Where did they go?


ruttinbuc

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November has been really, really dead here too Mike, up until last Friday. It seems like a really late rut here because of all that nasty, nasty weather we had for the past 2 1/2 weeks. The bucks here still have fat on them, so you know what that means. The rut is in full gear now though.

You might just be surprised like I was on Friday and Saturday. :)

It's not over til the fat lady sings the blues. :)

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We just hunted for a week in my hometown. We all agreed that this was one of the strangest opening weeks ever. I checked the board at our local lucky buck contest and there isn't even half of the bucks entered that were on the board at this time last year. I have deer in the freezer but I've really worked my tail off this year.

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Today was the first day of 2 day buck ML. You can shoot a buck if you have the tag and of course the antlerless. With rain and a weather front coming I set up between two big cornfields that are still standing. There is a 30 yard green strip between the two that is probably 400 yards long. My backside is a big bedding area. At 8:30 I had a cow horned spike step out of the corn at 60 yards. I darn near pulled the trigger, but decided not to waste my buck tag on a deer I passed a couple times before with the bow. That was the only deer I saw all morning. Discouraging to say the least. My frustration almost killed that deer. Glad I came to my senses.

Raining bats and hogs now!

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Its been the same here. The weather hasnt been bad but the deer just arent around. I managed to kill a doe last week, but I have only seen 9 deer this season while hunting. This has been the worst year for seeing deer I have ever had. I still have a buck tag so Im gonna be back out after them with the bow but I havnt gotten pics of any bucks big enough to shoot since September. It aint looking so good.

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