Well, just got back from a week of babysitting the woods. From reading some of the posts, looks like y'all are experiencing the same things. The only bucks I saw were doing mach 1 with their nose up a doe's....well, you know. I managed to bag a couple does. 2 with bow and 2 with ML. When the week started I hardly saw any buck sign, but later I was seeing fresh scrapes all over and if the fat content is an indicator of the severity of winter. it's gonna be a bad one.

Everyone hunting commented on how few deer they were seeing. The mast crop was really bad and most of the creeks were dry. Still have plenty of time to score.