Is anyone else having a horrible season?
12-09-2008, 06:09 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Cove City, North Carolina
Posts: 256
Is anyone else having a horrible season?
I have only missed 5 hunting days this season, and still only seen 5 deer since september. Please someone let me know that I'm not the only one. I know it's not a competition, but it's depressing when everyone around me has either killed monsters, or tagged out. I've killed a single doe, and have an empty freezer now. I'm using scent control, keeping the wind in my face, baiting (where it's allowed) and trying to stay in the shadows. I just don't get it. If anyone has any tips (besides buck bombs, and attractant scents, because I already use them) that may help me improve my luck the remainder of this horrible season, please let me know.
12-09-2008, 06:49 PM
#5
Inactive
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Eastern - Ontario
Posts: 677
RE: Is anyone else having a horrible season?
I have no idea where you are, but if it's any consolation, hunters all over are complaining about the lack of deer this year. I'm in Ontario, and the land I hunt usually has an abundance of deer. This year two of us hunted for 5 straight days and saw abosilutely no deer. In hay fields where we normally would see30 or 40 deer, this year we saw 2 or 3. Yoour not alone !!
Advice: Hang in there, and keep trying. Sounds like your set up pretty well.
Advice: Hang in there, and keep trying. Sounds like your set up pretty well.
12-09-2008, 07:40 PM
#7
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Mahoning County, OH
Posts: 47
RE: Is anyone else having a horrible season?
I have been out 18 times this season (October 29-December 6) with both bow and shotgun. I have seen a total of 6 deer. 1 doe that I passed up on the first day which was STUPID as I have absolutely no meat. I saw one buck while hunting with my buddy in my 2 person stand, but he couldn't get a shot. I saw 4 doe on the first day of shotgun season, but no shots whatsoever. People around the farm have all killed plenty of deer, including a nice 10 point. Another guy who hunts a tree right next to mine shot a nice 8 pointer the only weekend morning I haven't been out!! and he has killed 2 other doe on the farm. It is getting really really frustrating for me as the season is dwindling down. I will be home for the next 3 weeks after the semester is over, so hopefully I will have some luck... don't feel like you are alone though, I am having one hell of a time.
12-09-2008, 07:51 PM
#9
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 32
RE: Is anyone else having a horrible season?
Rustynobles: Where are you hunting? Asthey say....location, location, location. I'm hunting in Richland County, WI where we are actually up in deer harvested this year. You just have to put in the time, sometimes. What I mean is this: For the first 4 days of regular gun season, I saw a total of like 5 deer. But the last 3 days, we saw like 30 deer. It just doesn't make sense sometimes. Sometimes you see deer and sometimes you don't. If you could know the mind of a whitetail deer...you could make alot of money!!!
Take care and hope things change for you!
DeerDad
Take care and hope things change for you!
DeerDad
12-09-2008, 07:55 PM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Ohio
Posts: 538
RE: Is anyone else having a horrible season?
I have yet to take a deer this year.
I broke my bow by taking a shot at a buck and it hit the treestand. The arrow flew over his back.
But overall..this is the best season I have ever had so far. I have put more hours, thought, scouting and have seen more deer then ever. I have even seen the biggest buck I have ever seen in the woods, 4 times.
I broke my bow by taking a shot at a buck and it hit the treestand. The arrow flew over his back.
But overall..this is the best season I have ever had so far. I have put more hours, thought, scouting and have seen more deer then ever. I have even seen the biggest buck I have ever seen in the woods, 4 times.