Well I am back from my hunting trip. I saw some big deer in Indiana the day before the season started. Then the 30mph winds kicked up and I didn't see a thing. Plus the full moon didn't help my cause what so ever.
For my southern IL hunt I got to bow hunt for 2 days before the gun season and never saw a deer. the rut hadn't even started yet in my area. When the gun season started it was the same thing. The full moon the week before turned them nocturnal and then the wind started in again! this time 20-30mph winds. so any deer that were out bedded down the majority of the time.
I have hunted the same spot in wayne county for 17 years and I have never heard so much silence in my area before. Hardly any gun shots so I think I wasn't the only one with a bad season.

I hope to get back out and bow hunt this weekend.