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Macon County Update #2983121 12/12/19 05:49 PM 12/12/19 05:49 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,968 Opelika, AL AU_trout_bum OP 8 point
AU_trout_bum OP 8 point Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,968 Opelika, AL	Not sure how many of you hunt this area, but I had a small 4pt chasing a doe last weekend, then a 7pt come in behind him. Seems very odd for this area and this time of year based on my experience. Just curious if anyone else has seen anything similar. Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters JacksonKayak Fishing Team --------------------------------------------------- "I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to." - Tom Kelly

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2983194 12/12/19 07:32 PM 12/12/19 07:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 1,149 Wetumpka, Al B bdw32 6 point
bdw32 6 point B Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 1,149 Wetumpka, Al	I’ve had luck up there this time of year in the past.

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2983196 12/12/19 07:34 PM 12/12/19 07:34 PM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,067 Montgomery, Alabama jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread!
jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread! Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,067 Montgomery, Alabama	It's a crap shoot sometimes. It be's that way sometimes. www.sunpoolcompany.com

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2983247 12/12/19 08:05 PM 12/12/19 08:05 PM
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 2,640 Montgomery, AL F Forrestgump1 10 point
Forrestgump1 10 point F Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 2,640 Montgomery, AL	What part of Macon county?

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2983275 12/12/19 08:24 PM 12/12/19 08:24 PM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,067 Montgomery, Alabama jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread!
jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread! Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,067 Montgomery, Alabama	Be honest with ya, the little bucks overly excited and the larger one ain't old enough to no better yet. It be's that way sometimes. www.sunpoolcompany.com

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2983289 12/12/19 08:29 PM 12/12/19 08:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 19,693 Pelham Ben2 Old Mossy Horns
Ben2 Old Mossy Horns Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 19,693 Pelham	Full moon time = bucks getting frisky happens ever December. We had a bunch of bucks out messing with does past weekend but it will be another couple weeks til it gets real

Re: Macon County Update [Re: Forrestgump1] #2983351 12/12/19 09:07 PM 12/12/19 09:07 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,968 Opelika, AL AU_trout_bum OP 8 point
AU_trout_bum OP 8 point Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,968 Opelika, AL	Originally Posted by Forrestgump1 What part of Macon county? In Notasulga off of 54 Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters JacksonKayak Fishing Team --------------------------------------------------- "I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to." - Tom Kelly

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2983377 12/12/19 09:21 PM 12/12/19 09:21 PM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 5,801 Hoover, AL M48scout 12 point
M48scout 12 point Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 5,801 Hoover, AL	Her tail was pointed straight out ... seemed like she was ready too, or close to it.

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2983393 12/12/19 09:35 PM 12/12/19 09:35 PM
Joined: May 2018 Posts: 3,266 Hoover,Al. StateChamps B Big Bore 10 point
Big Bore 10 point B Joined: May 2018 Posts: 3,266 Hoover,Al. StateChamps	Wide open in Jefferson County Hunting brings out the worst in people.

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2983456 12/12/19 10:12 PM 12/12/19 10:12 PM
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 2,640 Montgomery, AL F Forrestgump1 10 point
Forrestgump1 10 point F Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 2,640 Montgomery, AL	Originally Posted by AU_trout_bum Originally Posted by Forrestgump1 What part of Macon county? In Notasulga off of 54 eh, still a bit early for yall but your not too far from all sorts of different rut dates. Might just be fluke who knows.

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2984113 12/13/19 07:27 PM 12/13/19 07:27 PM
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 260 Alabama K kntree 4 point
kntree 4 point K Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 260 Alabama	Just a deer doing deer things.

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2984558 12/14/19 02:25 PM 12/14/19 02:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 576 Waverly, Ala F Festus 4 point
Festus 4 point F Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 576 Waverly, Ala	Have a friend who hunts a place right outside of 'Sulga. He has a 9 and a 10 on Camera...Necks Swelled. He found 5 fresh Scrapes.

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2987876 12/17/19 10:45 PM 12/17/19 10:45 PM
Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 397 Auburn, AL A Antlerfluke 4 point
Antlerfluke 4 point A Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 397 Auburn, AL	Chasing and harassment happens most of deer season. I watched sparring and chasing and deer just being deer today. I saw no shooters today, but the immature bucks on the field today sparred and slightly harassed a few does.

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2988285 12/18/19 01:46 PM 12/18/19 01:46 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,968 Opelika, AL AU_trout_bum OP 8 point
AU_trout_bum OP 8 point Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,968 Opelika, AL	Thanks for the replies. I am tied up until next weekend, and things should start heating up around then! Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters JacksonKayak Fishing Team --------------------------------------------------- "I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to." - Tom Kelly

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3000368 01/01/20 11:32 PM 01/01/20 11:32 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,968 Opelika, AL AU_trout_bum OP 8 point
AU_trout_bum OP 8 point Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,968 Opelika, AL	What's everyone seeing now? I saw a 4pt and 6pt yesterday that looked like they might have been sparring a little. They both just appeared out of nowhere. Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters JacksonKayak Fishing Team --------------------------------------------------- "I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to." - Tom Kelly

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3000371 01/01/20 11:41 PM 01/01/20 11:41 PM
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 2,640 Montgomery, AL F Forrestgump1 10 point
Forrestgump1 10 point F Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 2,640 Montgomery, AL	It’s still early but a good time to catch one slipping. You should be seeing scrapes and rubs pop up and bucks splitting up taking territories. Look around mid January for it to really get going

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3000372 01/01/20 11:42 PM 01/01/20 11:42 PM
Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 662 Conyers, GA and Auburn, AL R Razorsharp123 4 point
Razorsharp123 4 point R Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 662 Conyers, GA and Auburn, AL	Buddy shot a nice 8 yesterday morning working a scrape - about 7:15 am. Seen a lot more sign when scouting myself as well.

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3000489 01/02/20 09:19 AM 01/02/20 09:19 AM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 25,974 Prattville, Alabama Skullworks Freak of Nature
Skullworks Freak of Nature Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 25,974 Prattville, Alabama	They seem to be going pretty good where we hunt close to Tallassee. I need to get out there. "I'm not near as critical about how big they are as I once was. Smiles are more important now! We will grow more deer." Jimmy G.

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3000758 01/02/20 02:40 PM 01/02/20 02:40 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,968 Opelika, AL AU_trout_bum OP 8 point
AU_trout_bum OP 8 point Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,968 Opelika, AL	Yea, I walked some of the firebrakes between the fields and hardwood fingers. Lots of scrapes along the road under licking branches. I moved some cameras around near the scrapes. Mid-January is when all of our biggest deer have come. Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters JacksonKayak Fishing Team --------------------------------------------------- "I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to." - Tom Kelly

Re: Macon County Update [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3001075 01/02/20 06:56 PM 01/02/20 06:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 2,186 Central to South AL Stickers 8 point
Stickers 8 point Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 2,186 Central to South AL	Nothing much going on in Fort Davis. Could change overnight I now; few rubs and small scrapes. Looking forward to Jan 10-16 WDE

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