30 minutes then the sky opened up and it poured the rain. I figured the deer would head to the thicket to get out of the rain but they just froze in place, stood still as statues until the rain slacked off then went back to eating.
Great info guys!
I hope so cuz I'm heading out in the morning
Bgoodman30
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I think that switch is 60 plus degrees..
Was a little delayed hitting the woods this morning with the rain. My lease is 5 miles from my house and I saw lots of deer movement on my way around 630. Saw a doe and fawn from my stand over 3 hours. Got out and scouted a bit and saw several in cutover. No big bucks. No bucks with does. Saw one 3 point grazing by himself.
megalomaniac
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I left the woods and moved to the edge of a foodplot at 430 yest pm... ended up seeing two 2.5yos, 3 does, and 5 more deer deep in the woods off the plot. Only 1 2.5yo and 2 does actually entered the plot.
So basically dead all day for me yesterday except for the last 15 minutes, then the dam broke loose
So basically dead all day for me yesterday except for the last 15 minutes, then the dam broke loose
BLOODTRAIL
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I hunted till 11 o'clock yesterday didn't see a thing. On the way in this morning deer in fields everywhere. Maybe full moon and higher than normal temps?
Chickenrig
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7 hrs?????? Holy crap Batman
I couldn't do half that in this stand
You must still be very mad at em
Good luck Mega!
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BSK
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That would be an average hunt on my place! Average hunting hours to see any antlered buck: 7.9 hours. Percent of hunts with antlered buck sighting: 29.7%
3-4hrs is normal for me, and dark to dark isn't uncommon.
megalomaniac
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10 deg drop in temps has made a world of difference..
Have seen 5 racked bucks, 1 button, and 2 does so far this morn. They are still moving as of 15 min ago. The member I'm a guest of has seen a really nice low 130s 8pt, just wasn't sure if he was 3.5 or 4.5, so didn't shoot.
Have seen 5 racked bucks, 1 button, and 2 does so far this morn. They are still moving as of 15 min ago. The member I'm a guest of has seen a really nice low 130s 8pt, just wasn't sure if he was 3.5 or 4.5, so didn't shoot.
1- look how bright it has been at night this week
2- Big bucks shy away from cameras
3- that's about all I got
2- Big bucks shy away from cameras
3- that's about all I got
Even in the big buck states a legit 130" 8pt is a huge rack buck, and chances are quite slim that it's only 3.5yrs old. That's the same frame as a 140's-150's 10pt. I can count on one hand every 130+ 8pt I've seen on the hoof in my entire life and none were young. I sure wouldn't let one walk!
philsanchez76
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I decided not to hunt today after yesterday being so bad and the moon being so bright last night. Only one of my guys is hunting today and he says it's dead again. Not even the birds and squirrels are moving.
Yessir that's a pretty good indication of another round of breeding about to kick off. I reckon the does interested in scrapes are ones who haven't been bred yet. The scrapes hadn't been worked by bucks in at least a week or more. In fact I saw bachelor groups of young bucks. Older bucks were still alone but mostly in the dark. Does were also grouped up in large herds, a sign of winter feed patterns. I wasn't seeing single does or a doe with fawns & yearlings. I'm talking groups of a dozen or more.
Funny you say that. While walking to check cams yesterday I came across several squirrels and they didn't bark or run. Unless I was walking straight toward them they didn't even mind me any attention. I'm tagged out so I was wearing a bright orange t-shirt and was clearing debris & clipping or breaking branches hanging over the trail. I wasn't being quiet. Squirrels usually go crazy but yesterday they acted like lazy pot heads.
