WOW, looks like the rains helped and the genetics certainly didn't hurt.

All summer long and into Sept I have a nice pic of a 10 pt showing up consistently. It's be same one I've seen for nearly 3 three years. I have him aged at between 5-6 years old. Then all of the sudden rise he's nowhere to be seen over the past 3 weeks! Do you think he found another ranging area? I did see a new mature 8 showing up the past two weeks. Thoughts?

Acorns are dropping. Been seeing less bucks the last few weeks also.

He moved to our lease. We are up there and they are extremely hard to pattern. We run two feeders year round and get hardly a single deer on cam except Nov to Feb. We go weeks and months without seeing some of the bucks. They just found something else to eat like acorns. I took a buck after Christmas last year that was all over the place on cam but not a single person saw him on hoof. We have some that show up once a month to a feeder. It makes it exciting and frustrating though.

We had a nice 8 on cam in Feb a few times and then he shows up one day in July as a nice 11 point in velvet and that is all we have of him on cam. He will be back but who knows when.

I have the same problem. Have a huge 10 pt that shows up with other bucks the 2nd week in August every year. This year he was a few weeks late. This year I have him on camera during morning hours for the first time ever after putting out a new timed feeder. Haven't been to lease in almost two weeks, do don't know if he (they) are gone now. as is usually the case by the fist of October.

Acorns are starting to drop at my place as well. I'm between forestburg and montague. Tons of hogs as always and one good deer on camera. Probably going to be another hard year with the ample water and acorns. I'll try to upload the buck I have on camera shortly

Nice. We shoot the hogs and then by Thanksgiving they get the picture and leave. I try to only hunt the penned feeders during that time until they are gone.

Yeah we just had piles of corn under our feeders, so we just left them empty after they were empty. I never get any good deer on camera until the end of October usually.

What's everybody seeing, going for the first time this year on Thursday. Looks like a chance of rain and cooler temps. Acorns have started to fall and that's all but killed the deer movement.

Anybody make it out this past weekend, I was going to go but ended up not being able to make it. Pops sent me a bunch of pics of the trail cam with 7 new bucks showing up unfortunately most are at night.

This is between forestburg and montague

I think the acorn drop has killed most of the activity right now. But, they won't last long.

Yeah ours have dropped too, I'm hoping all the rain kills our off pretty fast. Not near as many pigs this year, maybe because of all the available water which I'm thankful for.

I'm sitting in my tree right now just off of FM1630. 2 does before dawn and a coyote. Haven't seen a buck since I killed one 2 weeks ago. Had seen 8 different bucks up till then. 2 really nice ones.

Heading up for youth weekend. We have been feeding all year and seeing a lot of bucks. Nothing major but several 8 pointers and everything looks healthy.

Yeah I have 8 or 9 different bucks on camera, all are just your typical montague bucks. Basket rack 8 pts or spikes.

My neighbor is the major problem, 1200 acres 25 hunters

Went today with kids. Didn't see a lot of movement. Deer are hitting the feeders at night only. Still seeing a good amount of activity. Only hunted the morning but my guess is they were moving tonight after storm and cold front.

Checked feeders and food plots Oct. 28th. Saw some new rubs and several new scrapes around the protein feeders. Have pics of an older 9 point and a younger 8 pt. Also have 1 pic of a 150-155 9 point, ( I'm guessing)
We also have neighbors on a lease next to us that are shooting everything that moves. Probably 8 or 10 of them on the lease and they bring their whole damn families to hunt. I feed protein 6 months out of the year at 2 different free choice feeders and it does make a difference but when these guys are whacking everything that moves it gets very frustrating. I saw several 2 1/2 year old bucks that no way make the AR'S and should have walked, in the back of their pickups. Kinda talked to them about it and they always say they're going to get with the program next year but never do. I don't like AR'S, we have quite a few bucks that need to be culled that no way make the AR'S but we follow the law. Quit shooting the little 8's and 10's!!!

Well pops said we got 5 inches of rain at the ranch so I'm hoping it kills the acorns off pretty soon.

I was pig hunting last night and saw 2 nice bucks fight for over 5 mins....in Montague

I've hunted my ranch in Montague for almost 20 years and have yet to see two bucks fight. What part of Montague Trulifetaxidermy?

I'm the same; never seen a fight.

I know they do fight because I get broken up bucks every year and I've had pictures on my game cam of them sparring. It's always been at night though. Our buck to doe ratio is horrible and for that reason I think that's why rattling never works at my place. Grunt calls and doe bleats work pretty good. A decoy has been pretty good in years past as well

I have seen one fight in my years of hunting there. Not big deer but they were clicking horns and pushing each other around. It wasn't by a feeder either. Another guy saw a real good fight. The never never came out in the open but it was loud and could see their bodies through the brush going back and forth.