Is it just me?

[TreeStandMan]

I'm seeing usual amount if deer. Today I saw seven: one nice buck, three does, and the others I only saw their white behinds as they stotted away.

For me this year the problem is everything is so dry, it's impossible to move without making a ton of noise. I suppose this means I'd be better off ambush hunting, but inevitably I get bored and try something else, which this year means spooking deer.

[Quince]

Having moved to a location with resident deer, the bucks have disappeared and the does have totally gone nocturnal, they have been coming by everynight at the same time. I swear they got an email, it was a sudden change beginning of sept.

[Brez]

How much wolf and other predator sign are you guys seeing?

I'm hearing more game is near human habitation for perceived protection than there is in the bush.

no wolf sign in our usual haunts - except the one I shot near home last week. Yeah, most of our trail cam elk pics are at night (80%) but very few deer, day or night. The dryness definitely affected where the animals are but even where there is ample water I noticed numbers are down.

[finngun]

everyone is shooting daytime bucks leaving the night bucks to breed passing on their nocturnal habbits.

I think truth lays right there

[Linksman313]

Wait until November...every year it seems I see less and less until the big boys suddenly show up and want some action with the girls....

Same story here, watching many WT and Muley does and fawns around all the water holes, no boys yet, other than on the lawn in town that is.

[elch jager]

Long hot summer - they are still in the deep dark timber, higher up - 4500+, or on north side slopes... they aren't coming out until the does are ripe... and we get some consistently colder weather. Patience... they don't get big by being dumb.

[wideopenthrottle]

anyone else notice way more activity mid day than in the old days...seems we never used to see anything on our way back to camp for lunch but now seem to see more than in the early or late shooting light?

[Buckmeister]

anyone else notice way more activity mid day than in the old days...seems we never used to see anything on our way back to camp for lunch but now seem to see more than in the early or late shooting light?

Or have you just gotten better over the years at spotting deer because you know what to look for or where to look?

[wideopenthrottle]

Or have you just gotten better over the years at spotting deer because you know what to look for or where to look?

um..nope...never used to see very many animals mid day but now seem to see quite a few....ps my eyes are not getting any better...heheh

[elch jager]

anyone else notice way more activity mid day than in the old days...seems we never used to see anything on our way back to camp for lunch but now seem to see more than in the early or late shooting light?

Yes - but just Doh's and the odd spike...

Never seen a 4 point standing broadside in the middle of the road if that's what you meant...