I went up to Houghton Lake with a buddy to hunt with my dad. Collectively, we saw a few does and a button buck. The week prior, my dad saw two spikes, a four, a six and a big 8! Don' t know where they went. A lot of people we talked to saw nothing. I think it might have been the weather. It rained on and off all weekend. I didn' t see too many deer on vehicles on the way home either. I could' ve counted them on one hand! Very strange.
I work in Allegan and a guy here said he took his nice 8 point to get it processed and saw 25-30 big racks at this place! One had a 24" spread and another was over 20" ! He said hardly any does or spikes or fours, all 6 or bigger! Man, I should' ve stayed down here for the opener. I hear the Allegan State game area gets pretty saturated with hunters though. I plan on going out this evening after work to see if I can' t call one in. I know there' s at least one or two big bucks in the area I' ve been bowhunting, but no luck seeing them yet. Hopefully no one was in there this weekend to get them!
Good luck with the rest of the season!