Turkeygirl Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Between Andy and I, we saw no deer last night, this morning, and Andy saw nothing again tonight... Bucks finally staying with does or something? Was seeing more deer activity and now it's dropped off again? This rut is so weird...hope I can fill my bow buck tag...at this point I may take nay buck that comes along... Anyone else seeing the same thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Shooter Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Warm, Warm, Warm, its everywhere Ruth. I just read a bunch of post on AT to see what the word was from their side. Deer sightings are way down and buck sightings are even fewer. I think it's the warm weather, I wouldn't want to be running around in all that fur in the heat of the day. I thought it might have been just the area we hunted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Yep, it's the same down here too Ruth. I've seen one buck since our bow opener started in October and have seen nothing since rifle season opened on the 7th of this month. I'm hoping things change fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman312 Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 must be global warming....sorry, did I just say that?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Same here Ruth. I'm blaming it on everyone sighting in their shotguns over the weekend for Saturdays opener. Any deer over a year old knows what's coming and is testing out the old hiding spots again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowTech292 Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Too hot in La. still in the 80's in November, still got skeeters, still ain't seein' no deer. Gotta change for the better, sooner or l8tr. Rain today, cold front coming in behind the rain, ready for winter time, bring the deer out of the holes they went in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeaveragehunter Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 last friday the deer were jumping all over the place, fighting and causing commotion everywhere. Saturday and Sunday... zero deer sightings between four people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyhunter22 Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 same thing here ruth. im not sure where exactly you are in NY but here in the schenectady county (bow only) it has been extremely slow and even up in salem for the first weekend of the season. i have been taking every chance i can because work is really busy. the highs were 60s and lows only 40s or 50s which is screwing it all up. saw a 4 or 6 pointer last weekend but thats only the 2nd buck ive seen this year! things need to get goin real quick, im itchin to smack one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 We have been havingno luck at all here lately. This season for me and dad has been just about a bust so far. Still keeping my hopes. Up gun season starts next week so I'm really hoping to put one down but its not looking great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 I'm not so sure that this is all that different from other years. Most likely we are entering the tending phase where the bucks have located does that are in heat. Also, it is most likely that many of the deer have been moved out of areas that you have previously scouted and patterned. When rut starts, you can pretty much throw out all the bedding/feeding observations that you have learned up to that point. That brief first chase phase is when you see deer running all over the place and it looks like every deer in the woods is constantly on its feet, but it doesn't last that long and soon becomes just an occasional thing. That's just as well anyway for bowhunters because "chasing deer" are seldom using trails or anything you can actually set up on in decent bow range, and most of the time they are running so fast you couldn't get a shot if they were in range. So skill and pre-planning go out the window and are replaced with just plain old luck. So if I had to guess (and that's all it really is), I would say that these radical shifts in deer activity are probably more a result of normal stages of rut than anything to do with weather or changes in the number of deer. They are still there. They're just in different areas doing different things. This is not the first year I have seen that happen. In fact, these radical shifts in movement are a predictible set of annual events. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Yep. Don't know if it's the weather, rut, moon phase, aurora borealis, sun spots..... Been skunked last 3 or 4 times out for crying out loud. Mid November, zero deer. Frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosscamo Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 yea it's all this warm weather we've been having here in NY. between college and work, my bow season is over and i barely saw any deer at all this year. i've gone bow seasons without getting a deer before, but this was by far the worst season i've ever had. I just hope the temperatures drop soon for the start of regular season coming up soon, cuz let me tell ya, it's a frustrating feeling to sit out in the woods every morning and night and not see a darn thing....maybe my luck will change when i'm home on break for thanksgiving... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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