Movement here has been minimal at best. Lots of deer but it just hasn't cooled off enough yet. We have private land to hunt, and a long season, so I'm not in a rush. Things will be MUCH better here in about 2-3 weeks. Bow season is Oct 1-30, general season runs Nov 5- sometime in Jan., and I will bowhunt general season. Rut will run late Nov. to early Dec.

For us, if you have a good one patterened you can try early and late with a decent chance of scoring right now. I prefer to hunt very low impact untill mid -Nov. Deer movement goes way up then, that is the time to pull out the stops and go all day, anything can happen. To really spark deer movement here we need overnight lows in the 30's, highs in 40's or low 50's, and have had at least one real good blue norther.

Where? I would hunt any areas that concentrate does as the rut approaches, that is where bucks will be. Food sources, travel routes, etc. Don't overlook those secluded areas either. Many times when a buck is with a hot doe they will find an area away from the other deer to bed for a day.

Dr. D, I am in the Tx panhandle, the part that sticks up by Oklahoma, over on the east border. This is rolling plains country, mostly grasslands with brushy riverbottoms, plum thickets, shinoak motts.

Hope this all helps.