A lack of late archery bucks showing up on here

[huntnnw]

Seems there has been a lack of late season bucks showing up on here. I know for myself and some buddys can attest that its been a rough late season with a odd rut and lack of mature bucks moving in daylight. I have yet to find a shooter buck in weeks on camera.

[DBHAWTHORNE]

I agree. Things are very odd and I too have surprised at how few late season bucks have shown up on here.

Aside from Deadeye I haven't had any bucks over 130 inches show up on camera since 15 Nov.....and honest almost all 2 1/2 year old plus bucks I have showing up are very sporadic compared to this time of the season in years past. It's like a trickle rut.

[huntnnw]

I have 6-8 areas going all over 127 with cams and I have 1 mature whitey and its a 3x4!!  I have seen almost 3 weeks ago bucks together!! then 2 days later full blown chasing then 2 days and bucks feeding together again and some areas where I have seen 0 chasing and bucks feeding non stop and some areas where I have seen 3 weeks of chasing..it may be the oddest rut I have ever hunted in E WA.  On a side note I planned on hunting a trio of bucks that I saw all summer and even up until mid Oct..then 2 of the 3 vanished the biggest was a 145" 6x5 I saw yesterday standing on the side of a road chasing some does with the other buck that also vansished

[DBHAWTHORNE]

Good luck putting something together and making it happen. I am making a last minute scramble to connect on a buck that I want. If it doesn't happen I will be taking something to get some venison in the freezer on the last couple of days.

[huntnnw]

Yeah thats my plan..trying to get my gf her first buck has turned into a long process Had some close opportunites last week..hope this weekend it happens

[jager]

Are you guys seeing a lack of mature bucks, bucks in general or all deer, does included.
I've not been seeing as many deer this year as I usually do. I'm talking whiteails here. When there was snow in the area a couple weeks ago the lack of tracks confirmed this.
I even went to a spot the other day that is strictly a no hunting area...usually quite few really big bucks....only a saw a few spikes 
Unit 124 the population is way down. haven't seen an abundance of predator sign... so I don't know. Strange...never seen it this bad.

[PolarBear]

My buddy has been seeing a ton of bucks in the 101 in my usual hunting spot but most of them are young.  He said that he has never seen so many 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 year old heavy horned 3 points but nothing worth shooting.  Out of dozens of bucks that he has seen in the past few weeks, only one would go over 140 but barely.  Usually there are at least a couple of bucks in the same area in the 150-160 range but not this year.  It isn't worth making the 400 mile drive.

[DBHAWTHORNE]

PB what you are describing is exactly what I am experiencing. There isn't a lack of bucks...just a lack of bucks I want to shoot.

[DBHAWTHORNE]

Are you guys seeing a lack of mature bucks, bucks in general or all deer, does included.
I've not been seeing as many deer this year as I usually do. I'm talking whiteails here. When there was snow in the area a couple weeks ago the lack of tracks confirmed this.
I even went to a spot the other day that is strictly a no hunting area...usually quite few really big bucks....only a saw a few spikes 
Unit 124 the population is way down. haven't seen an abundance of predator sign... so I don't know. Strange...never seen it this bad.

I'm am seeing less mature bucks than I have in years past but I am seeing dozens of 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 year old bucks....and even they are sporadic. The overall population seems slightly lower (does included) than it was last year in the areas that I hunt.

[PolarBear]

Yeah, it really sucks over there this year.  If they can keep the cats and dogs off of the bucks, we will have a banner hunting season in about 2 years!  That snow just before Thanksgiving pushed a lot of deer down by the San Poil, even mule deer which usually do not show up until after the first of the year.  There are some hound hunters in the Quartz Mt area right now looking for cats and another group coming in a few weeks.  Lets hope they can get a couple of them out of there to up the odds of survival for those little bucks!

[jnevs23]

Same here.  Weird rut activity, weird weather, weird deer activity in general.  I've had my cam in 3 different locations over deer blocks, alfalfa, apples and acorns and all i have pics of is 3 spikes, a 2 point and one 4 pt that only showed up once.  I've never seen so Many young deer running around like they have never been put in their place.  Hoping to sneak out once more but might be too busy with work and school. Kicking myself for passing easy shots on all 3 spikes. oh well, can't shoot the big one if you drop little ones right off the bat.

[DBHAWTHORNE]

Yeah, it really sucks over there this year.  If they can keep the cats and dogs off of the bucks, we will have a banner hunting season in about 2 years!  That snow just before Thanksgiving pushed a lot of deer down by the San Poil, even mule deer which usually do not show up until after the first of the year.  There are some hound hunters in the Quartz Mt area right now looking for cats and another group coming in a few weeks.  Lets hope they can get a couple of them out of there to up the odds of survival for those little bucks!

I hope they can get some of those cats too brother.

 That big snow dump combined with a weird rut really changed movement in my area too.

[huntnnw]

lotta 2 and 3 yr olds on cam this year and thats not what I want..I do have some bad genes in one spot with bucks not having brows or just one.. may take one of them out.

[DBHAWTHORNE]

yeah..my wife is probably going to shoot a 3 1/2 year old with an 8-10 inch spread that may only go 110-115. We have a few other 3 1/2 year olds that show some promise but I doubt any of them will ever make it over 140-150. Its really nice when they are 140-150 at 3 1/2.

[jager]

Yep lots of young bucks...definitely less deer all around though.