What Is The October Lull - And A Few Ways To Beat It

Every year in the middle of October it seems the deer disappear and the number of trail camera photos fall of a cliff. The dreaded October Lull. This can be extremely frustrating, spending long hours in a tree seeing nothing but squirrels when just the week before it seemed the deer were everywhere. But do we have to suffer through two weeks of terrible hunting? Fortunately no. But in order to beat the October Lull we need to understand what causes it in the first place.
In this video we will discuss understanding the October lull - and how to hunt it.
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[@jerryshowens3049]

Good Morning from Central Illinois and thanks for the update. We've only hunted one Evening this year. In the last week we've seen a major drop in getting trail cam pics as well.

[@ew1421]

I agree a 100% about the Oct. lull my white oaks started dropping a week ago here in Oklahoma and the deer have abandoned my gravity feeders and food plots. They will start hitting the feeders and plots again around mid November here.

[@W3RDOUTDOORS]

Here in Northern Alberta Canada. Deer Activity takes a major switch MID September. There are a few factors, the 2 biggest 1. Agriculture lands are being Harvested 2. Rifle season Opens for everything Elk, Moose, Deer, and Bear on Sept 17th The pressure from Hunters is incredible, to the point of some of our higher populated Deer and Elk areas sound like warzones. Even though this video is directed to American populations, alot can be applied to us here in Alberta. From what i notice, the deer activity has increased. ESPECIALLY in bucks. However, they are pretty well ALL nocturnal. Great video!

[@bryanmoorefield8890]

Great video, I hunt southeast Nebraska on 5 farms all to myself. 90% of it is just strips of timber and all corn or bean fields. Absolutely no oaks of any kind so EVERYWHERE is a good source so I strictly hunt travel corridors near bedding areas. I have 28 permanent ladder stands so hunt the best stand based on wind. 🏹🏹🦌🦌. Keep videos coming 👍

[@brob-zy8zi]

My best spot year after year is full of red oak acorns and the deer were all over them. The white oaks didn't produce here this year. But, the bears have also moved in and all but run the deer out of town. We had a bumper crop last year of both red and white oaks and it seems that some trees are producing this year while others aren't. It's going to be interesting to see if the bears lay off for a while. I won't hunt it until they do.

[@rickwells1131]

I'm hunting an edge within an edge on my property right now in a transition area. The problem I'm experiencing is I have at least four good deer paths that they are coming in from. How do I combat that as far as wind direction goes?

[@KevinFlaherty-r9m]

Was getting good activity over scrapes from late August through all of September,but as of the first week of October the activity has slowed down up to today as I post this.im not hunting these areas and my cameras are collecting and sending data to me when available.the food sources are acorns, natural browse with high stem count,cut hay Fields and apple and pear trees.

[@MichaelWilliams-to3cj]

What about black oaks?

[@davidwetenkamp1873]

Best way to beat the “lul”, don’t hunt It :)