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Shelby County Rut #4245386 12/13/24 01:19 PM 12/13/24 01:19 PM
Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 114 Montgomery County dirt OP 3 point
dirt OP 3 point Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 114 Montgomery County	Are they rutting in this area yet? Head to Oak Mtn next week and wondering what their activity will be like. Thanks!

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4245496 12/13/24 03:48 PM 12/13/24 03:48 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 11,609 A abolt300 Booner
abolt300 Booner A Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 11,609	From what I'm seeing and hearing, they are about 2-3 weeks away. Still getting pics of bucks grouped up with 2 and 3 bucks running together. Not the big bachelor groups from a month ago but they are still hanging together some. Scrapes are starting to show up, but no harassing, pushing or chasing yet. Maybe some others will chime in. Update this thread with how your hunt at Oak Mountain is going.

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4245503 12/13/24 03:56 PM 12/13/24 03:56 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 16,279 Brierfield Beadlescomb Old Mossy Horns
Beadlescomb Old Mossy Horns Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 16,279 Brierfield	Had a grown deer on camera all last night with a doe. Usually Christmas is pretty wide open. I'm on the bibb Shelby line We will burn that bridge when we get there

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4245506 12/13/24 03:58 PM 12/13/24 03:58 PM
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 24,324 Awbarn, AL CNC Dances With Weeds
CNC Dances With Weeds Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 24,324 Awbarn, AL	The data says no....... We dont rent pigs

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4245511 12/13/24 04:05 PM 12/13/24 04:05 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 11,609 A abolt300 Booner
abolt300 Booner A Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 11,609	It's normally wide open from right around Christmas through the first week in January for the B'ham area. Then another flurry mid month when the unbred does cycle back in again in Jan.

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4245671 12/13/24 07:26 PM 12/13/24 07:26 PM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 9,115 Between the coosa and cahaba ! !shiloh! 14 point
!shiloh! 14 point ! Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 9,115 Between the coosa and cahaba	That place gets good once the leafs drop.

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4245710 12/13/24 08:23 PM 12/13/24 08:23 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,903 Bama B Bulls eye 12 point
Bulls eye 12 point B Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,903 Bama	Been hunting Shelby for years. Bucks still together. Little ones sparring a bit. Just starting to see new scrapes. Best time for me is right after Christmas until 1st week in January every year.

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4245764 12/13/24 10:18 PM 12/13/24 10:18 PM
Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 114 Montgomery County dirt OP 3 point
dirt OP 3 point Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 114 Montgomery County	Thanks all. Will report back, hopefully with good news.

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4245781 12/13/24 11:26 PM 12/13/24 11:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 16,279 Brierfield Beadlescomb Old Mossy Horns
Beadlescomb Old Mossy Horns Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 16,279 Brierfield	Killed one chasing this afternoon We will burn that bridge when we get there

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4245785 12/13/24 11:36 PM 12/13/24 11:36 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 16,279 Brierfield Beadlescomb Old Mossy Horns
Beadlescomb Old Mossy Horns Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 16,279 Brierfield	We will burn that bridge when we get there

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4245791 12/14/24 12:29 AM 12/14/24 12:29 AM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,865 alabama outdoors1 10 point
outdoors1 10 point Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,865 alabama	The key is trying to find a hot doe or a rutting buck out on the prowl not on lockdown .

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4246680 12/15/24 08:43 PM 12/15/24 08:43 PM
Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 114 Montgomery County dirt OP 3 point
dirt OP 3 point Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 114 Montgomery County	After couple days of scouting, confirm there are only two types of deer at Oak Mtn. Those going up uphill and those going downhill. These rock bluffs are steep!

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4246745 12/16/24 12:23 AM 12/16/24 12:23 AM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 238 Alabaster, Al L Longtine 4 point
Longtine 4 point L Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 238 Alabaster, Al	What unit did you get?

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4246766 12/16/24 05:52 AM 12/16/24 05:52 AM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 8,569 Chelsea, AL lefthorn 14 point
lefthorn 14 point Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 8,569 Chelsea, AL	I got a pic of a very young buck chasing a doe yesterday in Shelby County. A little early but he is young so maybe not too far away

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4246783 12/16/24 07:09 AM 12/16/24 07:09 AM
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 3,469 Chelsea lectrode 10 point
lectrode 10 point Joined: May 2013 Posts: 3,469 Chelsea	North Bibb, South Shelby is usually around Dec 13 to 31st . I live just a few miles from Oak Mountain and our deer are more in the Jan 10 through 31 window. Just starting to see a few scrapes You haven't been blocked until you've been flock blocked!!!

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: Longtine] #4247255 12/16/24 09:45 PM 12/16/24 09:45 PM
Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 114 Montgomery County dirt OP 3 point
dirt OP 3 point Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 114 Montgomery County	Unit 6. Belcher Rd

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: Bulls eye] #4247352 12/17/24 08:07 AM 12/17/24 08:07 AM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 15,190 Right Behind You W William Old Mossy Horns
William Old Mossy Horns W Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 15,190 Right Behind You	Originally Posted by Bulls eye Been hunting Shelby for years. Bucks still together. Little ones sparring a bit. Just starting to see new scrapes. Best time for me is right after Christmas until 1st week in January every year. Saw a bachelor group in Liberty Park last night with a couple of big bucks in it. It'll be another week or so and they will start running hard on the Jeff/Shelby line. Does will start littering the side of 459. "The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing... compared to the misery of not being exploited at all." Joan Robinson

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4247865 12/18/24 07:29 AM 12/18/24 07:29 AM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 19,975 Pelham B Ben2 Old Mossy Horns
Ben2 Old Mossy Horns B Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 19,975 Pelham	Saw a cowhorn spike chasing a doe by publix in Pelham last night

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4249310 12/20/24 04:02 PM 12/20/24 04:02 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 238 Alabaster, Al L Longtine 4 point
Longtine 4 point L Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 238 Alabaster, Al	Any luck?

Re: Shelby County Rut [Re: dirt] #4250095 12/22/24 12:01 AM 12/22/24 12:01 AM
Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 114 Montgomery County dirt OP 3 point
dirt OP 3 point Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 114 Montgomery County	Saw 2 deer and not much sign. Couple old scrapes, one decent new-ish rub, and one pile of droppings. It was a grind. The zones nearer the campground and golf course would be better, I think.

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