Originally Posted by BigBuck822

I am having a serious problem. this is my second year hunting in texas(came from MA) and i am having a problem. i have a lease in fairfield tx wich is basically in east texas but all throughout archery season i see atleast 5 deer a hunt and shooter bucks all the time. my son harvested a real nice shooter buck that scored 137 1/2 and i want to beat him. i have seen plenty of deer throughout archery season that will beat that but not anymore. ever since halloween they slowed down tremendously. my son was out of school all last week for thanksgiving and i took off of work. we hunted all week and weekend and only saw 4 deer all together the whole time. i am used to seeing atleast 5 deer a hunt and know this time a year i am lucky if i see one a day, this also happened to me last year. i am wondering if this is normal in texas for them to disapear around the rut or if it is the area i am hunting. i have always liked the rut(of course) but i hate when it is about to come now becuase it screws everything up. is it normal for texas?