I got my youngest son here now on a greenfield on the north end. Hunted yesterday morning with my oldest son and we saw seven. One good buck chased a group of does in some thinned pines. Couldn’t ever get on any of them. Hunted that spot this morning with him and didn’t see anything.

For you guys that hunt here often, do you know if there are more deer seen up in the North zone vice the South?
I've only been in North a time or two.

I'll be there all 4 days of the BP hunt starting tomorrow.
Good luck to everyone!

My opinion is the north receives more pressure so I’ve concentrated my efforts to the south. I’ve seen a lot deer the past 3 years I’ve hunted here but it’s hard to find a shooter buck. I do a lot of scouting and hunt far off the road where I usually wouldn’t even drag a doe out.

Ok. I was in south all day today. Didn't see anything till around 12-1 when 2 deer came off the mountain, crossed the bottom and went up the next ridge. I could only see when they came out at the bottom and 145 yds away so assume does or maybe that doe and spike I have pics of.
Kicking my own butt cos if I would have got in a tree where I stopped first, they would have came out right below me lol.
I put my bottom stand around the one big pine and I got that old noisy rub of the strap so I couldn't use that tree so I moved.
I saw 1 big doe in the road when driving in as I came around a curve. She went back in just above this other little blue truck.Guess they never saw cos when I left at dark the truck was still there.

Yesterday was the first time I have actually heard a buck chasing a doe with the tending grunt, followed by the doe's estrusbleat (it sounded like).. It's funny cos where I was sitting I had done the same thing about 45 minutes earlier.

At first I was like, am I just hearing things..Then it started again. Somewhere off behind me I believe further down in the valley..Interesting day even though I didn't see anything but a bunch of ridge top trails, a few scrapes and a good sized rub in the old closed road.

I hunted there the past 2 days saw 0. Plenty of rubs and scrapes. I think the deer there die virgins.

Good luck yall. Keep after them. Takes one minute for a good hunt ot turn into a great one!

Good luck and post up some pics when you get one!

Well I'll admit, I'm starting to believe the others who say the numbers have declined over the years.
I try to stay away from areas where I always see people parked so I can hopefully increase my odds, but so far odds are still stacked against lol

I've seen a total of 5 deer this year in about 21 days in the woods and one of the deer was in the road omw in one day.
I did find an article ranking WMAs and accordingly, Choc had one of the highest man days/harvest, whereas Black Warrior Zone B had the fewest.
I've never been to BW and one day I want to drive there. I'm a little hesitant tho since it's 2+ hr drive and I'd hate to drive there and find 9000 hunters..
Ive read there are better deer although I've also read the numbers are NOT that high either. So leads me to believe it would be the same as Choc but just better deer.
Thoughts?

Black Warrior is definitely not easy hunting but there are some great deer on it. If you're expecting to see more deer than Choccolocco you might be disappointed. If you want a change of scenery then come on over. Who knows, you could get lucky. I've been hunting it for about 12 years and just now consistently see deer. It took a lot of walking and figuring out how the deer travel there.

Thanks jhogeland! I just need to find a decent looking area to try my first trip.

Why don't you try hollins tomorrow.

X2....Hollins Is always good this time of year....Ol Rebbecca Mt will make your calfs sing.... ...They'll be more than a few Bigns killed there this year....02... Good Luck...

Well I just finished figuring out Hollins so I think I'll skip tomorrow since it's gonna be a warm day with rain.
May try bow hunting there Sunday since it's gonna be a cooler day and a lot less pressure as well..