bamabeardbuster Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 I hunt on a small peice of property that recieves relativly light pressure and for reason all of the deer seem to have vanished. I cant figure what has happened we are not seeing deer,finding any sign or even getting any pics. They should be getting ready to rut but there is no evidence of that. Anyone have any theroies or ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Hard to say, but from your description, I'd say their food source has changed. Normally I'd say human pressure, but sounds like you don't pressure them too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fladawg Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Same setup here Bama...Ant seen nut'n,camera ant get'n nut'n,they ant hit'n my feeder had to turn it off...Down here i'm guess'n it's them dadburn ACORN's...Their everywhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 them dadburn ACORN's...Their everywhere.. Yep, that will do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnatecsteve Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Up here in Indiana, the early archery season was good, but when the rut should have been kicked in, and gun season, the deer activity was very slow this year. I have several buddies that just aren't seeing very many deer at all. The last weekend of firearm which was Nov 27 and 28 a few guys got good bucks though. I haven't seen hardly any deer in the fields in the mornings and evenings either, really weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebohio Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Yep, that will do it! Same setup here Bama...Ant seen nut'n,camera ant get'n nut'n,they ant hit'n my feeder had to turn it off...Down here i'm guess'n it's them dadburn ACORN's...Their everywhere... when i field dressed my buck he was packed full of acorns. if he wasnt looking for love id have never seen him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaTrae Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 This post is my opinion... I've had land and hunted every part of "The Great State" (which is Alabama) and there is a lull at this time of the year every year. Up north they have an October lull. Here we have a December lull. It's usually the first two weeks of December. Now this is not a hard and fast rule. I even saw an older aged buck chasing a doe today. A buddy saw the same but it was a young buck. Both in Tuscaloosa County. And we have no White oak acorns around here, some red oak acorns, but our food plots are getting tore up. A "lull" is broken by the rut. We are going to have a great rut this year and it will be earlier than usual, today I found the first scrapes and rubs that I have seen. If your south of me, your rutting activity will be a little later, if your north it will be sooner. Hang in there. And plan to hunt the week after Christmas, and the first week of January. It will be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fladawg Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Yea BamaTrae i agree with you about that lull,but mine here lately has been a lullaby,bout to go to sleep in stand...But this is the month i've been wait'n on,from now till end of season (Jan 23rd) has been the best time for me in the past.When they get that doe on the brain(and in their nose)hopefully them acorn's will come in second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earnhardts12000 Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 activitys slow here in ny too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC8point Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Been really slow at our hunt club this year here in NC but Sat. we had a guy shot a 130-135 class 10 point and thats a big deer for here so maybe things are going to pick up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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