Where do they go???

[EastTx]

Any increased activity/traffic in the area this past weekend by other hunters? Mowing, filling feeders, placing stands, trimming limbs, etc.?

I have been watching two bucks every afternoon for about a month from my back porch eating at a corn pile on my property. This past weekend the people who have the place leased behind me were riding four wheelers, mowing, running chainsaws, hauling stands in, getting ready for deer season. The bucks have not been back since. They know deer season is fixing to start.

[HoustonHunter]

Could be anything mentioned above or the fact that they will change patterns headed into the fall. Just the way of the whitetail.

[Plain Lucky]

I've heard they love those long black beans from black locust. Might put a camera on those if you have any concentration of them nearby.

[HC Sniper]

I have one buck that I will get pics and usually see once during the first 2 weeks of season, then he is gone. No pics or sightings the rest of the year. This has happened for 3 straight years. He will be 7.5 this year. Haven't got a single pic of him this year. He might have passed away during the winter.

[ag111]

Best crop to plant in food plot (Milam County)?

Aww shoot! Sorry for hijacking thread... meant to post as a new topic. OOPS!

[M16]

When they start shedding velvet, they will break up their bachelor groups and change patterns. You just aren't in his fall pattern. Do you have enough land to where you could possibly find him again with trail cameras? Maybe put them out in travel corridors to try and see where he may have moved to.

This is the correct answer. They break up and start staking out their territory. Just simple as that.

[ROBINHOOD11]

Any increased activity/traffic in the area this past weekend by other hunters? Mowing, filling feeders, placing stands, trimming limbs, etc.?

I have been watching two bucks every afternoon for about a month from my back porch eating at a corn pile on my property. This past weekend the people who have the place leased behind me were riding four wheelers, mowing, running chainsaws, hauling stands in, getting ready for deer season. The bucks have not been back since. They know deer season is fixing to start.

Well, I don't know about increased activity. The property that I hunt is a developing neighborhood with a couple hundred homes going up. The greenbelt is what I hunt. They just broke ground a new phase but that has been going on a couple of months. Basically there is always activity going on there.

Thanks for the input guys! Always good to get feedback on what others think. I will post up a pic if he shows back up!

[Fightin' Farmer]

I've been sneaking in there of a night and chasing em over to my place.

[ROBINHOOD11]

I've been sneaking in there of a night and chasing em over to my place.

Wouldn't put it past you!

I actually just put up a camera over there. FYI

[Bisch]

They are beefing up right now..............just on acorns instead of corn!

Bisch

[ROBINHOOD11]

He is finally back after being gone a week. They are all still bachelored up too. Don't know where they went but I'm glad they are back!

[R Herline Jr]

Do you ever think they may pattern you? We are just guest in their house.