SIGN??????????

[MUSKY18]

Just wondering how everyone's deer sign has been progressing in their hunting area(s)?  Up to this point for us, it has been next to nothing, even activity on the cameras during daylight has slowed to minimal.   Took a couple walks to see if there was any early rubs and scrapes and only managed to find one small rub.  Don't know if this goofy weather has anything to do with it (I know that activity is triggered more by hours of daylight) but thinking that since it has been so warm, its keeping the deer bedded up to wait out the heat of the day and move more at night.  Now with these cooler temps the past few days, hoping it gets them ramped up!

[ANYFISH2]

I have permission on 2 parcels totaling 330 acres in the motley/staples area(parcels are separated by a 40) on the east property, the woods are beyond torn up! With scrapes scattered over the whole 150 acres, most(that i walk by) are tended nearly every day. With 3 large community scrapes.

The other west 180 has a few scrapes and rubs but not near the activity.

Cameras are telling me that daylight and doe activity is greater on the west property than the east, however.

Edited October 19, 2015 by ANYFISH2

[eyeguy 54]

freezer paper running low here.   brats being made.  thats a good sign.

[jstrommen13]

Was up at the cabin by park rapids this weekend and deer activity is ramped up alot. Scrapes and rubs all over the feild edges. Should only get better from here on out.  Good luck to all 

 

[nofishfisherman]

I was scouting some new land this weekend between park rapids and Bemidji with a friend and we didn't see much for fresh sign.  We saw a fair amount of rubs from last season in the area we are going to hunt this year but nothing fresh.  We found a lot of well used trails a couple bedding areas, and where they had been munching on acorns so we know they are using the area but nothing to suggest activity is picking up yet.

[BSLNORTH]

Not much sign around Mcgregor. 

[96trigger]

Some scrapes and rubs are showing up in the Southeast.  Cameras are showing mature buck movement mainly at night, but some kids were able to take nice bucks last weekend over the youth season.  Bachelor groups are all broken up, light rattling has brought some bucks in, as well as the grunt tube.  One mature buck was shot while tending a doe, smaller bucks are doing the usual hanky panky but not getting anywhere with the does.  I'm waiting for the time when there are scrapes every 10 yards around field edges, then I know the rut is going strong. Predicting an earlier rut this year. 

[paceman]

I have not seen anything for buck activity on a couple different properties around DL. Cameras show most deer are nocturnal....

[motownmasher]

the lack of posts must mean you guys are all in the woods.  where i belong this time of year!! howevever, a sunday afternoon on the couch does a man well.  spent this morning and a few days this week in the woods, and everyday seems more tore up.  it's coming soon.  had a small fork trailing what appeared to be two adult does and a yearling this morning.  may have been two does and a large fawn. 

[MattL]

I spent most of the weekend in the woods. There is alot of sign showing up but it's all happening at night. Saturday at 2:00 I had a doe come tearing down the ridge like a buck was chasing her. I got ready but no bucks showed up. A few minutes later a coyote comes sneaking around from the direction the doe was spooked from and I was able to put an arrow through it from 23 yards away. 

 

[bigbucks]

Little bucks are cruising, could have shot forky's on Wednesday & Thursday nights.  More scrapes & rubs all the time.  Saw one of them working a mock I'd made before getting in the stand & the other making a couple of half hearted ones of his own.  A big one will make a mistake soon.