well, I don't know if I am a vet, but been hunting a long time
I think most folks a few weeks ago were hunting food source's
and well now that most crops have been harvested/cut and feed patterns have changed, then add in the rut and the hunting pressure
many many deer just go noctural, and as such hunting them, has to be a little different than weeks before
deer lost a ton of cover in the crops, and same as now leaves are off

and weather?? well here it was warm, then cold then warm, then windy and so on, all that changes there movements if you ask me

this time of yr you really need to be hunting near doe bedding area's, bucks are where does are
find does, and set up there is my suggestion, all day sits too
same deal, as evening hunts, deer will come out to feed at food sources, but hunting closer to bedding area's this time of yr is a higher odds set to me, as they are coming out to feed later and later due to all the above, so being closer ups your odds of one walking past in legal shooting light
rut no rut, deer have to still eat, and that menas bucks and doe's
where doe's go bucks follow this time of yr

not sure if this helps you or not
but hang in there every sit in the woods gets you closer than sitting at home ever will!
Good luck