Where the heck are the bucks?! (36B)

[Viper]

Hunting 36B in the Arivaca Lake area, late Nov. Covering tons of country from Ruby Rd to the border. Hunting with a friend that has hunted the area for 30 years and knows all the places to hunt. We are glassing 30 to 40 deer a day...all does and fawns. We did get on a decent buck this morning, but gave us the slip. Border Patrol officer we spoke to said it's a weird year. Said his theory is, since illegal activity is way down, the bucks aren't getting pushed out of the canyons. Plenty of food and water so they stay put. Makes sense. Any experience...theories? 

[jdown]

2700 tags for 10 straight years and 2 of the last 3 with bad fawn crops I would say has as much to do with it as anything. 

[Viper]

11 minutes ago, jdown said:

2700 tags for 10 straight years and 2 of the last 3 with bad fawn crops I would say has as much to do with it as anything. 

I agree. Seeing the same thing in 22.

[tanclan4]

Yep, seen a nice buck and two small bucks opening day but lost the big buck, haven’t seen any since other than two mule deer bucks, one real nice 4x4!

[OpticNerd]

Seems to be a common theme among the border units this year. 

[Viper]

8 hours ago, tanclan4 said:

Yep, seen a nice buck and two small bucks opening day but lost the big buck, haven’t seen any since other than two mule deer bucks, one real nice 4x4!

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You down here now, Tony?

[tanclan4]

Headed back out with the daughter today

[Viper]

3 hours ago, tanclan4 said:

Headed back out with the daughter today

We're camped on Arivaca Lake rd. About a mile before the lake. 2 5th wheel toyhaulers.