East tx deer and December

[sambo73]

Since Thanksgiving, i have not seen a deer while hunting. Have a few on camera at night but nothing during the day. I usually see atleast a couple. Been over there checking cameras and putting corn in feeder and haven’t saw any driving around or at night either. Looks like they are taking the month of December off, lol.

This is Van Zandt Cty.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[White Falcon]

Same Smith Co,

[White Falcon]

But in the yard in Wood Co. Live in gated area, no hunting.

[2014FusionM]

My FIL and BIL both hunt in east Texas and they have been having a hard time as well.

[AgHntr10]

Gotta get back in the thick stuff. They are hitting corn hard now but they aren't coming out in the open for it.

[WTJim]

The deer have wised up to the ATV army invasion. I hunt during the week only in Houston County. When the ATV's are zooming around at 8:30AM until 4:30PM the deer know whats going on and don't come out of the thick woods. Change your tactics and either hunt during the week or move into the thick woods in the travel routes, you will see deer.

[BigThicketBoy]

The deer have wised up to the ATV army invasion. I hunt during the week only in Houston County. When the ATV's are zooming around at 8:30AM until 4:30PM the deer know whats going on and don't come out of the thick woods. Change your tactics and either hunt during the week or move into the thick woods in the travel routes, you will see deer.

Yep.
Thickets and hand corn

Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

[npe001]

yup they took the month off in Madison County as well it seems.

[Etxbuckman]

I have corn piling up under my feeder but my hand-corn spot down in a creek bottom is a different ballgame. Lots of activity going on there...

[sambo73]

But in the yard in Wood Co. Live in gated area, no hunting.

Holly Lake Ranch?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[rjtkdplus]

Read Gar Guy's thread, Pressured deer are easy to pattern. Lots of good info on there.

[coffmanbr1]

But in the yard in Wood Co. Live in gated area, no hunting.

Falcon,

There was an absolute monster on that Par 3 by the Lake several weeks ago. Some studs roaming Holly Lake

[sambo73]

My feeders are just on the edge of the woods. I need to go try some hand corn and a camera.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[CastAndBlast]

Hand corn is where it is at! I can't keep the deer away from hand corn right now. At least until the hogs find it. I turn my feeders way up and try to keep the hogs at the feeders. Then hand corn away from them.

[bollomb]

Did anyone mention hand corn ? They are on it heavy right now. On these cold mornings sit until 11 atleast as they seem to like to move a little later on those days.