Nevada late season archery mule deer

[bangarang]

I’m currently on a late season archery hunt in Nevada (I’m posting after dark) and I’m struggling to find any deer sign. This is my first archery buck hunt and it goes through 2 Jan.

I believe this season is post rut and I haven’t been able to find much content on Rokslide or YouTube on post rut tactics. So far the suggestions are to glass under the trees and large rocks. There is about 2-3 inches of snow on the ground from a few days ago, so it’s been easy to see coyote and rabbit tracks, but no deer sign. I know snow isn’t too much of a factor based on reading Robby Denning’s book and I don’t think I’m in any migration corridors based on the migration map. https://westernmigrations.net/

Are they any specific elevation bands or aspects I should be targeting this time of year? I am assuming the bucks will be bachelored up so as to not compete with pregnant does.

I have a side by side so I am pretty mobile, but so far I have been trying to spend the majority of my time glassing for 2-3 hours at a time.

Thanks in advance.

 

[bigmoose]

At this point all the deer have migrated to their winter grounds . Usually lower elevation. You might try contacting the biologist for your area.

 

[Alpine4x4]

Snows definitely a factor. Eventually it will push them to their lower elevation wintering grounds. Had it happen to me this year in WA during late archery.