Maybe my expectations are lower. I have had several sits, even in Parke County, where I have seen nothing. To me that doesn't mean the deer aren't there. I can tell they are simply by the sign. The days where I have seen several deer (never 20) about equaled the days where I have seen none.

I know the drought radically changed deer movement in the places I hunt the most. It took me several hunts to figure out what they were doing different. In fact, they had almost flip-flopped movement patterns. Once I realized I was probably hunting the wrong winds for the spots, I started seeing more. To me that's part of the puzzle and part of the fun.

Things change all the time and unless you are very fortunate, deer don't follow the exact pattern every day.