I have done something a bit obsessive over the last three years.
I buy a calendar and track when my hit list bucks show up on camera on the property. I start the process in August and continue thru January. It has showed me what the bucks like to do during the hunting season.
My busiest weeks are near Halloween...usually leading into Halloween versus following. There is also a spike in movement around Thanksgiving.
The Missouri gun season seems to coincide with my bucks leaving. Now, before you say it's pressure driving them off.
I own 67 acres and run 10 cameras, primarily blackouts. My north neighbor has 1200, my west neighbor has 300, my east neighbor has 900, and my south neighbor has 100. There may be 4 hunters on that acreage throughout the season. East neighbor only stick bow hunts and stays way east of me. He is almost 80. My north neighbor is 80 or better and has a couple hunters on him. My west neighbor is an isolationist. He only hunts it. My south neighbor is a non hunter. No hunting.
My farm has had extensive habitat improvements. The others have had none to very little. The north guy did some timber removal for his cattle. That's about it.
I have about 12 does, 6 fawns, and 20 bucks that call my place home. More when there are no acorns. This is big woods country.
Only two people hunt my farm, primarily bow hunting only. We watch the wind, careful about our scent control, and don't intrude much.
So, I believe the bucks hang around my place, pick out a doe and move off to the areas were they can breed in peace. Without watching this stuff and tracking it, I could be using valuable hunting time during low deer density times.
Just wanted to let you guys know that you have tools at your disposal to track how your deer move besides weather apps and such.
I do like deer cast, wunderground, and intellicast. All good tools to deploy to get in the stand at the right time.