Well yesterday was my 7th day in a row with not the first deer sightning. Yesterday was my hunting partner's 6th day in a row without a deer sightning. I have been hunting in the bow hunting only counties here in West Virginia and normally by this time of year the bucks are chasing the does all over the place. I have yet to see the first scrape or even the first rub all season. I have talked with other hunters and everyone is saying the same thing. I know Charles Alsheimer of Deer & Deer Hunying predicted the pre-rut to start Nov 16th but I never have seen the rut start this late. It looks like the peak of the rut will be the last week of Nov through the first week of December. I wonder if the rut will be the same as year's past just a week or so late?

HANKFAN