Unseasonably warm opener. Any of you put eyes on a shooter/freezer filler? My guess is the rut has come and gone, all that excitement goes towards archery season.
I’ll head out tomorrow to a WMA and test my luck. First time doing a public land hunt so mentally preparing to see a clown-show.
Tail end of rut still rolling....I haven't seen any deer around but guys with cams have a few bucks in the dark hours as usual, and that is the indication, as in Sept/Oct their cams show nothing, or the occasional doe.
Depending where you hunt Eastern MA will likely be a clown show because there is no where to hunt with a gun......at least there's some deer around though.
WMA's in my area, barely anyone hunting. Barely any deer as well though, I sat out yesterday morning and did not hear one shot. 15 years ago there would have been 10 -15 shots easily, which means 2 things, there are probably less people hunting and there are also definately less deer, because I don't see any deer around my house anymore.
Its tough to tell how many hunting, because like me there are many people that just walk out of the back of their house and hunt, you wont see them on the side of the road parked.
Come Saturday there will be a few large groups around town, with Zone 10 doe permits, doing drives to try and scare up brown is down........because any locals that have been sitting all week probably haven't scored yet, these yahoos all get together and drive and shoot anything they see running.