Scott from MI
Grand Rapids -
September 9, 2010
Been seeing lots a acorns here as well...big ones. Lots of deer out in the fields feeding on beans and alfalfa. Seen a couple nice ones...nothing huge but some nice ones. I'll be out this weekend putting some stands up and moving cameras.
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Flatlander
- IL.
September 7, 2010
saw a couple rubs this weekend and have pic of one hard horned buck but rest in velvet still......
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Trent M.
Noble County - IN
September 4, 2010
No dice on the cam in the woods either. Placed on a pinch point, but I think the deer have moved a few hundred yards to a ridge with white oaks. Red oaks are loaded and starting to drop, but this particular woods has no whites that I can find.
So its a slow, lonely time in my little woodlot...moved the cam again to a dry drainage travel corridor...hoping for some luck...
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Trent M.
Noble County - Indiana
September 4, 2010
Deer sightings in the beans have pretty well dried up in the last week or two. I had a cam on a well traveled bean field edge for 4 days without one deer walking by. Frustrating, but moved the cam back into the woods and will be checking it this weekend.
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Brad Warner
Marshall - Illinois
September 3, 2010
Red Oaks are heavy here, with all the rain we have gotten this spring and summer there are a lot of big bucks being spotted in the beans. I would say this will be another great year for monster bucks going down. Hopefully one with my arrow in it!
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September 3, 2010
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spring/ summer plots look good (a little weedy but that's ok)
fall plots are in as of last Sat. and we have had over an inch of rain on them to get them started.......
same mature buck is showing himself once a week and put some good growth on the last few weeks and should be losing velvet in the next few.......
looks to be a good season, at least hopeful for some BIG DEER sightings
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Dean Weimer
Garrett - Indiana
September 3, 2010
I have one trail cam picture of a young buck in hard horn on Aug. 24. I think that many are shedding this week, and next week as well. Will check the camera in another week, or so.
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Hanback
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September 3, 2010
I'm hearing reports of more acorns already on the ground in all parts of the Midwest than is typical for this early in of year. Black and red oaks are loaded in southern Iowa.
In southern Ohio people report there hasn’t been this much mast in years. The white oaks are really producing, and lots of blacks and red oaks as well.
Heavy mast wil make the early-season bowhunting tricky. You’ll see fewer deer in and around fields and food plots and the stands you've hung there. In heavy acorn years, deer scatter out more and feed deeper in the woods. TIP: Move a cam back in the woods and set it on a well-pocked trail near heavy acorns--I bet you find at least one good buck.
Tree-stand placement and tweaking will be critical. Hot evening stands will be near productive oak trees, and good morning sets will be on trails in funnels that head back into cover.
Good luck
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