Sitting on the ground at the edge of a field.
Same here... Great observation stand... Can see a long ways....
Sitting on the ground at the edge of a field.
That would still be considered a lull. Whatever the reason harvest droops off after the first week and picks back up around Halloween.
Could be guys getting out and hunting then slacking off getting ready for the big rut push. Could be guys holding out for their target buck. Deer changing patterns etc. Whatever the reason there is a definitive lull in the killing fields in mid October.
im with you.. I almost got ambushed by some rookies that thought I was a deer walking I and they were ready to shoot.. Kind of unnerving and then they walk up to me with a loaded crossbow.. I was not nice about that and said I need a day off. Nothing like having a crossbow pointed at you by some young "bone collectors"I took my daughter to the park. I have no desire to hunt in this weather. Rut or not, I'm content doing something else.
First signs of bucks locking down with does today. We have a big 9 locked down with a doe along the lane into the property right now. He wouldn't leave her side this afternoon and hovered over her or stayed bedded by her. Had to have just started with her today. Because at 8 this morning he was alone