The October Lull?
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Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
Like tenpoint said, It probably just has more to do with the day-to-day weather and the fact that the woods have really changed in just the last week or so. Right before the warm-up we had a cold snap. We were getting record amounts of photos of deer including mature bucks. Once the weather shifted to winds of the South, activity basically stopped almost all together, even in the evenings. I think most people don't really buy into the hole lull anymore.
I looked back on photos from this week last year and we had pre-rut action happening everywhere. It's not quite the same this year, which makes me think that that action is happening where we don't have cameras.
I looked back on photos from this week last year and we had pre-rut action happening everywhere. It's not quite the same this year, which makes me think that that action is happening where we don't have cameras.
Tree Spud
5 year old buck +
Did not hunt, i just won't go out when temps are in the 70's in mid Oct. Checked cameras and there was good activity with some nice 3.5 years old bucks moving in the daytime. Cameras also showed lots of feeding at night when things cooled down.
Around us a lot of corn still up. Too much food there for them to have to move.
Around us a lot of corn still up. Too much food there for them to have to move.
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4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
I have been getting maybe 1/10th the deer pictures I was getting 2 weeks ago. Mostly smaller bucks right now.
Ed Brodt
5 year old buck +
trampledbyturtles
5 year old buck +
Yeah, gotta throw the BS flag on this one. Deer r moving.
Bill
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Same here, my cameras are very slow.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
My place is dead as a hammer. Not even much nighttime buck pics. September was much better. Theoretically should pick up soon I hope.
bwoods11
5 year old buck +
Warm days are a killer in October!
4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
I have had highs in the lower 40's, lows in the upper 20's to lower 30's this week, very few pictures, or deer movement. Typically I can see a few deer in my food plot in the evening from my patio door, nothing the last few days. Last week when it was 70's, all kinds of deer.
No point, other then I cant blame warm temps the last few days. One would think a 30-40 degree temp drop would make them move?
SD51555
5 year old buck +
This weekend will be a little better at least. Still not as cool as I'd like it.
Tree Spud
5 year old buck +
Agree, we will be in mid 60's which is not good. Cooler nights may make mornings better if we get a bit of a cool front.
Wind Gypsy
5 year old buck +
Things have been pretty steady on our couple properties. Lots of deer consistently on food on my 40 and a couple better bucks started showing up on my parents N MN property last weekend (mostly night pics). Unfortunately the influx of deer up north was followed by the return of the 8+ wolves last night that spent most of august/sept on the property. They showed up on a good # of cell cams the first night. I won't be able to hunt till Halloween but I feel like the "lull" is over and we're real close to prime time deer killing days.
yoderjac
5 year old buck +
We seem to experience it every year. Food sources are changing and they are changing from summer coats to winter coats. Patterns are changing as well as when movement occurs. I found with the 24/7/365 wireless camera network that my total picture count of deer doesn't change much during this period. It seems more of the movement is at night and the cool of early morning with less in the last hour of daylight when it is still pretty warm.
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