Not seeing many deer....hardly any bucks at all...

[One_Shot]

I have been hunting almost every weekend and have had my deer camera set up for the past couple months and I have not seen a single decent buck yet this year. I have seen 2 different bucks while hunting. One was a spike and the other was a 3-4 point and the same 3 does maybe 4 times. The rut is also going on to in my area. Whats the problem?

[AgHntr10]

you hunting just over corn? or are you trying staging areas or maybe acorns as well?

[huntman933]

Where are you hunting at?

[ATX]

What part of the state are you hunting?

My quick guess is that the bucks are still in the oaks with acorns. It was a lush, fertile spring/summer and those welcomed conditions created a bumper acorn crop. The problem is that in most parts of the state it really hasn't rained much since, so the dropped acorns are all still there and consumable.

What we need (in most parts of the Edwards Plateau) is another good drenching which will rot the fallen acorns and push the bucks out of the woods into the corn/feeders.

[One_Shot]

I am looking a feeder with a big oats patch around it. I am near La Grange, TX.

[Buckey07]

Hang in there it will get better. I hunt not too far south of you near Rock Island/Columbus. I've went through this in years past and your best bet is turn down your feeders to the minimum and move out to a pinch point in the property. Set up on some staging areas or try and hunt in the acorn flatts. It will get better at the feeders later on in the season when the acorns are rotten or eaten up. No one around here is seeing much deer movement right now, your not he only one. things will pick up.

[ATX]

Not sure what to tell you. Sounds like your bucks feel like they've got better options. Since you say that you're in the rut now (although it won't peak for another couple weeks, right?) maybe some doe urine or scent might pull them out. With the conditions of this spring/summer, you KNOW those big boys are in there.

Good luck.

[One_Shot]

I seen little bucks chasing the does on my way to school pretty often in the morning, but from what I hear from my neighbors the rut is in full swing over here. I know the rut has started, but I am not sure to what degree. I bought some ricebran the other day and put that out, but nothing is eating it yet. We just had a heavy shower come through, so maybe the acorns will slowly disappear.

[Cotton]

I seriously doubt they are even close to being in rut. Yea you'll always have the young'uns chasing does early but its just wishful thinking on their part.

The rut generally starts up north and moves to the south. I hunt Brown county North of you and the rut hits around Thanksgiving or later. I'm betting yall will be in full rut sometime in December.

[JVasquez]

I talked to my younger brother last night on the phone who lives and hunts in Fayette county. He said he had a bruiser eight chasing does at his feeder yesterday evening.He isnt seeing that many deer either.

[Dusty Britches]

I walk around and see acrons everwhere. The deer and hogs have so much to eat, they haven't gotten around to my place yet. I'm sure they will come around, just hang in there.

[Live2Hunt]

First good freeze and those acorns are done for. When they are eaten or ruined and all the berries and fruit trees are done for, then the does will come to the feeders. Where the girls are the boys soon follow, of course I am surrounded by 1200 acres of winter wheat fields so I have no idea of what I am talking about.

Best of luck

[Stuck]

I seriously doubt they are even close to being in rut

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I seriously think you're wrong. They are at it now. Normally I'll see numerous bucks moving a week before they actually start to "lock up". I didn't see it this year but witnessed several does with bucks hanging hard with them. Personally I hate hunting the rut, if a hot doe is not in front of you good luck.
I always notice a drop in buck sightings when they are actually breeding.

[Cotton]

My mistake, that must be an Island of rut all by itself. In 40 years I've never seen the rut any earlier than a week before Thanksgiving in Brown county.

So what makes that area so different from the rest of the state?

[Landrover]

I seriously doubt they are even close to being in rut. Yea you'll always have the young'uns chasing does early but its just wishful thinking on their part.

The rut generally starts up north and moves to the south. I hunt Brown county North of you and the rut hits around Thanksgiving or later. I'm betting yall will be in full rut sometime in December.

It has NOT hit in Kansas and my other buddy in New York said it was 70+ degrees for the last week with zero deer chasing. Hard to think it is in Texas anywhere with those temps.

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I seriously think you're wrong. They are at it now. Normally I'll see numerous bucks moving a week before they actually start to "lock up". I didn't see it this year but witnessed several does with bucks hanging hard with them. Personally I hate hunting the rut, if a hot doe is not in front of you good luck.
I always notice a drop in buck sightings when they are actually breeding.

I can't see it either but stranger things have happended I guess!

My mistake, that must be an Island of rut all by itself. In 40 years I've never seen the rut any earlier than a week before Thanksgiving in Brown county.

So what makes that area so different from the rest of the state?

I am thinking the same thing!