[quote=T-town]For y'all that like it the way it is. Did y'all even bow hunt the first of December, how was the hunting?

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December 1-10 had average highs of 70-78 degrees. And that followed the bang stick party the previous nine days. Not good this year.

Turk247,
When is the bowhunting ever real good, regardless of the weather, right after the bangsticks come out?

Dude the trees down here are still full of leaves. They all were in bow range and none were mature bucks but again it was just one day.

Yeah I know. It was just an extra slap in the face from mother nature.

Funny how they still move in daylight middle of October even when the high is in the low 80's.

They still move during the day in December too.

T-town where do you hunt in the south zone? It must not be in lower part of the zone.

No, we're just south of Hwy 80. I'm glad ya'll get to hunt February now, but it stinks that we've lost 1/3 of our early season which has always been the best for taking good deer with a bow. I can go sit and see deer in early December too, but its not the ideal time to kill a big deer with your bow. All the acorns are on the ground, everyones green fields are up, bucks have been out of velvet for 6-8 weeks, there's been 2 weeks of gun season pressure, and the rut is still over a month away.
Youth and muzzleloader season has already shortened the early season "quiet woods" by a week and now we've traded 10 more days.

I understand T-town and would probably feel the exact same way if I was in your shoes. To be honest I would not have a problem with them totally closing those ten days in December as long as our season still went to February 10. Selfishly I like an earlier suggestion of ten days of bow season added in at the end of our February season but I realize that would only be good for us extreme southern hunters. Good luck on your season and stay safe!

Aw look at ya just stirrin the pot. I've had chances to kill good deer with my bow all through the season so far. October, November and December

I wouldn't be complaining if my place was holding 100+ deer per square mile this season like someone else I know.