ORIGINAL: DropTine249

Anyone want to compare notes on deer movement ?

What did you see?

Where did you see it ?

What time did you see it ?

How often did you see it ?


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This past week was ROUGH for me. I'm not sure if it was the moon position or the fact that the corn is prime for the deer or what.

I hunted AM and PM on the 13th- no bucks. Hunted AM and PM on Monday- no bucks. I was hunting acorns and water.

Brother hunted the edge of a standing corn field, over a "little clearing"- saw one 2.5yo buck.

I moved to a bean field set, saw a really beautiful 2.5yo buck cruise the woodline a few yards behind me.

Throughout the rest of the work week I hunted differentacorn locationsevery afternoonandonly saw one buck on the walk out as he was standing in the bean field near our barns, and my truck.

Hunted AM and PM on Saturday- in the AM we saw a bunch of doe and 2 bucks that were far off in the timber. I couldnt make out exactly what they were but both were tending to seperate scrapes- I would assume they were young.

So, thats a WHOLE week with no mature buck sightings. Keep in mind that we had out trail cameras stolen. I highly doubt someone poached the mature bucks because 1- theres 7 or 8 of them, doubt they would get all of them. 2- there is NO way to spotlight and "jack" these fields without being seen, plus the deer are hundreds of yards from any road.

I dont think anyone trespassed adn hunted, because we were all over this property....No one saw anything.

So- lets here your notes....

I guess it may have been the moon phase. As I would drive out of the farm at night, I'd see bucks bedded in the tall grass(only one 3.5yo, rest looked young). So I guess they were moving at night and early morning due to the moon and temps ?