Sorry I have to rant a few min.
The last time I checked the camers , I only had 2 doe's , couple of fawns and 2 small bucks
Some a number of times
Over a 10+ day span
So I have been going out watch just before dark and if time , first light
No the bucks and most of the doe's have not left
It is the same BS that happens almost every year
The deer have moved into the corn
Don't blame them
Coolder and less skeeters
With the primary food source just yards away
Localy , we have small wood lots/ creek lines and CPR fields for cover
But the rest is corn , beans and wheat , no local hay feilds
All the local wheat feilds are worked up and no Rye has been planted yeat
So right now the main food sources are Beans and what ever green brouse the deer find along the creek and CPR feilds
So I am trying to keep up beat
As it is tough watching the deer come out of the corn feilds to feed in the beans
As they never seem to enter or exit the corn the same place 2 times in a row
So till the beans turn and become less of a draw
I have 2 places to hunt
1 is to hope a buck wanders through the woods while I am in the stand
Or hunt the water
So I normaly start the season watching the creek crossings
As it is common to watch the deer come out of the corn to drink at the same spots
Year after year
As it was lightly raining today
I did my final check of several stands along the creek
I watched a decent 8 point cross the creek next to one of my stands and head straight into the corn
And saw lots of tracks comeing from and into the corn along the CPR that borders the creek line
But no true trails
Just tracks all along the 1/2 mile I have to hunt
So till the crops start to come off
It will be hit or miss for me
I took the first week of early goose off to hunt
Today it has been raining on and off all day
So the geese didn't fly
So I have been doing work around the house
Been a rotten day to be off
But still better than working
Back to work in the am though
Oh well
Rant mode off
John
The last time I checked the camers , I only had 2 doe's , couple of fawns and 2 small bucks
Some a number of times
Over a 10+ day span
So I have been going out watch just before dark and if time , first light
No the bucks and most of the doe's have not left
It is the same BS that happens almost every year
The deer have moved into the corn
Don't blame them
Coolder and less skeeters
With the primary food source just yards away
Localy , we have small wood lots/ creek lines and CPR fields for cover
But the rest is corn , beans and wheat , no local hay feilds
All the local wheat feilds are worked up and no Rye has been planted yeat
So right now the main food sources are Beans and what ever green brouse the deer find along the creek and CPR feilds
So I am trying to keep up beat
As it is tough watching the deer come out of the corn feilds to feed in the beans
As they never seem to enter or exit the corn the same place 2 times in a row
So till the beans turn and become less of a draw
I have 2 places to hunt
1 is to hope a buck wanders through the woods while I am in the stand
Or hunt the water
So I normaly start the season watching the creek crossings
As it is common to watch the deer come out of the corn to drink at the same spots
Year after year
As it was lightly raining today
I did my final check of several stands along the creek
I watched a decent 8 point cross the creek next to one of my stands and head straight into the corn
And saw lots of tracks comeing from and into the corn along the CPR that borders the creek line
But no true trails
Just tracks all along the 1/2 mile I have to hunt
So till the crops start to come off
It will be hit or miss for me
I took the first week of early goose off to hunt
Today it has been raining on and off all day
So the geese didn't fly
So I have been doing work around the house
Been a rotten day to be off
But still better than working
Back to work in the am though
Oh well
Rant mode off
John