Deer sightings have tanked. This full moon is contributing, as well. It's like this every year, they just stop moving during daylight. We go from seeing 25-30 different deer, to 0-2.
Took this buck yesterday afternoon. He followed a doe out of the creek bottom at 3:10 pm. He was locked on her and they both wandered in front of me. Took a 40 yard heart shot and he went 50 yards before tumbling onto the creek. 9 point went 182 lbs field dressed.
Prior to this guy, I had seen a total of 4 bucks, all spikes & forks plus a lot of does on Sat & Sun. I think the big mature bucks may have locked on their dates and are only moving if they do.