Coffee/dale county rut

Has anybody seen any signs of rut in the coffee/dale county area yet?

None yet in coffee county. Should start putting down scrapes this week

That's what I figured. I'll be hunting the 16th thru the end of the season. Where in Coffee co are you hunting?

theres a few tell tell signs that its starting as it does every year around this time..wont really go into high gear till feburary as usual.ill b glad when we get the season extension

In elba along the pea river. Seen some fresh scrapes this morning

Yeah I agree with a season extension and think it would do wonders for the rut. I got ya huntbig, I'm hunting in Clayhatchee along the Choctawhatchee River.

I saw several fresh scrapes in coffee co the weekend after Christmas.......I actually moved a camera over one. But I agree, they are not chasing and should soon be getting hot. Should be chasing real good the first week of February.

Seen several fresh scrapes last week and after the rain Saturday my son and I watched a small buck clean the leaves out of a scrape 50yards in front of us. Also between 5 of us hunting we saw 2 young bucks running does in our food plots. But nothing real exciting here yet. We hunt just south of Elba on pea river.

Looks like the young bucks are starting so hopefully the big boys aren't far behind

Saw little bucks chasing last week. North of Enterprise.

Thanks Fellas. Keep updating as the season progresses and I'll do the same.

a new guy at our club shot doe yesterday n north coffee..she was definetly n heat. he said he watched her for 20 min and nothing was chasing.when she went to leave he shot her

will be out hunting tomorrow morning...will update then and hopefully with some pics i put over a scrape line

Heading north tomorrow to Dale County to hunt till the fat lady sings. Hopefully I will have some input in the next coupla days.My cuz was out riding his 4 wheeler late last week and saw a nice 8 with a doe, so its probably starting.I just hope there is no 70 degree weather like there was last year during the last 2 weeks.

Had a small basket buck chase two does out of a food plot last night. So hopefully the big boys will be joining in very soon

We seen 3 different bucks chasing in a pasture we hunt. Nothing to big, a small 8, 6, and a spike. It was a good evening for seeing deer for us. Really starting to pick up

some younger bucks seen chasing this weekend (spike, 4, and small 6). more bucks on trail cameras showing up....including this coffee county brute...

Mercy. The acreage I hunt has got a lot of scrapes that seemed to be getting lots of visits. Had a cowhorn chasing yesterday.

http://www.aldeer.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=828599#Post828599

That's a good looking buck. I've had a few smaller bucks chasing but all the big boys are still showing up at night. The does on our land just aren't quite ready yet. Hopefully any day now

Anybody have any updates?

we have been seeing a few smaller bucks running does on the food plots. I am processsing on the side and have had 4 nice bucks brought to me that were stanky and necks swole up all killed in the late mornings chasing off yonger bucks. I had 5 does in my food plot this morning and had a mature looking 8 skirt the field but he never paid the does any attention. he wouldnt come close enough or he wouldnt have had to worry about a doe.

Scrapes and rubs where I've been, but no chasing or cruising. They aren't checking scrapes with regularity, either.

Not much at our place but with only 8 days left it is about as good as its gonna get.

Still not seeing any chasing or even bucks for that matter at our place in NE Coffee county. Hoping that will change today.

Same here cut. Just some does and fawns