what is up with....

[growalot]

oddles of buck ...no doe.....I haven't seen one doe in range since I shot the Oct22 doe...and a serious amount of buck ...but either running nose down or chasing really small doe and doe fawns??...today I had one decent doe sneak in behind me and hit a trail leading away...no shot....then buck zig zagging every where....next was a doe being pushed by a buck ...she was headed straight for me...I drew when she went behind a tree...the young dark racked 8pt pushed her and when she trotted into the shooting lane and stopped...it was clearly a doe fawn...I let down and when they passed by a hundred ft I grunted to see if he'd turn...2 min later here he comes ...right under the stand...pretty brown short tined rack...hope he makes it thru gun....I don't get it where are all the big doe?...the corn fields are cut...and I still have turnip greens....tracks every where....I've hunted all hours and different stands and areas....I know we have a bunch of bow hunters here but come on they couldn't have shot all the big doe

[burmjohn]

They are to busy running away from those bucks At least thats what I saw last weekend, the bucks were pushing them all over the place. Perhaps you have just been unlucky with seeing them. Hoping this weekend has the same action as last.

[IRL]

Common story this year. The doe are just not moving much during daylight. Lots of thick cover this year (from all the rain), heavy apple crop, full moon in early November and mostly warm temps. In a couple of weeks with cold temps and snow the doe herds will be all over the woods.

[WNYBuckHunter]

They are in full chase and beginning of lockdown right now. You wont be able to pattern them much, just gotta hope to be in the right place at the right time at this point.

[growalot]

Well I have high hopes for opening morning with the buck sightings I've had...if just one season the shooting would start at day break... not 4o mins. before

[burmjohn]

Well I have high hopes for opening morning with the buck sightings I've had...if just one season the shooting would start at day break... not 4o mins. before

I hear that...

[landtracdeerhunter]

Yep, doe are in thick cover and move under the cover of darkness. Common story here year after year about this time. Last mature does seen here was last Saturday night in the woods. Glands on the rear legs just starting to darken. Some of the does fawns look darker than hers. She nursed her doe fawns to the right of me.

Edited November 15, 2011 by landtracdeerhunter