AgE
Senior Member
Well gang, this has been one frustrating deer season. During bow season and the first weekend of rifle, I saw right at 200 deer from the stands on two different tracts, in two seperate counties. Since October 17, my deer sightings have dwindled to almost nothing, actually getting skunked more often than not. What has happened to the deer on my hunting leases? The guys that I hunt with are having similar results as well.
On one of my tracts, we boarder a 200 acre soybean field. Back in the summer, I thought it was going to be a blockbuster year, and indeed it was through bow season. Then things went down the tubes in a big hurry. This past weekend, two of us hunted that tract three times, sitting six different stands, with a grand total of zero deer seen.
On another tract, where I saw 56 deer during one sitting on the afternoon of October 17, we are having the same problem. This past weekend, two hunters hit the woods there three different times, sitting five different stands, with a grand total of three deer sightings.
What's going on here? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. It's like the deer packed up and moved out. No fresh tracks, no fresh rubs, no fresh scrapes, and the food plots are knee high.
Anybody else having this problem? This is a first for me.........
AgE
On one of my tracts, we boarder a 200 acre soybean field. Back in the summer, I thought it was going to be a blockbuster year, and indeed it was through bow season. Then things went down the tubes in a big hurry. This past weekend, two of us hunted that tract three times, sitting six different stands, with a grand total of zero deer seen.
On another tract, where I saw 56 deer during one sitting on the afternoon of October 17, we are having the same problem. This past weekend, two hunters hit the woods there three different times, sitting five different stands, with a grand total of three deer sightings.
What's going on here? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. It's like the deer packed up and moved out. No fresh tracks, no fresh rubs, no fresh scrapes, and the food plots are knee high.
Anybody else having this problem? This is a first for me.........
AgE