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I was hunting Christian county, KY last weekend on the MZ hunt. Saw one small buck dogging a doe pretty hard. Had a group of bucks at 60 yards. A 6 point that was by far the largest deer on the hoof I've ever seen, a decent 9 point and a big 4 point. They were all cruising together. Saw another buck with 4 does, several spikes and forkies. Everyone hunting saw deer. Absolutely no acorns anywhere on the property, not much water either, the ponds are just about dried up. It was hot and the deer were moving all day.
 
BSK said:
I think this little front over the Juvi weekend should help.

However, after that, serious heat Halloween week. The next strong front isn't in the models until the day before MZ opener.
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I've always said, the best week of archery only season is the week leading up to muzzleloader. I've sat on stand with a bow first week in November and it feels like rifle season but it is still archery only.
 
UTGrad said:
I've always said, the best week of archery only season is the week leading up to muzzleloader. I've sat on stand with a bow first week in November and it feels like rifle season but it is still archery only.
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Unfortunately, buck activity on my property peaks the first three days of November, and rarely can we MZ hunt any of that (just the one year in seven when MZ opens November 3rd).
 
Daytime activity peaked a week ago, dropping to zero (in daylight) past couple days. Still getting mature bucks moving after dark, but not a mature buck in daylight past 3 days.

There are still some bucks grouped up in bachelor groups.
 
megalomaniac said:
Daytime activity peaked a week ago, dropping to zero (in daylight) past couple days. Still getting mature bucks moving after dark, but not a mature buck in daylight past 3 days.

There are still some bucks grouped up in bachelor groups.
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Same. I have several bachelor groups still together. Interestingly it's the same summer group but they shifted ~0.5 mi from the summer range.
 
Something that's helped me out I read on here last year.

" are you hunting where they are or where you think they are?"

I think of that everyday scouting or hunting now. I think that 1 question has oddly been the most helpful thought in my 40 years of hunting. I've done that exact thing my whole hunting life saying to myself they've got to be in here or they were last year(comments to myself like that)....I use my consecutive years of hunting a area now as a guideline to places to start scouting rather to start sitting.
 
Madbowh said:
Something that's helped me out I read on here last year.

" are you hunting where they are or where you think they are?"

I think of that everyday scouting or hunting now. I think that 1 question has oddly been the most helpful thought in my 40 years of hunting. I've done that exact thing my whole hunting life saying to myself they've got to be in here or they were last year(comments to myself like that)....I use my consecutive years of hunting a area now as a guideline to places to start scouting rather to start sitting.
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Simple logic but we too often do the opposite. Or we hunt too scared, afraid we'll blow them out of an area, so we never get close enough to see or kill them.
 

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