Wheres the deer?
11-20-2011, 03:49 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio (Buckeye= Big Bucks)
Posts: 333
Wheres the deer?
Hey guys/gals, where are all the deer? Here in the general Cincinnati, Ohio area the deer seem to be moving slow. The rut as well was almost non-existant. Is it me or what? The past 10-15 years I guess I have been self spoiled due to the fact that by this time of year I usually have 4-5 in the freezer(Not bragging, just don't understand this year) and this year I only have one doe... You guys/gals notice any changes that I may be overlooking??? Let me know. I like to get a variety of opinions and views from others that are as dedicated to bow hunting deer as I am. Maybe together we can help each other out as well as others that may have the same or similar issues. Thanks in advance!
11-21-2011, 05:36 AM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Posts: 172
I am right there with you.....it is very frustrating....I hunt in Glen Este, and Dearborn County Indiana.....very little movement....I know the temps have been on the higher side, but I can't remember anything like this!! I have a new property to hunt in Glen Este....60 acres surrounded by a nature preserve.....I thought I had hit the jackpot!! I have seen only 2 does this season....that's it!!! I am hoping the deer start moving soon....I saw a doe still with her yearling in Indiana on Saturday...this leads me to believe she has not been bred yet...maybe...just maybe....the rut is going to be late this year....WHO KNOWS!!!
11-21-2011, 06:30 AM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Fulton county,IL
Posts: 617
Having a good year here in Illinois should of had a couple nice bucks 12-15 pointers but my freezer is full of prime red meat and the season goes until January I have a buck tag for archery and a doe tag for the next gun season,what works best for me is not hunting out of deer stands I am always changing my location to different parts of the timber.
11-21-2011, 12:31 PM
#4
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio (Buckeye= Big Bucks)
Posts: 333
I am constantly changing tree stand locations based on lack of deer movement, and I'm always using the wind to my favor so just don't know what the problem is... Figure it might be the warmer temps and that they really sem to be 2-3 weeks behind their normal schedule. Oh well, I'll be back at it Thursday and all day Friday this week and see what happens.
11-21-2011, 01:30 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,203
Same story here in Central, MD for me. My logic is there are too many does, but I actually am not seeing many of them either. It's been down right slow and we didn't have a typical chasing phase. I saw some younger bucks chasing but no big boys. They called for a classic rut, but it didn't/isn't happening where I'm hunting.
11-21-2011, 03:08 PM
#8
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location:
Posts: 53
Same here. Rut is non-existent in southern NY. The two point, three point and four point I have seen so far were on there own. no chasing at all. The woods seem very dead. I think the early 12" of snow we had in October throw things off a bit. I just hope they don't think it's spring time now. Laugh
11-21-2011, 05:24 PM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 277
Same here in central Ky. This has been the strangest rut I have ever seen in my 31 years of bowhunting. I've seen bucks on three different trailcams eating corn and have does walk by them and they don't pay any attention to them at all.
Last edited by Ky Bob; 11-21-2011 at 05:27 PM.
11-22-2011, 09:38 AM
#10
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: albany, ny
Posts: 21
Upstate New York has been the same guys. I didn't see a buck with a doe until sunday 11/13. I have seen 20 deer total since october 18th. Usually I have seen double that by now. I had a good buck bedded under my stand going back in saturday afternoon, I could see horns at 100 yards without optics, in brush, running away. I'm staying all day thursday! Good luck everyone