I think the weather has had a lot to do with it. By me, we only had a day or two of decent hunting weather (colder temps, overcast, etc.) otherwise it was warm and sunny. I don't know how the weather was during the hunt in other parts of the state though.
ORIGINAL: furgitter
The first 2 days i saw 4 deer, all small bucks.I jumped a few on day 5 but couldnt tell from the tail what they were.I think the heard is way down,but the hot weather had alot to do with it.I saw alot of bucks bow hunting the early rut.We got 9 all year between 3 of us but we had to hunt hard for them.Only 2 durring gun seasion.I think it was the weather