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Post by huxbux on Nov 30, 2008 19:56:15 GMT -5
I've seen markedly fewer deer at my favorite spot in Brown county this year. I haven't seen a shootable buck there all season.How could that be? Isn't there some kind of rule now that's supposed to make us Illinois East? Must not be working!  Freedomhunters post has answered your question D. We just haven't taken enough restrictive steps yet to produce the results required to be Illinois east. Don't you just love it when folks want to impose even more restrictions on your sport in order to meet their idealistic goals? Sounds just like some one who was elected to a certain office now don't it? |
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Post by vortex100 on Dec 2, 2008 19:54:27 GMT -5
I've seen good numbers all year until the last week of Gun Season. I hunt Bow only, but it seems the deer are staying bedded down until dark. The week off should help, plus the rut was late this year. I hunt in Madison County and for some reason the DNR had a antler-less bonus of 8 this year. I've never seen it that high.
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 2, 2008 20:18:13 GMT -5
I am pretty sure the turkeys are eating the deer in my area. I saw a fair amount of deer this season, but an insane amount of turkeys. I might have to do my part to thin the herd this spring.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2008 20:41:16 GMT -5
whats up Decatur came close but could,nt get it out and say the one buck rule is making no difference what a joke lets make up some more stupid rules
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Post by deerhunter82 on Dec 2, 2008 22:04:17 GMT -5
Here in Clinton county I'm starting to see the deer start to form big groups. Last Friday morning my wife and I saw one group of about 25 come through the woods about 50 yds away and not one had antlers. Before gun season I was seeing alot of does and smaller bucks. Then once gun season started daytime deer activity slowed way down. Usually every year I will have seen at least one nice shooter buck by the time gun season rolls around, but this year I didn't. This year all I saw was alot of younger bucks until now. Just since this weekend I have been seeing alot more deer in the fields feeding at night. Sat. night I got home at 11:30 and saw real nice 8 point in the field when I turned into my driveway. I'm all tagged out on does for the year, so now all I have is a buck tag left. Hopefully I will connect on a nice one.
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Post by cambygsp on Dec 3, 2008 4:59:21 GMT -5
It's been about the same for us, the deer in the area we hunt are always hard to hunt, our land gets lots of use.
With that said, my son and his buddy went shining Friday night and counted like 117 deer in the Gatesville / Salt Creek Rd area of Brown County. Those were the same numbers we were getting in August and September shining the same route.
I hunted from last Wednesday thru Sunday and never seen a deer while hunting.
I guess this is why they call it HUNTING instead of killing!
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Post by drs on Dec 3, 2008 8:43:35 GMT -5
Here in Clinton county I'm starting to see the deer start to form big groups. Last Friday morning my wife and I saw one group of about 25 come through the woods about 50 yds away and not one had antlers. Before gun season I was seeing alot of does and smaller bucks. Then once gun season started daytime deer activity slowed way down. Usually every year I will have seen at least one nice shooter buck by the time gun season rolls around, but this year I didn't. This year all I saw was alot of younger bucks until now. Just since this weekend I have been seeing alot more deer in the fields feeding at night. Sat. night I got home at 11:30 and saw real nice 8 point in the field when I turned into my driveway. I'm all tagged out on does for the year, so now all I have is a buck tag left. Hopefully I will connect on a nice one. My Sister & Brother-In-Law (who is a Vet.) live near you in Mulberry. They said they see Deer out in their field each morning. |
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Post by deerhunter82 on Dec 3, 2008 9:56:58 GMT -5
drs Who is your sister and brother in law. I live a few miles east of Mulberry. I might know them.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Dec 3, 2008 9:57:50 GMT -5
About the same.
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Post by drs on Dec 4, 2008 14:00:49 GMT -5
drs Who is your sister and brother in law. I live a few miles east of Mulberry. I might know them. Dr. & Mrs. Edward Northrup. My Sister name is Susan, and they have two children. |
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Post by tickman1961 on Dec 4, 2008 14:45:01 GMT -5
Don't think we will be Illinois East any time soon with 32 days of firearms starting in mid-November. A lot of you are seeing the same thing I've heard from several hunters. Warm weather early November, trickle rut into firearms, firearms pressured deer, you figure it out. I would definitely put in some time during muzzleloader. I actually hunted quite a bit this week and the deer I saw were on pins and needles and anything older than a 1.5 year old buck you would have to drive out of the thick stuff in daylight. The truth....heavy cover is where they are laying up. Recent cold snap should work good for food sources next to heavy cover....best of luck to all. |
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