Anyone else hardly seeing anything? Since the last full moon when it was up all night the deer have changed patterns and I can't find many at all. Even huntined 9 - 2 and see some, but not a lot.
Feeling bad about all the does I passed up waiting for the rut action which seems to never have heated up at our place. Some deer walking about with tails out, forks and spike following does lightly, not chasing. No big bucks seen and no swollen necks noticed. This "rut" doesn't even seem like one at our place.
Late last week, I think Thursday a nice 6 point smacked a fence jumping it in my neighbors woods I am allowed to hunt. Doe followed it about 20 seconds later. They weren’t going super fast after clearing the fence. I suspect probably my neighbor’s dog chased them or a neighbor or for a walk scared them out of the front yard. My guess is he’d been chasing her right before they turned tail the other way.
That 6-pt was nicer than the 5 I got the week before. Not like I often check in my chickens with a crossbow slung...so wouldn’t have had a chance on this guy. New to the territory. Don’t think I’ve seen him before. Haven’t seen any big bucks with the mkI eyeball. I am going to pull my game camera memory cards next week. Look at the last 3 weeks of pictures. I am done hunting my property for the year though. Well, unless a real monster steps up (even your average 8 point wouldn’t count. Need to be a 10 or a really big 8). Too much venison as it is (about 100lbs in the freezer).
I am going to try hitting Monocacy for a half day maybe next week or the week after to scout it more for next year. I’ll bring a rifle and if I see something nice harvest it. Might look to do a late season doe cull, but that’ll either be donating to hunters feed the hungry or line up some neighbors who want venison.