I've got to say this is the least amount of deer movement/activity during the pre-rut that I've seen in a long time(maybe forever).
About the time we should have been noticing bucks moving and beginning scrape lines and such, the deer just disappeared. When the weather cooled and rains began, I thought 'OK things will liven up' but that hasn't happened. Walking around looking for spots to place game cams shows very little of the typical travel path network.
Normally, after harvest there are deer everywhere picking up dropped or missed grain. Of course with the fields bare, the deer are much easier to see but not happening.
I dunno, it's like they just huddled up somewhere. Maybe they've taken up the 'shelter in place' recommendations.
Youth deer season is 10/30 & 31 but not sure if Grand daughter is going out. She's mostly on a tour of the galaxy these days (different planet each day with little connection to reality) or so it seems to me. I'm told pre-teen girls can be that way.
About the time we should have been noticing bucks moving and beginning scrape lines and such, the deer just disappeared. When the weather cooled and rains began, I thought 'OK things will liven up' but that hasn't happened. Walking around looking for spots to place game cams shows very little of the typical travel path network.
Normally, after harvest there are deer everywhere picking up dropped or missed grain. Of course with the fields bare, the deer are much easier to see but not happening.
I dunno, it's like they just huddled up somewhere. Maybe they've taken up the 'shelter in place' recommendations.
Youth deer season is 10/30 & 31 but not sure if Grand daughter is going out. She's mostly on a tour of the galaxy these days (different planet each day with little connection to reality) or so it seems to me. I'm told pre-teen girls can be that way.