Deer Hunt 2020-Rifle

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Originally Posted by Sam Menard

The absence of scrapes tells me that there are few mature bucks. Younger bucks tend not to make scrapes.

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What i found unusual was how many deer we put eyes on and good mature bucks, but no rubs or scrapes.
Even walked into two good bucks about to fight right at last light. They hightailed it away fast when I met them on the trail..lol

I can't complain , I hunted one day for deer this year .
On that day I sat for 1 and a half hours before a nice 8 pointer walked in at 20 yards from down wind.
The 50 cal did its job.

Hunted 49 for 5 days and our group saw absolutely nothing. A few on the trail cam leading up to the rifle season but like others no sign.

I hunt in 68a the first week and not much Buck sign as well. I was able to get a 5 pointer when we ran the dogs and my friend got a nice Buck as well. We have not been able to get any Doe tags for several years now and we see many many Does..............Daniel

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Originally Posted by huntnmachine

Hunted 49 for 5 days and our group saw absolutely nothing. A few on the trail cam leading up to the rifle season but like others no sign.

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Have you experienced bad winters?

I noticed there were fewer rubs this year and saw only a couple scrapes this year in 92 (2nd week). Saw lots of deer when driving but less than usual in the bush. I don't really know why, weather/rut/coyotes no drastic changes. I did bag an 8 pointer that came by about 5 minutes after a doe passed .

I hunted 72A, as I have for 20 years. I have never seen as many deer as I did this season. I saw deer every time I went out, which was every day of gun and muzzle loader season. Furthermore, these weren't always the same deer, according to my trail cameras. I had at least 8 bucks, from fork horns to old wide racked shooters. I finally took a nice 9 point, my second choice, the second last evening of the muzzle loader season. I saw chasing, fighting and there was the usual amount of scrapes and rubs - lots. I guess I am pretty lucky, if no one else is seeing anything!!

I'll be hunting new property this year in WMU 41. hoping to get out in the spring and do a weekend of scouting on the property

no deer in 80. nope. not one. not a single one. so dont bother hunting here this coming fall :P

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Originally Posted by canadaman30

I hunted 61, saw 20 deer between 2 of us over 3 days during rifle hunt. An equal mix of buck and does. No scrapes or rubs anywhere, unusual but so was hunting in 20+c .

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THIS X2 LOL
i was in 81

first 2 days were brutal cold and packed with snow, most action ive seen yet maybe 5 or 6 deer in 2 days
rest of the week was more quiet but i did still see a few i was hunting in a tshirt or my long sleve thin turkey sweater LOL