My Deer are MIA

[MtnMike]

For the past several months, I have had deer at my Corn Feeder and my Protein Feeder every day. The past 8 days, nothing. I assume acorns are everywhere and the deer are on them. Is anything similar happening in your woods? Hunting in Anderson County, East Texas.

[PYBUCK]

It's always acorns in late September and October.

[BrandonF]

Basically the same in smith county.

Working acorns and scrape lines hard right now.

[Big pig]

Yep. I say it’s acorns.
Corn is actually still on the ground after deer leave here at the house.
Not like this summer where they came in the yard begging for more.

BP

[Etxbuckman]

Probably not an acorn left on the trees after the wind the last few days.

[Stan R]

I turned my feeder down to 2 feeding and 2 seconds. Going to turn it completely off when I get home from work.

[Jon B]

Freaking acorns

[T-roy66]

I'm seeing the same thing at my place in Arkansas. No deer pictures in the past three days.

[tpack]

I`m just not seeing any bucks. Been on this lease for 5 years and always have 4 or 5 decent bucks on camera this time of year. I see 8-10 does every time I go this year. Had 2 does and a spike see me throwing out hand corn yesterday and came running and started eating 60 feet from me, so they are hungry. Hopefully it has to do with the lack of water this summer and our stock tanks went dry.

[dosrobles]

Same in Burnett County. In August I had does watching me n the dogs repair feeder pens they wanted the corn so bad, now, they walk all around me up in my tree and never walk into the pen. All the acorns are on the the ground now and rain is coming (please G-d let it rain). They will be back soon enough

[Bayouboy]

Same in Angelina County on our club. Happens around this time every year.

[Johnny Dangerr]

Pecans also. Hunted an orchid for a couple of years. Deer hammer pecans...

[cram369]

They’re still coming in for corn at my place, but have slowed down on the some.


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[Twist]

Just started getting pics of doe and bucks at mine sporadically over the past two days. The spot we have set up for my wife has been dead since Labor Day weekend.

[tminc]

Thought it was hailing night before last in the strong wind.Another front in the am,hopefully will blow the rest down.The live oaks have small acorns,the post oaks r loaded.Come on with the rut,the young uns r starting to sniff around.the juniors r working their scrapes.The big boys will b along soon.

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[Rwc]

Acorns where raining down all around me yesterday afternoon along the river. It has deer spread out a little right now.

Rwc

[jds247]

They are eating Acorns at my lease near Brady. I hunted for 5 days last week. Young does and yearlings at the feeders. I glassed several nice bucks and older does eating under the oak trees ..

[sectxag06]

Originally Posted by tpack

I`m just not seeing any bucks. Been on this lease for 5 years and always have 4 or 5 decent bucks on camera this time of year. I see 8-10 does every time I go this year. Had 2 does and a spike see me throwing out hand corn yesterday and came running and started eating 60 feet from me, so they are hungry. Hopefully it has to do with the lack of water this summer and our stock tanks went dry.

We haven’t seen much in the way of bucks. Spikes. Spikes. Spikes. Usually we take 1 or 2 good ones in bow season every year. So far nothing.

[txtrophy85]

Been slow at my place near Garven store.

Ever since that one good rain in early September the sightings have been few.

Seen very few acorns though

[Evils1]

Same here in central Texas

[RifleBowPistol]

We have lots of acorns this year, but the deer are still cleaning up the corn, within an hour after the feeder goes off. I watched a doe and fawn eating acorns this morning, that was till a nice buck went after the doe. There was a wall of yaupon between me and them, could not get a shot. So went and got the card out of the camera I knew he would be on, it looks like it was the big 8 that has been showing up this month. Wished I could have stayed in the stand longer. I know they will be hanging around all day.

[Black Ice]

I’m not seeing many in South Texas.

Feels like the is happens when we have a wet year.


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[brokeno]

Mountain lion moved in.

[Burwabit]

Even the pigs at my place in Leon County aren't showing up any more. Must be an awesome acorn crop.

[doghouse]

Does still coming to my road feeder corn when they hear my Canam and road feeder going off. This is in southwest Mills county on the Colorado river. I only feed every other day.

[EastTexasTiger]

Worst ive seen it - must be a massive acorn crop. Odd considering the drought

[dclifton]

Yup acorns bad... Does still hit feeder a little but im down to one feeding a day for 1 sec right now just to keep from wasting it.

[Black-N-Red]

Yep I’ve got a few regular does & 6 point that are faithful. I had 5 shooters but they’re all gone right now. I hand corn & have a trough but I haven’t thrown corn or added any to the trough in about a week. Hopefully the shooters will turn back up.


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[Hex]

ditto

[Tree Phantom]

Something will eat

[Bucknaked]

Or it may be that your neighbors haven’t been feeding due to the cost and just started feeding …

[spread5150]

Been a lot of birds at my feeder also. Deer have been laying low for about a month out in west Texas.

[Pistol]

Same in Milam County. We have a picture from this morning of a pig walking past the pile of corn like it was dirt.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

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[softpoint]

Big acorn crop. Deer, hogs, and even the coons aren't showing much on my feeder camera. And still plenty of pin oak acorns in the trees. Wind and rain will be our friend, Lots of wind should help bring down the acorns, and wet weather can sour them over time.

[spread5150]

Not many acorns in west Texas.

[MtnMike]

Originally Posted by Pistol

Same in Milam County. We have a picture from this morning of a pig walking past the pile of corn like it was dirt.

Yep, I have a big Boar that has been a regular visitor. But he has also been MIA! Of course I consider that a good thing! However if he shows up, it will be hammer down!

[MtnMike]

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

Or it may be that your neighbors haven’t been feeding due to the cost and just started feeding …

Neighbors feed year round but do not hunt, they are Deer Watchers not Hunters. Once we get colder weather and the acorns sour(assuming we get some rain)I am sure the Deer will be back!

[Big pig]

Originally Posted by sectxag06

We haven’t seen much in the way of bucks. Spikes. Spikes. Spikes. Usually we take 1 or 2 good ones in bow season every year. So far nothing.

Most of my 1yr olds are spikes. Not enough groceries in this year long drought IMHO.
We fed Cottonseed and protein, but not all year. Cow feed took priority.

BP

[MtnMike]

Some of my deer are back along with a Traveling Buck that I have not seen before. Still not eating my corn or protein very much. But they are all over my Buck Forage Oats Food Plot that is really doing well after several inches of rain and more on the way.

[Texas452]

Originally Posted by Burwabit

Even the pigs at my place in Leon County aren't showing up any more. Must be an awesome acorn crop.

Same here.
I have all my feeders fenced with pig panels, we hand corn a couple areas every year before the season for pigs, but the pigs aren’t hitting it this year.
This is in Leon county.

[Txhunter3000]

In Burleson County the pigs have started to root the fields again and feeders don't throw outside the pen. Lots of big pigs at night. More bucks than I could of hoped for showed up last week at the feeders.

[bulltx50]

If anyone has had any measurable rain with these little fronts, you have winter forbs sprouting

[Buck Shot]

It’s slow in freestone county also.

[Greenheadless]

I was running ~1000 lbs of protein / month out of two feeders until the acorns started falling.

They haven’t eaten 50 lbs of protein between the two feeders in 3-4 weeks now. And they like protein MUCH more than corn.

[louieagarcia]

Mountain lion moved in

[Greenheadless]

Originally Posted by louieagarcia

black panther moved in

fify

[Brute Killer]

I haven't had a mature-ish buck on my cameras at all, but I have only had them up a couple weeks.
I used to have a nice buck show up at the cabin when I hand fed the deer, but I believe he is now 5 and a lot more cagey.
That, or he got shot last season.

[Big pig]

This week has been interesting.
Only bucks at my house feeders this morning
Saw some serious chasing yesterday.
Good news is my food plots finally started sprouting.

Seems a little early.

BP

[MtnMike]

I am now seeing deer every day in my Food Plot! They are chowing down on the Buck Forage Oats. No Shooters so far!