My patterns have been all jacked up this year too. I kept a large bachelor group till mid December. They have all dispersed and are hit or miss on returning. I might se one on camera every 2-3 days. I used to see does on all 3 fields daily every afternoon. Now I’m lucky if I have a pair of does on one field in the afternoon. By this time last 3 years, the rut was wide open. No sign of it yet. There has been a lot of change around my place this year though. Mainly the cutting of the 1600 acres of pines to my north. This is why it’s hunting, not killing.
