yeah it's still awfully hot and humid for deer - highs in the mid-80s. not good for deer hunting. luckily our rut isn't until late Dec/early Jan so still plenty of deer hunting. I'd like to keep at the squirrels, though, it's a fun way to get out in the woods and come home with something to eat.
I know hunting early season on the Gulf Coast sucks but I've had decent success hunting those early weeks when the woods are still quiet. The deer may not be super active but there's not many people out there stomping around either. By late October early November I start seeing more and more people in the woods scouting and getting ready for the pumpkin brigade.
My business is still busy then so I don't get to hunt very much early but take every chance I can even though it means sitting in the stand sweating