I hunted Saturday morning and evening. Sightings were down from the opener (19 on Monday morning, 4 on Sat. morning), but I think there are many factors on this. #1- the wind from the hurricane blew down many trees and knocked off alot of accorns. I believe the deer don' t have to travel much to feed do to this. There is alot of accorns on the ground and the blowdowns give the deer fresh leaves to eat off the treetops. #2- In my neck of the woods on Sat., there was no power, which meant everyone on the mountain had a generator going. This was noisy as heck and I' m sure put the deer on edge. The high humidity probably had something to do with the decreased movement as well. I saw 7 in the last hour before dark on Saturday, so it appeared they were moving more at night,
probably because it was cooler. Also, because the accorns are falling, the deer have changed patterns a bit. I' ve noticed that the deer have abandoned the corn,
and other crops to clean up the accorns while they' re available. I' m probably going to go out one day this week before the weekend, so hopefully I can figure out a pattern.