What do ya'll do in late season?

[bamboo]

start by looking for browse on the sunny slopes--say south or so eastern slopes where the sun shines early--

[xtrema312]

This year the acorn drop was huge.  They may have gotten most of the white oak, but there are plenty of red still on the ground.  I know of a picked bean field that has not be plowed up.  Hay fields can also be great for quite a while if they had the right amount of new growth height before the snow.

[lt-m-grow]

Originally posted by sweeney3:
I mainly sit and shiver and wonder where all the deer went.     :confused:      :D  

 

There are many good ideas on this thread, but I have to agree with this one most!

Plan on sitting a long time without seeing much, or worse, seeing deer but they are moving so slowly the chances of them getting to you before dark are slim.

I have hunted a lot in late season and will continue to, but haven't thrown many arrows, nor have my buddies that put in their time too.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I sit in the woods and daydream about warm coffee at home.  

When I get home I day dream about the non-existant deer in the woods.

Can't win so enjoy what you have.

[Rutland]

Just come on down to sunny Alabama.  The acorns are still on the ground and in most of the state the rut doesn't start until after Christmas, although a few areas do have a November rut.  In my area the rut peaks in mid January. It gives me something to look forward to at the end of the season(Jan.31).

[frank bullitt]

Hi Jason, great topic!

One of my favorite ways to hunt this time of year, is what I call "nudging drives". Works pretty good, and you get to hunt with your buddies!

Basically, just do sloooooow pushes through the cover or woods. Pretty much, still hunting! I prefer to do it with not more than 3 hunters.

I'm suprised, after reading the other posts, of the folks who run trap lines. If you can't find good browse areas, a creek or body of water, would be my choice!

Animals of all types, use the water ways, looking for food and hydration. The outdoor Arteries!

Yeah, and then, I too, always hope for the Second Rut!

Good shootin,
Steve

[Buckeye Trad Hunter]

Originally posted by sweeney3:
I mainly sit and shiver and wonder where all the deer went.     :confused:      :D  

Still fun to be out though. Every now and then you pick up a nice doe.  We get to hunt untill the end of February here, and I take full advantage.  Pretty much what Bowwild said: honeysuckle, dogwood twigs, odds and ends like that.

Same here, but you're pretty lucky to see a deer for a month after the orange army marches through.  But heck then it's muzzle loader season so it's just like the orange army turned and came back after the survivors.

[bolong]

Honeysuckle, food plots or trails here.

[ripforce56]

We just got about 2 inches of  fresh snow, gonna try it in the  morning, deer are moving in and out of the oaks pawing up the acorns! Most of deer I had been seeing was right at dark! Gonna check a spot on the edge of a cedar swamp to see if there has been any deer movement there as well!

[Dave Bowers]

Pray i see something...the freezer ain't lookin good this year  

[frank bullitt]

Got a few inches of snow this morning. Looking foward to hunting this late season!

Been a strange early season, for sure!

[David McLendon]

Hunt funnels to winter food plots which have a lot of kale and turnips in them. The deer here won't touch it until it has had a couple of hard freezes on it.

[jamesh76]

Since I cannot legally fill anymore tags.  I chase coyotes and squirrels. Sure it hard to get them to come into range but when they do it is very satisfying.

[BamaBarebow]

Rut starts in about 2 weeks!! Cant wait.. Already spotted a few scrapes right beside one of our winter food plots and I didnt tell nobody where they are!! The area is kind of open so Im gonna find the main trail and get close to the food plot and scrapes. Maybe he'll swing down through there.