Woods felt .....dead today, weird

[LongStick64]

I have been hunting this location for the last ten years and today was the first day I got to use it this year. It may not have a large deer herd but even if you don't see them, you see plenty of sign, scat, rubs, scrapes. Today it was as quiet as a church, nothing, no sign, not even a squirrel ? Weird

[Wapiti Chaser]

Deer might have found a food source like acorns,apples corn etc and hanging tight too it gourging themselves

[LongStick64]

Could be, but acorns were dropping everywhere, would at least thought I would see scat ?

[deertag]

I'm a long way off, but with similar problems. am hunting an intersection of 3 trails in thick cutover, but seeing only one sometimes 2 sets of new tracks per week!  usually they have deer traveling them daily. been hunting here 15 years, never seen it so bad. but our 90-95 degree days are killing the movement i think, i doubt your problem is the same.  we just had our first "real" cold front hit today!!! high tomorow is 78, thurs when i got in the stand sweating like a pig, it was 77 at 5am. humidity 88%.  can't wait to see the movement pick up this week.  hope yours does too!

[VictoryHunter]

When there is a large crop of acorns they tend to bed in or near them and don't move much.

[SAVIOUR68]

Longstick  it may be the acorns or just the democratics in NY not allowing them to eat on a certain day you know there is a government shut down now          Hope no one takes offense.

[cahaba]

Where I hunt here in Alabama deer can eat,drink and bed within a place the size of a football field especially when there is a big acorn crop.
Sign will start showing up later in the year.

[joe ashton]

Up were I hunt when that happens we assume that a lion has moved into the area.  a week or two and it gets back to normal.
Joe.

[dhermon85]

I'm having the same thing go on right now. Hardly any sign, and there are lots of acorns. A little strange but it will pick up when the bucks start pushin

[LongStick64]

It has been warmer than normal so I guess they may not feel the need to eat more. I thought today with some rain coming in they might be more apt to move more.

[nineworlds9]

My first hunt a couple weeks ago was also like this.  Acorns everywhere, some fresh tracks, but woods were 'dead', also no squirrels..weird!  Can't wait till it cools off in a couple weeks.

[vtmtnman]

Same thing here.Warmer than normal and seems like deer movement is zero.

[hvyhitter]

Around here it usually means coyotes in the area. Take a predator call or fawn distress call and see if you get some action.......if it is yotes, the area may be shot for most of the season.............