LFTT 2/3/15

In search of the elusive South Alabama rut

My view

Keep an eye out on the far side of that landing. There was a biggun crossing there last year and he rubbed a big cedar tree numerous times. Never saw him during daylight though. Good Luck!

Good luck. They were cruising in North Baldwin on Saturday.

Thanks

That must be where all the bigfoot sightings are.

Just had a doe come through

Just got set up ! Saw 4 on the way up at 830 .

Doe just came thru greenfield. 10:35

Had a deer come to my grunts ... Downwind . Never blew just eased off

Killed a biggun at 7am this morn coming to the can and a grunt call.. Seen 2 doe earlier go in the the same trail he came out following another shooter 6pt, then 3 doe crossed after I had killed the big deer! Just getting rutty in pike county or on my land at least. Seen 20 doe yesterday and not one decent buck in tow...

Got down and heading to my other club to do a midday hunt.....saw one doe so far nothing trailing her and no running tracks in the road on the way out. Good luck everyone!

I didn't see a thing this morning, but I think the active time is gonna me 10-2 today. I gotta go get an estimate to have my truck fixed and then i'll be back in a tree by 2:30. Maybe big boy will move at last light.

while I'm standing on the box, how much luck do yall have on these cold mornings. My expierence around here has been that when it gets cold, these southern AL deer don't like to move till it warms up. Seems 38-48 deg is when I see em move the most.

Havent seen anything yet . Ttying to sit till 2!

Just had a spike come through grunting his little but off

pics?

Oh and Mr. Weatherman there is nothing easterly about this wind supposed to NE and ENE but definitely not

I kill a lot of my bigger deer in the cold it was 28 this morning in pike

Pics coming

Woods or plot this evening ? Suggestions??

Where are the does?

If you got a plot that consistently has a doe in the evening in it sit there this time of the year...

Ok plot ... Now 5 choices ! Lol

Good luck! I have got to run and take care of some things at three so I will miss the evening hunt but Heck nine hours in the woods ain't bad

I chose the plot yesterday afternoon and saw three does and a spike. Nothing, including the spike, even bothered to mess with the does. Here in Barbour County it is like the rut came and left or just hasn't gotten strong. I've yet to see a buck chase a doe and I haven't missed a week of hunting.

Hunted in the woods from 9 till 1:30 and saw nothing. Had a pic of a decent 8 on the plot I'm on this evening at 12. Guess I shoulda hunter here all day. In evergreen alabama

QDM. I'm seeing the same here. I saw what I would call 1-2 days of rut behavior and it has tapered off since then. I'm on the area I think was rutting latest, but it looks like it has dropped of significantly since this past weekend. Its been a steady but slow season here

Marengo County. Just got in stand, hunting a big greenfield. Hunted here yesterday and saw 12 deer. One was a rack Buck right after dark couldn't tell how big. Hopefully he will come out a little earlier today or I may have to ground check him. Lol

Our fields have been DEAD. I finally got on a good pattern late last week in the woods and was covered up in deer just not the ones I needed to see. Found some real good sign last weekend that looks promising for this weekend.

Figured i would hunt this plot and be very sneaky ( no grunting , rattling , scent ) sat down looke around the edge of the plot ... 3 scent whicks !

One of members just sent me this pic. If you look closely you will see a yellow tag in the does ear. That is a first for me. I wonder where she came from....

Looks like it's got buttons...

I was going to say the same as Ivan.

Me too...Looks like a buttonhead...

Sure does....didn't even pay attention to that. I was too focused on the tag

Maybe somebody's trophy button buck has gotten loose and likes my lease

I seen zero today, and there wasn't a fresh scrape to be found today. Aint lookin like I picked the right week for vacation, should have took off last week I guess

I made it to the club around 11 and climbed up a tree on the edge of a clearcut. Right at noon I saw a doe come out of the pines into a nasty thicket in the cut but it was so thick that I never did see her after that. About that time my boss sends me a message apologizing for interrupting my hunt but he needs me to call him ASAP. I thought to myself "crap I am not getting good enough reception to make a call and a doe is somewhere under me so I don't want to move and scare it off". So I texted him that I was trying to call him but had bad reception. About that time I hear grunting from across the clearcut but it's so thick that I can't see anything. Now I am really anxious because something important is going on at work and I need to get down but somewhere out there is a buck grunting. I decided to grunt at him and then he was getting closer so the bossman was going to have to weight for a minute. He grunted all through the clearcut and I finally picked up movement but it was so thick all I could see was glimpses but he looked like a shooter. Then I saw the doe he was tailing cross a little opening and when he got to that opening I did a quick check to make sure he was a mature deer and let the 270 eat. He ended up being a pretty good 6 point that was 4.5 or 5.5 yrs old. That dude had been fighting something fierce. He had a hole above his right eye and another below his left eye. The top of his head was bleeding. Called the boss after the shot and it was a situation that I couldn't do anything about so it's a good thing that I weighted.

After I shot I saw 2 more does down in the thicket and I jumped another something walking to the deer. It's amazing how those clearcuts can be so thick but at first glance you would think that you could see anything that moves.

QDM I agree. No hard rut. Scrapes aren't being hit but I think the big bucks are trailing does, just not chasing them yet. I hope it changes soon.