2011/2012 Deer Activity, Hunting Report, Season Information & Rut Report

[blackbeard]

11/02/11- Morning. Hunted one of my rut stands between two thickets. Absolutely gorgeous morning. Spooked a deer getting in at dark. Sat until 10:30 never saw anything. Walking out a doe was being chased by something and almost ran over me. here was a deer blowing at me, must have been whatever was chasing it. I have no idea where the does have went. If I see any deer at all it is usually small bucks.

11/02/11- Evening. Hunted where two dozer roads intercept and lead to some oaks. Warm evening. Never saw a thing. If there had been a deer within 150 yards of me I would have heard it too due to the noisy leaves. Another evening and no deer. Since Oct 24 I've hunted 11 times and not seen deer five times. Pretty crappy 10 day stretch. I sure hope things pickup around here soon.

[ernie]

Black beard.. We are getting a lot of the same reports. Hit and miss for sure. Should be observing more chasing, cruising activity by now I would think

[bflem55]

same here hardly any does small bucks with just 1 mature sighting. I dont get it and the crappy thing is the 10 day outlook has rain all next week....

[mrbb]

11/02/11
evening hunt, was 57 degrees going in warm, winds about 5-10 amd switching directions at will it seems!

wasn't all that confinedt going in i would see any thing

got on stand at 4 pm, then winds were just wrong, and decided to move at 5, got in new stand, and saw first deer movement at 5;10, too far and too much cover to ID bock/doe??
then right at about 30 minutes before last light, it was like a switch was lifted,
deer were coming from all directions, I had two shooter bucks 50 yrsd down wind of me, kept thinking I was going to get busted, but they never cared i was there
they stayed at 50-60 yrds till dark, sparing making rubs and scrape's
then when too dark to shoot they walked right under me and feed for 15-20 minutes trapping me in the tree!

finally they moved off and i climbed down, had about 20 deer about me tonight, but most only came out past shooting light but atleast i had deer movement, something my place has been lacking lately!

[rirruto8]

went out this evening to a warm 65 degrees. Saw two doe at 6:15 and that was it. My friend although had a small six point come in and about 5 minutes later rattled and had a huge 9 come in. Long story short, tracked blood for 400 yards bleeding out both sides with still no deer.

[blackbeard]

11/03/11- Morning. Hunted a great stand site that has produced for me in the past, located between some thick stuff, and only saw three does at 9:15. Never heard any grunting, chasing, nothing. Very weird first week of November. Everyone I know is seeing a lot of bucks in fields tending does, but they are hard to come by in the woods. Buddy of mine in Waverly has been seeing good buck activity. Evidently I either smell bad or can't pick a hunting spot anymore!

[bflem55]

Ill be out again tomorrow planning on changing a stand position at around noon and getting in my other stand by 1:30 and the wait is on. Although the bad thing tomorrow is there is suppose to be a 16mph wind but it will be blowing away from the bedding area. Im thinking it will a perfect time to mask sound and scent while hanging this stand.

[mrbb]

Ok evening info

11/03/11
56 degree's warm and sunny, low winds
got on stand at 3 pm, saw first deer at 4;30 two yearlings, had many deer behind me but wouldn't come out

then at 5pm, had a small 6 pointer run a doe past me, then all I could hear was bucks chasing doe's grunting and running them all over all about me

had a HUGE buck 150+ chase a doe above me at about 60 yrds 3 different time, she kept about a leap ahead of him,

then at about 6 pm, I had a shooter walk out past me, but again at 65 yrds too far, cut across the food plot to teh other side and make a scrape, then go out into the big field above me
about ten minutes after he left i had a nice 130 class 8 pointer, do like only he came right to me like on a string, I had about 9 doe/yearling in front of me too, so he came to check them and feed till dark in front of me
this is a buck i am HOPING makes it till next yr, been passing on him all season, about a dozen times now or more from about 5 yrds out,

so I realy hope he makes it, as part of me would love to kill him now, but know he has ton's of potential to be huge next yr, a big frame now just shorter timnes and short on mass, but in another yr! he can be in the 150's for sure I feel!
fingers crossed he makes it

over all a good nite on stand, second in a row now with deer movements!

[buckingj]

hunted wednesday night had 2 does come running in and stopped rite under me i think there was a 3rd deer behind them but they winded me. Then about 6:15 grunted a small 8 point in and a monster 6 pointer which ran the 8 pt off. come gun season the 6 is going down he is past his ears and brows are at least 12 in. things are heating up

yestarday hunted the a.m. saw nothing jumps a couple on the way out

the p.m. weather was calling for variable winds so i hunted on the ground dragging a scent line. found some new scrapes and some monsterous rubs. at 6:10 i started making my way to the field to see if there was any actuion going on. got to the field and with in 5 min from where i just came from it sounded like a ufc fight 2 bucks were going at it hard core about 100 yards behind me rite in line with my brag line. then to the north 2 other bucks started fighting about 50 yards in the thickets. i got out there before they were done being that i was dragging the doe in heat and getting dark going to set up in this area tonight should be exciting