Originally Posted by
chazspot
Things are slow here in central Maryland. Recent years past we usually see the seeking phase start to kick in by now, but nothing yet. I think some does will come into estrous any day now and all hell is going to break loose.
This describes my situation here in Pa TO A TEE! The last week of Oct is usually when things get going good, but not this season for whatever reason. Reminds me of last years rut. In my last 69 hours in the woods I've seen exactly 5 deer (one spike). Sounds like a lot of stand time, but my last 3 hunts were dark to dark hunts that account for half of that time.
The real sad part is with the cold and the SNOW we're getting, tomorrow could easily set these deer into a rutting mode, but being in Pa we can't hunt Sundays!!!!