Late season archery strategy?

[Shmee22]

I can locate deer for the most part in D-11 during the general rifle season. However in the late A-31 season all the deer seen to vanish! What do I need to change up in order to be successful late in the season? What do the deer tend to do differently when the season gets later and later?


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[Lungpopper]

I would think that their water source or their food source changes. Do they move after it rains?

 

[Bonejour]

Do shorter daylight hours and the hunting pressure make them more nocturnal?


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[Shmee22]

Well during the rifle season I hiked a pretty heavy hunted area right around dusk and saw a group of five deer. They were on a north facing slope. However I tried that same strategy during archery season all during November and December and didn't see anything. I saw tracks that were only hours old but it probably was during the evening. I just have a lot of questions about all this stuff. Like also when is the rut at its peak up in d11?


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[ttrose]

Here is an older thread about the rut in Southern Ca that might help. http://southerncaliforniahunting.com/huntersforum/index.php?topic=2351.0
I hunt D16 and for me the bucks seem to vanish by December 1st. I get a few on camera but it is usually after legal light.

 

[invisible man]

I focus on the Doe activity. I try and keep track of the ones that will cycle late and that is where the Bucks are. But I hunt private land and the deer stay in small herds so it is easier to keep track.

 

[MJB]

Pressure will move them nocturnal but the does will bring them out for a shot.

You could try tracking some fresh tracks to the bedding area and hope you can get a shot.....it's worked for me in SD.