Warm weather and sign?

[Boll Weevil]

With this long spell of unseasonably warm weather and deer wearing their winter coats, my guess is they are moving less when compared to year's with more normal temps. And, assuming they are moving less, I wonder if there is less sign in the way of rubs and scrapes being laid down. Are you seeing less sign than past years or about the same?

 

[Mission08]

As far as sign goes it seems to be right on schedule for me.

 

[WORM82]

One place I hunt usually has a couple mature bucks around but I have never seen a scrape on the place and the only rubs I see are on small saplings. 2 miles away at another place there are always a bunch of scrapes.

 

[Winchester]

Movement has actually been as good or better than average years here so far. Deer have yet to experience any real cool down during daylight hours, therefore they have continued to move as normal, just like they did all Summer imo. If it cools way down, then warms up temporarily we would likely see a daylight reduction in movement but it seems they are used to it and just going about their business as usual so far. I do hope it gets cold soon as I'm not sure these bucks will react the same when rutting/chasing as its much hotter on them doing that vs simply feeding/moving daily.

 

[catman529]

I'm seeing more scrapes this year than usual


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[Land Between the Lakes]

It all depends on where your hunting. It seems like more deer are staying in the forest more this season, because of all the acorns falling. So the crops are seeing less deer in my area.

 

[MXB 400]

I'm seeing more scrapes this year than usual


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I think most sign is made at night and with daytime temps being above norms may be why you are seeing more scrapes. So hot during the day you have more movement at night just my opinion

 

[PcDeer]

Odd but I am actually seeing a lot more sign than I usually would for this time of year. Typically at my place second week of November is when there is an explosion of scrapes and rubs. Walking around Sunday and again yesterday I found scrapes and rubs everywhere.

 

[MXB 400]

Odd but I am actually seeing a lot more sign than I usually would for this time of year. Typically at my place second week of November is when there is an explosion of scrapes and rubs. Walking around Sunday and again yesterday I found scrapes and rubs everywhere.

Again I think this due to more night time movement with the daytime temps being above the norms

 

[darn2ten]

Odd but I am actually seeing a lot more sign than I usually would for this time of year. Typically at my place second week of November is when there is an explosion of scrapes and rubs. Walking around Sunday and again yesterday I found scrapes and rubs everywhere.

Again I think this due to more night time movement with the daytime temps being above the norms

For the most part I believe hunters worry more about the temps than the deer do.

 

[catman529]

I'm seeing more scrapes this year than usual


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I think most sign is made at night and with daytime temps being above norms may be why you are seeing more scrapes. So hot during the day you have more movement at night just my opinion

I had a doe checking scrapes yesterday around sunset


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[Hunter 257W]

Too hot for me to look for sign yet so I have no idea if the heat has affected it or not.

 

[WORM82]

First scrapes showed up on 10-30-2016 in my area