Our hunt camp is just norht of South River ,4 of us hunted hard all week and never saw a single deer.
Could not believe the heat, and the bugs, came home covered in bites.
Hope the December controlled hunt is better.:ashamed::ashamed:.
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Our hunt camp is just norht of South River ,4 of us hunted hard all week and never saw a single deer.
Could not believe the heat, and the bugs, came home covered in bites.
Hope the December controlled hunt is better.:ashamed::ashamed:.
It sounds like it was tough all over that area. Some of our guys stayed at the Moose camp not too far away from you (Powassan)for 4 days and didn't see anything,either. They,too,got all bit up. It was worse than the Moose hunt. Climate change sure sucks,doesn't it?
Yep its the same all over the area. My dad and grandpa in trout creek. Nothing all week. But lots of deer moose and bear on the property just a few weeks ago. Strange how the all just disappear before the hunt. Im going to find out how some other family in the area made out today
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Cameras were loaded with activity at night leading up to the opener.
We had 4 guys out for 5 days, saw one deer; a buck.
Did see Moose almost everyday- A bull, two cows, and a calf throughout the week.
Bumped the bears the first two days, and never saw them again.
Anything we saw was in thick cedar, wet swamp- guess the +22 daytime high was too much to walk midday
Yes the warm weather changes things drastically The deer are wearing winter coats so they dont move if they dont have to. We managed three just hunting locally.We had a lot of water on our property this yr and after hunting some thickets it became obvious that the deer were laying in small puddles or wet spots fairly close to the fields to stay cool and minimize walking. I would be willing to be that we (and many other hunters) walked by deer more than once that were just held up in thick cover and smart enough to just stay put .Based on what I saw at the butchers it has been a successful hunt for many. I feel for anyone who comes up empty.I have been there more times than I care to remember.Its a bummer for sure.
Just got back from wmu 48, East of callender, three of us with no luck. saw three deer in total but couldn't didn't get an ethical shot off.sat in the stands for a couple days and stirred up the bush around us. way to warm for them to be hanging out where we were. at least during legal light.
spent the last two days hiding in the tree line around a drained beaver pond where we saw two of the deer at last light.
very discouraging as this was first time hunting this property however we learned lots and have a better understanding of the property now
anyone else in that area?
You're not alone.
My camp was skunked (WMU49)....for the first time ever. That heat was unreal. 20C! Seriously?
our group of 12 hunted area 92 surprising with the heat this was one of our best years ever filling 10 of our 12 tags . most groups around us were tagged out early in the week
For the second year in a row our camp (WMU 49 Dunchurch area) never saw a single deer. We have owned and hunted this camp for 19 years now and always managed @ 75% success rate. We know the place inside out and never had trouble taking deer. The winter of 2013 was brutal on our herd and now that the MNR has stopped winter feeding in the yards I fear our herd will never build back up to what it was. We now see more wolves than deer.
This is the first time in a long time (25 or 30 yrs. maybe) that we haven't had deer to skin out on the sunday after our 1 week rifle hunt here in 82a and 84, the deer were totally nocturnal with all the trail cam pics between 11pm and 5am, guess I will have to get serious about bow hunting for the next few weeks until ML season rolls around starting Dec. 7th
Hey Terrym;Quote:
Originally Posted by terrym
Our crew would echo your sentiments.
We hunt right next to Lake Manitouwabing.
2012 we took 3 deer opening morning.
2013 we took 1.
Winter of 2013 the lake was a slaughter house for wolves and yotes.
Winter of 2014 there was barely a kill to be found on the lake.
This year we have noticed the grouse back but deer season was full of bears and moose- no deer.
Yup. Same here. We saw moose almost everyday also.Quote:
Originally Posted by Horridfiber101
was in 46
one week and no deer
hunting in my t shirt was also shart
was in 47.
first day we saw moose,
next 4 days, nothing. couple of grouse and squirrels
Well the temps in 76D hovered in the low 20s but me manged to hang 2 bucks on the meat pole with about 8-10 does and fawns sighted but we only had buck tags.
We had 9 guys in WMU49 (west of sprucedale)
Never seen a single deer. We know the 700 acres we own very well, Dogging it we only seen moose and wolves.
The wolf sign is unreal, I'm goin to hunt them soon as the snow flies.
We hunted 53A we got a small buck and doe Monday morning and I missed a big buck on the same run but managed to take him late on Thursday afternoon, my personal best, we dogged every morning but sat in the afternoon due to the heat.
Our group got skunked in 62. We saw one fawn. A tough go...
Came back from 47 late last night.
No sight of deer at all.
Heard less than 10 shots whole day.
we had 8 guys up in 42 just west of Espanola. First morning a buddy saw a nice buck but it took off before he had a shot. 2nd day i had one come crashing in to where i was setting up a trail camera...too busy hugging the tree (stretching the bungees around it) to get a shot at it. my buddy shot a small spikehorn buck on saturday when the weather got colder. other than that barely any sign around at all. lots of birds though this year. hopefully the rest of the gang is able to get something else to hang on the pole
I had a great rifle deer hunt, 2 days hunting with my dad in the middle of the day (seeing a doe and 2 yearlings) then hunting with my dad and wife in the evening. It was warm enough out that my wife really enjoyed herself and we were not burdened by having to clean, skin and wrap a buck (read WE GOT SKUNKED) :). It was a great couple days out, we still have the bow hunt in the snow to look forward to.
I shot two but out of 5 I was the only one who saw anything
7 of us in the lower part of 47 near Maple Island had 21 sightings of deer. We really didn't start hunting till Thursday.
The camp south of us park their vehicles at a locals place and he said the deer there had a 2nd hard winter in a row. Right there we decided we wouldn't shoot does.
First 8 pointish buck is still running. Shell didn't fire and he was too startled for another shot.
2nd came up from behind my uncle on Thusday morning who had just crossed a beaver dam and moments later the buck came. He thinks we who were further up the trail put it up and it was going around us. He got it a 2.5 year old wide 7 pointer.
3rd buck on Thursday afternoon was big and no shot was taken. The guy who saw it said it should of came near me, but I didn't see it.
The 4th buck on Friday morning was the granddaddy of all bucks and the shooter only had 1 good shot and he missed.
That same fellow an hour later or less had a doe running hard pass really close to him. It was so close he could hear it labouring to breathe. Shortly after and about 80 yards behind was a single wolf.
Camp 7 had shots one day and the next night we could hear wolves in their area howling and even during part of the morning.
We found the remains of a dead bear. It was widely scattered and only hair and and a patch of hide was found.
There was tons of moose sign. Lots of raked up trees, but we only saw one cow.
The were a few tree rubs and very few scrapes.
I only saw 4 deer. A doe and fawn quite aways off on Monday morning. Had a doe sent over to me by my partner on Wednesday morning within 15 feet of me and she never saw me. Had another doe run broadside 30 yards to me Friday afternoon. Had 2 otters come within 15 feet swimming up to a beaver dam I was watching. Wish I had brought my shotgun as I could of shot grouse the first 3 days.
It was the quietest week of hunting in recent memory. Camp 7 had nothing midweek, camp 9 had seen 2 tails all week, camp 12 got 2 deer, and King Eddie only got 1 doe.
The bush was very dry. Not much water laying around. A lot of holes had nothing. Beaver ponds were all down. Our well had very little in it. Had very hard rain Friday morning and high winds. Later that morning we found many snapped off jack pines and aspen's.
As we never got any bucks last year, there as $24 in the pot. This year $28 was added and my uncle won first and biggest buck.
A friend was hunting in the very bottom part of 46 and they saw tons of does and fawns. Neighbour hunted the controlled hunt in 90A and they ended up with 6 for at least 14 guys. They saw less deer this year. Another friend who hunts near Cayuga ended up with 2 bucks for 3 people. They had over 20 sightings the first day.
Up in 82a and 84 we saw 13 deer and only got the three I shot. Nice days too be out walking in the woods though. That Friday morning though was just nuts with the wind and rain. Heard and found 7 trees snapped off at the base after the wind died down.
Spoke with the 'Hats for Hide' guy yesterday, this total is down almost 50%....less than 200 hides turned in.
Only one camp around here did well, with 6 deer for 10 guys. Everyone else only shot 1 or 2.
We doubled our kills over last year, we put up 2 Bucks with 4 guys...which statistically, make us one of the better camps :)
In 53A 8 guys hunting 300 acres - no shots. 3 Doe sightings, only one decent shot and passed. 7 Cameras running, maybe 1000 pics, as many as 4 does on a feeder at night. Not a singe buck pic.
We hunt 82A our gang of 6 guys and 2 gals got 3 does over 5 days of hard hunting 2 came on morning stands a 1 pushed out on a drive 7 other anterless deer seen and one young buck no shoots taken. We normally get 4-6 deer last year was 4 but 2010 back always 5 or more. Seems to be less deer around but i think the bucks are what is missing. I haven't seen one since 2013 in or out of deer season. Usually bump a few when grouse or rabbit hunting but haven't in the last 2 years? We do see fawns so there must be some bucks somewhere...
We must be in a hot spot of 47, not far from Restoule. 7 deer down after 4 days and seen another 8-10.
My friend and I got 2 does on the first day of our hunt on Wednesday. We were in WMU46. It was cool and pouring rain all day. There were no bucks to be seen. Only does. We saw 6 that morning.
Just returned from 47, 8 hunters, during the week we saw 2 does and 2 bucks. My grand daughter shot her first deer a nice 7 pt buck.on Saturday afternoon. Made her and her poppa very happy. You could say we were almost skunked, but not quite. old243
lucky you guys, we 3 from 47 got skunked pretty bad. one of our hunters went back solo for two days. nothing during day, lots of activity during night. *sigh* looks like I will have to get a bow this year... maybe :/
No luck in WMU76. Tag soup this year. Like many have mentioned, most of the trailcam pics were of deer movement in the late PM or very early AM.
Temps got nothin to do with it in my mind. Rut is based on alot of things, mostly legnth of daylight
deer move durin the day in july and augest when the temps are 90 degrees. also there are deer in south texas where its stinkin hot at peak rut too
Yes but this time of year deer have their winter coats. In unusually hot weather they will be most active in the coolest part of the day which is night time usually. Rut is primarily triggered by daylight hours though.Quote:
Originally Posted by superhunterguy
What TerryM said. Yes run is triggered by length of day. But deer movement is influenced by many things - temperature being one of them, hunter pressure is another, change of weather, particularly cold fronts moving through.
I couldn't hunt this year, but our gang was shut out both weeks. the last time the week 1 gang was shut out was 1971.
Just back from a week in 7b. We only saw 4, all huge bucks but couldnt connect. Lots of deer on the field cams, but all at night.
Lots of fresh sign in the cuts and big timber, but they were definitely not moving in the daylight. It was also very warm for this time of the year. I can't ever remember weather as warm.