October lull?

[Mr.Bro]

Don't believe it.
Mid October, last year and year before last saw lots of nice bucks chasing. Both in person and on camera.
This weekend or next may be the time.
Good luck to all.

 

[tree_ghost]

Don't believe it.
Mid October, last year and year before last saw lots of nice bucks chasing. Both in person and on camera.
This weekend or next may be the time.
Good luck to all.

Last year my target buck daylighted 3 times the last week of October chasing does…I was behind him then. Hopefully that changes very soon!

 

[knightrider]

No such thing as the great lull, only pattern changes that most dont keep up with so they dont see anything and of course its the deers fault

 

[Ski]

First buck I killed in TN after moving here was on October 15th. I kept hearing what sounded like a pig snorting & rooting but it was covering too much ground. Next thing I know a group of does came trotting by and the one in the back kept stopping to turn & look behind her. I got my bow ready to draw & glad I did because here he came with nose to the ground snorting every step of the way.

 

[DMD]

Don't believe it.
Mid October, last year and year before last saw lots of nice bucks chasing. Both in person and on camera.
This weekend or next may be the time.
Good luck to all.

I think the "October Lull" occurs during warm October days. That's just my opinion. You get cool temperatures during the day in October, the bucks will be on their feet.

 

[Iglow]

I've heard of it but never seen much. Maybe it's from a sudden influx of human scent in the woods, maybe deer avoiding it.?

 

[deerhunter10]

Deer on acorns and people not on the right feed tree can make it seem like a lull. I don't necessarily believe in it. But I do think it takes some weather to get mature deer on their feet in daylight in October (for the most part) always exceptions when talking about wild animals. I think the lull is more or less we don't seem to get a lot of fronts in October no changes in weather is not good to see a lot of deer generally. I've not ever seen much chasing at all in middle of October but I don't hunt much at all in the beginning or middle of October so I wouldn't see much of it.

 

[rem270]

Never believed in it. Deer don't just climb in a hole and hibernate. Have to find what they're after to eat on.

 

[Snake]

Never believed in it. Deer don't just climb in a hole and hibernate. Have to find what they're after to eat on.

Ditto ....they have to eat some time brother
...may be nocturnal but they got to eat .

 

[JCDEERMAN]

One of our targets day lighted this morning. I'm on fall break in FL

 

[megalomaniac]

Mature bucks working scrapes in daylight today. I think that's more a function of the colder than normal temps.

Lots of sparring on camera past 3 days.

 

[UTGrad]

We need another strong cold front. Last Tuesday's afternoon hunt was awesome. No bucks but deer on their feet all afternoon.

 

[JeepKuntry]

No such thing. Right now food is the ticket!

 

[deerhunter10]

We need another strong cold front. Last Tuesday's afternoon hunt was awesome. No bucks but deer on their feet all afternoon.

Not getting one any time soon it appears. This was the last cold front I'll miss til tagged out. But it seems 10 to 14 days away from another.

 

[UTGrad]

Not getting one any time soon it appears. This was the last cold front I'll miss til tagged out. But it seems 10 to 14 days away from another.

Yep extended forecast seems warm. Fingers crossed November is the opposite and we get multiple fronts.

 

[knightrider]

Yep extended forecast seems warm. Fingers crossed November is the opposite and we get multiple fronts.

Have a bad feeling its gonna be another disappointingly warm and dry november

 

[DMD]

I might be simplistic...well, I am simplistic..i view October this way ...it is the transition period in a deer's year. Their winter coats are in, but October has some hot weather. When you have these hot October days, which can stretch for several days - that is when you will see an "October lull". Earlier in the season, when deer still have their summer coats, you will see movement even in warmest weather. If I had a thick fur coat on and i couldn't take it off on hot days, I'd lay in a shady place and not move. That has been my theory on October lull, and honestly, I've seen that pattern pretty much hold true over the many years I've hunted.

 

[Heath423]

The way I see it......deer do deer things all year long. Rain, snow, heat, cold, or whatever. They don't take vacation time in October.

 

[DMD]

The way I see it......deer do deer things all year long. Rain, snow, heat, cold, or whatever. They don't take vacation time in October.

So, you don't think there are times deer are more nocturnal and other times when they are more apt to move all day long?? I don't think anyone is saying they take a vacation, i think we are saying there is more daytime activity some days than there is other days.

 

[Heath423]

So, you don't think there are times deer are more nocturnal and other times when they are more apt to move all day long?? I don't think anyone is saying they take a vacation, i think we are saying there is more daytime activity some days than there is other days.

Oh Yes I agree with some days with more daytime activity vs nocturnal. I just find it funny when fare weather hunters makes comments concerning weather. Odds of seeing one or possibly harvesting a deer is 100% greater when actively hunting in the woods vs sitting on the coach.
A little of topic from the opening thread.