Originally Posted by Mr. Deer Hunter

A deer is just like a family pet, it does 4 things, eats, drinks and poops and sleeps. I would imagine that they have some sort of routine that they follow every day.

The most important thing for a deer is that they must get a drink of water twice a day. They can go without eating or sleeping, but they have to have water.

I would move closer to the water source for now and wait it out.
It is not a video game where all you have to do is show up with your bow and shoot the first animal that comes down the deer trail.

Even though deer are creatures of habit, it is not common for most deer to use the exact same trail more then once - unless the area they are in is very inaccessible and the only way to get from point A to point B is to use the trail.

Deer in my opinion is not like cows - they forage for food as they travel and most times you will see deer standing for long periods of time and they only travel in short trips, stopping occasionally to look around and check out their surroundings.

For a bow hunter the power line is a poor choice because the deer will hold up just short of the clearing and will check out the situation before they go across the power line and will usually pick up their pace when they are in the open to get across the power line and then will hold up again on the other side before they venture into another area.

Its always my luck that they stop with either their head or their front shoulders behind a tree when they stop to look around.

The good thing about archery hunting is that most states the season is long compared to rifle season and you have many opportunities to harvest a deer and you are not limited to one or two weeks to do so.

If you enjoy being in the woods, sitting in your treestand - wait it out. If all you want is action, then I would use this time now for scouting and set up in the most probable area during the rut.