we saw only 2 does this year, and no bucks.

I know wnat you mean,, this is the first year in 20 years that i didnt fill a rifle tag, I passed a small 8 pointer and nine does on opening day,, and saw nothing else until the last evening, and then saw two does, i went ahead and passed them tooo,, id rather take them with my muzzleloader anyway, bowseason hasnt been good either,, but i did manage to take a good one with my bow.

I believe the deer to be moving nocturnally during most of the gun season. The best week for me was the week of the youth hunt Nov 6&7 Lots of bucks chasing does.Got a nice heavy 8 with the bow. Once again the Missouri rut was before the rifle season. I am looking forward to the last weekend of muzzleloader season as the second rut should be in full swing.

I hunted opening day thru Tuesday morning. I shot a small doe opening morning that I almost passed on. The rest of the time I only saw a couple more deer, none in which I could get a shot at. This was in Clark county around Revere. I still have a bonus tag so I may go back for the antlerless portion. I have the Amish over there building my wife a cedar chest for Christmas I will need to pick up, so I might as well go back to the woods for a couple of days while im there.

I seen 2 Doe opening day in MO... Shooting one of them!
Second day I seen 0 Deer... 10-15 Turkey!
Third day I seen a Buck and a Doe... shooting the Spike Buck! Tagged out at that point...

We had great season on SW MO in Barton county where we were at. My 14 year old son got an 11 pointer and I got a nice 8 pointer all by 8:30a.m opening morning. Then my son shot a doe that evening and I shot a doe Sunday morning. Our group of 5 got 3 bucks and 3 does and missed 2 other does. Since opening weekend havn't been seeing any deer though.

I have been seeing lots of does but no bucks. I bowhunted during youth season and saw several does but no one was being chased. Hopefully second rut will produce some action.