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I think I may be on the verge of setting a record.....I have been hunting since opening day of bow season...over 2 months now, and I still have not laid eyes on a deer.

Not. A. Single. One.

I would just drive around at dusk until I saw one somewhere or walk until I jumped one to get that bad juju off you.

This could tie in with the, "Are we alone?", thread. My sightings have been way down compared to last year. I've seen 4 total on about 10 hunts.

I should have clarified.....seen one "while hunting".

I saw 2 does walking down a tree line on the interstate on the way to the club back around Thanksgiving.

Sorry for the bad luck Gomer. I was in your shoes a couple seasons ago. Never saw a single deer the entire season. I had to put in more time laying down the boot leather on public ground, and widening my hunting opportunities in order to see more deer.

I'll say this - I spent only 2 evenings hunting a Quota Hunt public area in TN back in November, and in those 2 evening sits saw more deer than I've seen all year in Alabama anywhere, including a fantastic buck that I never got a shot on. Got me seriously considering joining a club up there next season if I can get into one.

It's crazy. I got a couple deer my first year hunting, then saw 1 deer the whole season the next year. Pretty depressing considering I had put a lot of work in going into my second season. This year has been a good one for me so far. Hang in there!

We gonna have to do something to loft that hex. I've been seeing deer most every hunt in the forest

Im the exact same. I drove around at night on the top of our neighborhood jist to remeber what they look like. But have seen nothing. Im holding out till January. Got 4 days planned during then to get one in the freezer.

Man i feel blessed especially after reading this post and some of the comments. WIsh we allowed guest i would bring a few over to our club. Honestly i rarely go more than 2-3 hunts without seeing a deer.

I may need to get up with you after Christmas.

and it's not just me......with 5 hunters hunting, there has not been a single deer spotted since Thanksgiving weekend, by anyone.

there are tracks and sign everywhere, they're just not moving during the day.

Time to go old school - make a few short drives. (Go ahead and flame away, I can take it )

It’s them stinky britches you’re wearing.

I don't let the stinky britches get within 50 miles of the club!

Don’t feel bad Gomer. The few times I’ve gotten to go I haven’t seen anything either.

I would like to get something for the freezer because I lost all the meat I had. So a doe would be good for me.

But I am hunting public ground and not a club. I am still learning the areas I can hunt. May not get one and that’s fine too.

Ive hunted since the bow season opener and it started off good. I was seeing deer almost every time i went. Now the past 5 sits ive seen absolutely 0.

I'm with you. Release the hounds!

I can relate to this. We have sign and tracks all over everywhere but getting them in daylight is the hard part. Cameras show they are moving some in daylight, just nothing consistent. I am about to change tactics and hunt in places I wouldn't expect them to be. Worth a shot.

Sounds like my last season. I wasn't even finding tracks crossing roads in traditional places. I had to really get down deep into hard to hunt, difficult to access spots and started seeing deer, but then I had the issue of not wanting them badly enough to try to pack a dead one out of the places I'd found them.
This season has been the opposite. I've been seeing right in the roads driving around the lease and taking passes on most of them.

Some people just suck at deer hunting.