gun nut
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Usually this time of year I'm getting around 500 pics a week and usually a couple decent bucks showing up regularly this year I've done nothing different and haven't had a pic in over a week of a deer no rubs nothing
My cams have been HOT the last two days here on the plateau. It's starting... And I'm not really seeing does. All mature bucks since yesterday morning including 2 bruisers I've never seen before. Hit list is growin. Now if I could just shake this stupid cough so I can get out there...Only 2 people out of the 10-12 that I talked to that hunted this weekend in Hickman County see a deer and nobody killed a deer. Nothing showing up on cameras, very little. If you were lucky enough to have some mast or food plots you will probably have a few younger deer.
My deer in Mid Tn seem to be behind schedule a little bit. My land is a "pass through" and "range shifting" property. That is to say I hardly ever get pics anymore (development in the area) of bigger bucks through the summer, but it seems every year (until now) I have small ones and then at the end of Oct, I start getting new small ones, and then end of Oct - Early Nov. I'll get 1-3 3.5-5.5 year old deer that show up. This year the same little ones have been around until the last couple of days, I have now started to see new small ones show up. Had a 4-5 pt chase a small doe all over my place yesterday AM, but I have yet to get a picture of a bigger buck.Usually this time of year I'm getting around 500 pics a week and usually a couple decent bucks showing up regularly this year I've done nothing different and haven't had a pic in over a week of a deer no rubs nothing
What part of Hickman?I've been in Hickman County for the last 3 days. We saw only does and fawns in the woods. Between myself and 3 other guys we saw a handful of small rubs and no scrapes. As far as trail cam pics go we saw does, fawns, a few young bucks and 1 mature buck on 8 cameras. We normally see the chase start around the 10th of November. We are hopeful things pick up by this weekend with the historical chase start date and colder weather.
South Hickman between Hwy 100 and Hwy 48.What part of Hickman?
Really hoping its just the weather. We haven't seen any shifting yet. It's baffling. Checked 11 cameras that had all does and fawns. A couple yearling bucks. Have yet to see a single rub OR a single scrape on our entire property. Plenty of does to be seen, but no bucks. I guess next week will "tell all"
I'm banking on that, Ski. I'm sure there is sign in some of those spots we have, but I'm staying out of there until the weekend / next week when everything is right. I have a pretty good idea where they'll travel - my main thing is just knowing which ones are there. Usually they'll venture out SOME and I'll at least know whose in the neighborhood. Not this year. There will be a lot of quick evaluations whenever a buck makes an appearance while on stand this year - that can be good or bad. Basically, not knowing my expectations is killing meI finally found some scrapes and rubs but it's in the thickest stuff a deer can move through. Their trails are akin to tunnels, and every little opening, even if only as big as a walk in closet, had rubs and a scrape. It's a 20 acre field that has been fallow since 2007. I usually never go in there but I'm stumped trying to figure these deer out this year. All the activity is happening inside bedding, not on field edges or plots or staging areas.