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The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
#848905
02/04/14 04:53 PM
02/04/14 04:53 PM
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teamduckdown
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I decided that today while at property in Wilcox county. Less than 48 hours after a rain and there were big running amd cutting tracks every where. We usually have a pretty significant rut in January on this property, but the past 2 years it hasn't got going during the season. Some say it is going on and we just aren't seeing it. Which may be true. But we used to see it. And this property had less hunting pressure on it this year than it has in the last 20.
I would really just like to see bow season backed up to November 1st and the season run from then until February 15th.
And if I had my druthers, no does after December 31st.
Last edited by teamduckdown; 02/04/14 05:25 PM.
Turkeys be damned.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: robb]
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02/04/14 05:06 PM
02/04/14 05:06 PM
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I too think that the season should start later and got into Feb state wide. NO!
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/04/14 05:27 PM
02/04/14 05:27 PM
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teamduckdown
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Im not sure how far north I think it should go. But i didn't mean statewide.
Turkeys be damned.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/04/14 05:31 PM
02/04/14 05:31 PM
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wareagle22
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GW told us last week the push is to get it to Hwy 80 and I-85 and include everything south of these 2 roads.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/04/14 05:41 PM
02/04/14 05:41 PM
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Matt Brock
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The last thing this state needs is Feb. Hunting statewide. Give it where its justified, and leave everybody else alone.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/04/14 05:43 PM
02/04/14 05:43 PM
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The last thing this state needs is Feb. Hunting statewide. Give it where its justified, and leave everybody else alone. You are correct, Sir.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/04/14 05:55 PM
02/04/14 05:55 PM
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I vote year around season...kill em all.
If you want to always win, never play anyone better than you!
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: wareagle22]
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02/04/14 05:57 PM
02/04/14 05:57 PM
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GW told us last week the push is to get it to Hwy 80 and I-85 and include everything south of these 2 roads. That would be ideal.
Turkeys be damned.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: foldemup]
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02/04/14 06:07 PM
02/04/14 06:07 PM
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I vote year around season...kill em all. Why does it bother some of you that we would like to have the same chances to enjoy and experience the white tail rut just as the folks do further north?
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/04/14 06:36 PM
02/04/14 06:36 PM
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Haybale
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I know on my land in Marshall county that the rut is just now starting really. Scrapes an tubs started showing up jan. 27 and I seen 2 mature bucks chasing today.
"To God Be The Glory"
"I'm in if it involves sticking my hand in a hole". Brent mashburn.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: Haybale]
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02/04/14 06:54 PM
02/04/14 06:54 PM
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I know on my land in Marshall county that the rut is just now starting really. Scrapes an tubs started showing up jan. 27 and I seen 2 mature bucks chasing today. Same way here in Etowah. An hour south or north of here the rut is around Christmas.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/04/14 08:54 PM
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GW told us last week the push is to get it to Hwy 80 and I-85 and include everything south of these 2 roads. That would be ideal. no, no, no lol im just a couple of miles north of 80 and I want a February season too. I would like to just start deer season nov 15-feb 15 no bow or muzzle loader specific seasons or maybe 1 week of bow season since the robin hoods out there are going to whine and moan about this. If the least I would rather not hunt the middle couple of weeks in December and get them back in February.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/04/14 09:29 PM
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How bout we don't complain about when we get to hunt.. take Kentucky for example .. look at their restrictions and dates https://app.fw.ky.gov/SeasonDates/Default.aspxTake it how y'all want but I'm happy to be able to hunt 3 1/2 months straight..
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The bird possesses a remarkable ability to turn arrogance into hopelessness. - TOM KELLY
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/04/14 09:33 PM
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PEA_RIDGE
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Better yet how bout we only have one week of season starting the first Saturday in November and go to the second and the no more
Fletch Triple Toe Assassins, Where Pellets Meet Peckers
"A turkey's brain development exceeds that of nearly all vice-presidents." - TOM KELLY
The bird possesses a remarkable ability to turn arrogance into hopelessness. - TOM KELLY
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: PEA_RIDGE]
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02/04/14 11:22 PM
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teamduckdown
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How bout we don't complain about when we get to hunt.. take Kentucky for example .. look at their restrictions and dates https://app.fw.ky.gov/SeasonDates/Default.aspxTake it how y'all want but I'm happy to be able to hunt 3 1/2 months straight.. Kentucky is one of the more liberal "Midwest" states. Not really sure what your point is. I wish Alabama would tighten down on it's game laws. The 3 buck maximum was a start, but I would guess more people than not, pay no attention to that law. Bottom line is. They will never make every hunter happy.
Turkeys be damned.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/04/14 11:51 PM
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No they won't please everyone. I personally would like to see us get actual tags for buck, when u buy your license u get three tags when u get caught without a tag applied then its an automatic ticket or a ride the slammer and if u lose one to bad no replacements
Fletch Triple Toe Assassins, Where Pellets Meet Peckers
"A turkey's brain development exceeds that of nearly all vice-presidents." - TOM KELLY
The bird possesses a remarkable ability to turn arrogance into hopelessness. - TOM KELLY
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: 2Dogs]
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02/05/14 01:48 AM
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The last thing this state needs is Feb. Hunting statewide. Give it where its justified, and leave everybody else alone. You are correct, Sir. X2. If anything for my area I would like them to take 15 days away in January and open 15 days earlier here
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/05/14 03:14 AM
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Saw a nice buck chasing in Pike County yesterday morning.
Never Trust Government
"You can be broke but you cant be poor." Ruthie-May Webster
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/05/14 03:51 AM
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GW told us last week the push is to get it to Hwy 80 and I-85 and include everything south of these 2 roads. That would be ideal. I think this would be the way to go also,I'm already in the Feb zone so I'm not affected,the way it's laid out now is crazy IMO
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/05/14 06:04 AM
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I too think that the season should start later and got into Feb state wide. NO! If an adult cant kill a mature buck with all the days we have he isn't spending enough time in the woods or there just aren't any where he is hunting! Bow season should open earlier!!! There should be a youth weekend the following weekend after deer season closes along with the one we have already. That way the kids can get in on the late rut areas without the adults jacking it up! Just my opinion!!!!!
Luck is where preparation meet opportunity
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/05/14 06:09 AM
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This thread reminds me of that old saying about opinions and butt holes.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/05/14 06:47 AM
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How bout we don't complain about when we get to hunt.. take Kentucky for example .. look at their restrictions and dates https://app.fw.ky.gov/SeasonDates/Default.aspxTake it how y'all want but I'm happy to be able to hunt 3 1/2 months straight.. Kentucky is one of the more liberal "Midwest" states. Not really sure what your point is. I wish Alabama would tighten down on it's game laws. The 3 buck maximum was a start, but I would guess more people than not, pay no attention to that law. Bottom line is. They will never make every hunter happy. The "3 buck maximum" is not a law and it was not implemented in accordance with the law. If agencies ignore the law, why shouldn't hunters?
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/05/14 07:35 AM
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Gotcha1
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Highway 80 and I-85 lines would suck donkey kongs.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/05/14 07:54 AM
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Highway 80 and I-85 lines would suck donkey kongs. not for me, would be about right for south Montgomery Co. Checked cams yesterday and had 2 mature shooter bucks on cam that I had never seen or had pics of before. Been running cams since early Sept.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: roscopeecotrane]
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02/05/14 08:03 AM
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I too think that the season should start later and got into Feb state wide. NO! If an adult cant kill a mature buck with all the days we have he isn't spending enough time in the woods or there just aren't any where he is hunting! Bow season should open earlier!!! There should be a youth weekend the following weekend after deer season closes along with the one we have already. That way the kids can get in on the late rut areas without the adults jacking it up! Just my opinion!!!!! i assume you are only reffering to your area
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: ronfromramer]
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02/05/14 08:11 AM
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Highway 80 and I-85 lines would suck donkey kongs. not for me, would be about right for south Montgomery Co. Checked cams yesterday and had 2 mature shooter bucks on cam that I had never seen or had pics of before. Been running cams since early Sept. Thanks for thinking about your pals.
Matt Brock wears knock-off Crocs.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: ikillbux]
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02/05/14 08:30 AM
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roscopee said it above, if you can't kill a buck in 3 1/2 months, maybe needing to hunt during the rut isn't the real problem. I am 40 years old, have hunted my whole life, and have hunted in Lowndes, Lee, Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa, Talladega, Calhoun, and Cleburne counties. I have seen deer chasing in October, Nov, Dec, and Jan. I have hunted multiple seasons in a row without seeing even a spike walking behind a doe. And I have killed at least one good buck virtually ever year. I couldn't care less if I see a buck chasing a doe or not, and I don't need that to happen for me to see a mature buck. My point is I (nor you) need the rut to happen in order to kill a mature buck. Every time a hunter tells me "I never see mature bucks until the last week of January" (or February, or Spring Turkey Season), I immediately want him to show me where he's been sitting. If that's your case, the problem is NOT needing the rut to occur, but rather you need to move where you can see a big buck. Get out of the shooting house, get off the fields, don't ride you ATV within earshot of your tree, be in the tree WAY before daylight, sit till WAY after dark, quit hunting in that "pretty spot" where you want deer to be, and on and on and on. Big bucks are in the cutovers from Thanksgiving through January, period. If you don't have cutovers, find a new club that does, because you got jacksquat chance of seeing a big buck in any other place. But quit screwing up a 3 1/2 month long hunting season because you've bought into the "Outdoor Channel" hunting worldview. If you have racked deer on your cameras at night, they are there in the light!!! And they don't lay flat all day long, they're not in a cave, they will actually stand up and move during daylight SOMEWHERE on your land. If your land is thick, all short pines, etc., find another land!!!! Quit being a "hunting club" member. Put the climber on your back, walk as far as you need to, don't be stupid with the wind, and hunt where the bucks are, not just on the big pretty greenfield that he is NEVER gonna walk out on. In the last 20 seasons I have killed more mounter bucks from Oct 15 - Oct 31 than all the rest of the season combined. And I have NEVER hunted anywhere that a genuine rut didn't occur between Christmas and Jan 10. Deer are poly-estrous, meaning they'll cycle every 28 days till bred. The rut will get stronger each cycle because fewer does are remaining. First rut will be weak, 2nd rut stronger, etc. What you're seeing from Jan 25 thru Feb 10 is the stronger 2nd cycle. The first true Alabama rut happened between Christmas and Jan 10. You may not have seen it, but those scrapes didn't show up mid-December for nothing. But I guess you were expecting every racked deer on your land to be wide-eyed and fighting, standing in the powerline with a doe, and otherwise acting like the Outdoor Channel shows?? It's Alabama, it's just the genetic dispostion of our deer, and the overall poor deer structure. You can't depend on a defined, dependable rut. If Bama's season ran from June 1 through Sept 15 (3.5 months) I'd still kill deer. I reckon I sound like a know-it-all, but it's just common sense. If you had to kill a buck to eat (or you'd starve to death), how would you do it???....men, you've got 3 1/2 months to kill 3 bucks. Don't piss it all away hoping (against hope) that they'll finally walk the last day of season. And don't take my October away because you want an Outdoor Channel rut-hunt in February. I killed three good racked bucks this year...you want to know when I killed them? Nov 29, Dec 11, Jan 7. I also shot a buck and lost him on Dec 7. And I probably saw at least 10 racked bucks this year. Not a single one of them was chasing a doe. The common denominator?....Hardwoods in bow season, cutover in gun season. Would you post some pics of your deer from this year? Congrats.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: ikillbux]
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02/05/14 08:49 AM
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roscopee said it above, if you can't kill a buck in 3 1/2 months, maybe needing to hunt during the rut isn't the real problem. I am 40 years old, have hunted my whole life, and have hunted in Lowndes, Lee, Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa, Talladega, Calhoun, and Cleburne counties. I have seen deer chasing in October, Nov, Dec, and Jan. I have hunted multiple seasons in a row without seeing even a spike walking behind a doe. And I have killed at least one good buck virtually ever year. I couldn't care less if I see a buck chasing a doe or not, and I don't need that to happen for me to see a mature buck. My point is I (nor you) need the rut to happen in order to kill a mature buck. Every time a hunter tells me "I never see mature bucks until the last week of January" (or February, or Spring Turkey Season), I immediately want him to show me where he's been sitting. If that's your case, the problem is NOT needing the rut to occur, but rather you need to move where you can see a big buck. Get out of the shooting house, get off the fields, don't ride you ATV within earshot of your tree, be in the tree WAY before daylight, sit till WAY after dark, quit hunting in that "pretty spot" where you want deer to be, and on and on and on. Big bucks are in the cutovers from Thanksgiving through January, period. If you don't have cutovers, find a new club that does, because you got jacksquat chance of seeing a big buck in any other place. But quit screwing up a 3 1/2 month long hunting season because you've bought into the "Outdoor Channel" hunting worldview. If you have racked deer on your cameras at night, they are there in the light!!! And they don't lay flat all day long, they're not in a cave, they will actually stand up and move during daylight SOMEWHERE on your land. If your land is thick, all short pines, etc., find another land!!!! Quit being a "hunting club" member. Put the climber on your back, walk as far as you need to, don't be stupid with the wind, and hunt where the bucks are, not just on the big pretty greenfield that he is NEVER gonna walk out on. In the last 20 seasons I have killed more mounter bucks from Oct 15 - Oct 31 than all the rest of the season combined. And I have NEVER hunted anywhere that a genuine rut didn't occur between Christmas and Jan 10. Deer are poly-estrous, meaning they'll cycle every 28 days till bred. The rut will get stronger each cycle because fewer does are remaining. First rut will be weak, 2nd rut stronger, etc. What you're seeing from Jan 25 thru Feb 10 is the stronger 2nd cycle. The first true Alabama rut happened between Christmas and Jan 10. You may not have seen it, but those scrapes didn't show up mid-December for nothing. But I guess you were expecting every racked deer on your land to be wide-eyed and fighting, standing in the powerline with a doe, and otherwise acting like the Outdoor Channel shows?? It's Alabama, it's just the genetic dispostion of our deer, and the overall poor deer structure. You can't depend on a defined, dependable rut. If Bama's season ran from June 1 through Sept 15 (3.5 months) I'd still kill deer. I reckon I sound like a know-it-all, but it's just common sense. If you had to kill a buck to eat (or you'd starve to death), how would you do it???....men, you've got 3 1/2 months to kill 3 bucks. Don't piss it all away hoping (against hope) that they'll finally walk the last day of season. And don't take my October away because you want an Outdoor Channel rut-hunt in February. I killed three good racked bucks this year...you want to know when I killed them? Nov 29, Dec 11, Jan 7. I also shot a buck and lost him on Dec 7. And I probably saw at least 10 racked bucks this year. Not a single one of them was chasing a doe. The common denominator?....Hardwoods in bow season, cutover in gun season. Thanks, but you don't have a clue as to what everyone's situation is. Nice effort.
Matt Brock wears knock-off Crocs.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: Brent]
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02/05/14 08:49 AM
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I know on my land in Marshall county that the rut is just now starting really. Scrapes an tubs started showing up jan. 27 and I seen 2 mature bucks chasing today. Same way here in Etowah. An hour south or north of here the rut is around Christmas. Yep, some people wont except the fact that Etowah starts in Feb.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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roscopee said it above, if you can't kill a buck in 3 1/2 months, maybe needing to hunt during the rut isn't the real problem. I am 40 years old, have hunted my whole life, and have hunted in Lowndes, Lee, Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa, Talladega, Calhoun, and Cleburne counties. I have seen deer chasing in October, Nov, Dec, and Jan. I have hunted multiple seasons in a row without seeing even a spike walking behind a doe. And I have killed at least one good buck virtually ever year. I couldn't care less if I see a buck chasing a doe or not, and I don't need that to happen for me to see a mature buck. My point is I (nor you) need the rut to happen in order to kill a mature buck. Every time a hunter tells me "I never see mature bucks until the last week of January" (or February, or Spring Turkey Season), I immediately want him to show me where he's been sitting. If that's your case, the problem is NOT needing the rut to occur, but rather you need to move where you can see a big buck. Get out of the shooting house, get off the fields, don't ride you ATV within earshot of your tree, be in the tree WAY before daylight, sit till WAY after dark, quit hunting in that "pretty spot" where you want deer to be, and on and on and on. Big bucks are in the cutovers from Thanksgiving through January, period. If you don't have cutovers, find a new club that does, because you got jacksquat chance of seeing a big buck in any other place. But quit screwing up a 3 1/2 month long hunting season because you've bought into the "Outdoor Channel" hunting worldview. If you have racked deer on your cameras at night, they are there in the light!!! And they don't lay flat all day long, they're not in a cave, they will actually stand up and move during daylight SOMEWHERE on your land. If your land is thick, all short pines, etc., find another land!!!! Quit being a "hunting club" member. Put the climber on your back, walk as far as you need to, don't be stupid with the wind, and hunt where the bucks are, not just on the big pretty greenfield that he is NEVER gonna walk out on. In the last 20 seasons I have killed more mounter bucks from Oct 15 - Oct 31 than all the rest of the season combined. And I have NEVER hunted anywhere that a genuine rut didn't occur between Christmas and Jan 10. Deer are poly-estrous, meaning they'll cycle every 28 days till bred. The rut will get stronger each cycle because fewer does are remaining. First rut will be weak, 2nd rut stronger, etc. What you're seeing from Jan 25 thru Feb 10 is the stronger 2nd cycle. The first true Alabama rut happened between Christmas and Jan 10. You may not have seen it, but those scrapes didn't show up mid-December for nothing. But I guess you were expecting every racked deer on your land to be wide-eyed and fighting, standing in the powerline with a doe, and otherwise acting like the Outdoor Channel shows?? It's Alabama, it's just the genetic dispostion of our deer, and the overall poor deer structure. You can't depend on a defined, dependable rut. If Bama's season ran from June 1 through Sept 15 (3.5 months) I'd still kill deer. I reckon I sound like a know-it-all, but it's just common sense. If you had to kill a buck to eat (or you'd starve to death), how would you do it???....men, you've got 3 1/2 months to kill 3 bucks. Don't piss it all away hoping (against hope) that they'll finally walk the last day of season. And don't take my October away because you want an Outdoor Channel rut-hunt in February. I killed three good racked bucks this year...you want to know when I killed them? Nov 29, Dec 11, Jan 7. I also shot a buck and lost him on Dec 7. And I probably saw at least 10 racked bucks this year. Not a single one of them was chasing a doe. The common denominator?....Hardwoods in bow season, cutover in gun season. I saw 25-30 "racked bucks" but that doesn't mean I wanted to shoot them. I didn't kill a buck this year or last year, but I did pass up 3 130 class bucks last year. 3 years ago I killed a 135" and a 148" buck. It's all relative. I'm not killing a buck if it ain't going on the wall. That's just me.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/05/14 09:40 AM
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As far as people arguing over no bow or just a gun season thats a stupid argument just because you don't bow hunt don't hate on the ones that do. And its to dang hot down here to bow hunt any earlier than October.
As for the Rut this state has a wide variety when it comes to the dates that the deer rut. Central Alabama is usually mid to late January to march. And then you go all the way up north and it is Thanksgiving. Well most states are cut into zones. And it looks like the DCNR is tring to do this to our state when they extended into February for some of the Southern counties. Yes maybe the line should come up into Lowndes and Montgomery and follow the Black belt because I have seen deer chasing during Turkey season before that is usual down here. It seems to move later some years and then normal other years as far as January goes. Dosent need to stop at 80 tho needs to include all of Lowndes and Dallas county.
Maybe they should start the north off with Bow starting in The end of September and gun starting it the end of October ending at the end of December or middle of January. Don't know a lot about your rut up there so won't go into it.
And mid state keep somewhere around the normal season.
Start our bow season in central and south in October maybe a week later or even November. Gun starts Thanksgiving runs thru Feb. 15 and if you want it farther Do bow and Muzzle loader only after the 15 till the end of February.
Just a thought on the season's. Deer are weird we can have 2 slow season's and then bam the next 3 are wide open. Its still nature and just like women I'm sure I'll spend the rest of my life trying to figure them out.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/05/14 09:47 AM
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GW told us last week the push is to get it to Hwy 80 and I-85 and include everything south of these 2 roads. Sweet! My land lies within that area. Dr. B
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: ikillbux]
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02/05/14 09:56 AM
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I'll upload pics of those three when I get home this evening, for whatever reason my work laptop won't do it. And I know my long rant above sounds awful, but I just get frustrated about the whole "we're missing the rut" issue. I get no more excited when I see a buck chasing a doe than I do when it's a crisp and calm December morning and hear limbs breaking in a cutover, then you see the horns, and ultimately get a shot!!! Woooo! I just don't understand the need to "hunt during the rut", unless the reason is that this hunter isn't seeing bucks otherwise. Am I off base on this? If I shoot a mature buck, it's exciting regardless of HOW it happened. So the logical deduction is some folks aren't SEEING bucks unless they are "rutting". My perception of the issue is that it's about not SEEING bucks at your land unless they're rutting. So I don't feel unjustified by casting a curious eye at a hunter who can't see a buck in the 3 1/2 months we already have. I've said this: If you just want to move the entire hunting season, then no problem. Let's make it Jan 1 till March 14th. But it's absurd to ask for "10 more days" so we can experience the rut. What is this romanticized idea about the rut that I don't get? I can only speak for myself, but yes, I do like seeing bucks chasing does. I kill most of my bucks before the rut, also. I've killed turkeys that came in silently, but rather have them acting a fool, strutting and gobbling.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/05/14 10:53 AM
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roscopee said it above, if you can't kill a buck in 3 1/2 months, maybe needing to hunt during the rut isn't the real problem. I am 40 years old, have hunted my whole life, and have hunted in Lowndes, Lee, Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa, Talladega, Calhoun, and Cleburne counties. I have seen deer chasing in October, Nov, Dec, and Jan. I have hunted multiple seasons in a row without seeing even a spike walking behind a doe. And I have killed at least one good buck virtually ever year. I couldn't care less if I see a buck chasing a doe or not, and I don't need that to happen for me to see a mature buck. My point is I (nor you) need the rut to happen in order to kill a mature buck. Every time a hunter tells me "I never see mature bucks until the last week of January" (or February, or Spring Turkey Season), I immediately want him to show me where he's been sitting. If that's your case, the problem is NOT needing the rut to occur, but rather you need to move where you can see a big buck. Get out of the shooting house, get off the fields, don't ride you ATV within earshot of your tree, be in the tree WAY before daylight, sit till WAY after dark, quit hunting in that "pretty spot" where you want deer to be, and on and on and on. Big bucks are in the cutovers from Thanksgiving through January, period. If you don't have cutovers, find a new club that does, because you got jacksquat chance of seeing a big buck in any other place. But quit screwing up a 3 1/2 month long hunting season because you've bought into the "Outdoor Channel" hunting worldview. If you have racked deer on your cameras at night, they are there in the light!!! And they don't lay flat all day long, they're not in a cave, they will actually stand up and move during daylight SOMEWHERE on your land. If your land is thick, all short pines, etc., find another land!!!! Quit being a "hunting club" member. Put the climber on your back, walk as far as you need to, don't be stupid with the wind, and hunt where the bucks are, not just on the big pretty greenfield that he is NEVER gonna walk out on. In the last 20 seasons I have killed more mounter bucks from Oct 15 - Oct 31 than all the rest of the season combined. And I have NEVER hunted anywhere that a genuine rut didn't occur between Christmas and Jan 10. Deer are poly-estrous, meaning they'll cycle every 28 days till bred. The rut will get stronger each cycle because fewer does are remaining. First rut will be weak, 2nd rut stronger, etc. What you're seeing from Jan 25 thru Feb 10 is the stronger 2nd cycle. The first true Alabama rut happened between Christmas and Jan 10. You may not have seen it, but those scrapes didn't show up mid-December for nothing. But I guess you were expecting every racked deer on your land to be wide-eyed and fighting, standing in the powerline with a doe, and otherwise acting like the Outdoor Channel shows?? It's Alabama, it's just the genetic dispostion of our deer, and the overall poor deer structure. You can't depend on a defined, dependable rut. If Bama's season ran from June 1 through Sept 15 (3.5 months) I'd still kill deer. I reckon I sound like a know-it-all, but it's just common sense. If you had to kill a buck to eat (or you'd starve to death), how would you do it???....men, you've got 3 1/2 months to kill 3 bucks. Don't piss it all away hoping (against hope) that they'll finally walk the last day of season. And don't take my October away because you want an Outdoor Channel rut-hunt in February. I killed three good racked bucks this year...you want to know when I killed them? Nov 29, Dec 11, Jan 7. I also shot a buck and lost him on Dec 7. And I probably saw at least 10 racked bucks this year. Not a single one of them was chasing a doe. The common denominator?....Hardwoods in bow season, cutover in gun season. It's clear to me that you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground and you are full of more shucks than a Christmas turkey. Come on down to south Alabama and hunt for a few seasons and you will change your line of thinking.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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Nice bucks ..bux OPPS....what happened.....Busted all by himself
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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roscopee said it above, if you can't kill a buck in 3 1/2 months, maybe needing to hunt during the rut isn't the real problem. I am 40 years old, have hunted my whole life, and have hunted in Lowndes, Lee, Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa, Talladega, Calhoun, and Cleburne counties. I have seen deer chasing in October, Nov, Dec, and Jan. I have hunted multiple seasons in a row without seeing even a spike walking behind a doe. And I have killed at least one good buck virtually ever year. I couldn't care less if I see a buck chasing a doe or not, and I don't need that to happen for me to see a mature buck. My point is I (nor you) need the rut to happen in order to kill a mature buck. Every time a hunter tells me "I never see mature bucks until the last week of January" (or February, or Spring Turkey Season), I immediately want him to show me where he's been sitting. If that's your case, the problem is NOT needing the rut to occur, but rather you need to move where you can see a big buck. Get out of the shooting house, get off the fields, don't ride you ATV within earshot of your tree, be in the tree WAY before daylight, sit till WAY after dark, quit hunting in that "pretty spot" where you want deer to be, and on and on and on. Big bucks are in the cutovers from Thanksgiving through January, period. If you don't have cutovers, find a new club that does, because you got jacksquat chance of seeing a big buck in any other place. But quit screwing up a 3 1/2 month long hunting season because you've bought into the "Outdoor Channel" hunting worldview. If you have racked deer on your cameras at night, they are there in the light!!! And they don't lay flat all day long, they're not in a cave, they will actually stand up and move during daylight SOMEWHERE on your land. If your land is thick, all short pines, etc., find another land!!!! Quit being a "hunting club" member. Put the climber on your back, walk as far as you need to, don't be stupid with the wind, and hunt where the bucks are, not just on the big pretty greenfield that he is NEVER gonna walk out on. In the last 20 seasons I have killed more mounter bucks from Oct 15 - Oct 31 than all the rest of the season combined. And I have NEVER hunted anywhere that a genuine rut didn't occur between Christmas and Jan 10. Deer are poly-estrous, meaning they'll cycle every 28 days till bred. The rut will get stronger each cycle because fewer does are remaining. First rut will be weak, 2nd rut stronger, etc. What you're seeing from Jan 25 thru Feb 10 is the stronger 2nd cycle. The first true Alabama rut happened between Christmas and Jan 10. You may not have seen it, but those scrapes didn't show up mid-December for nothing. But I guess you were expecting every racked deer on your land to be wide-eyed and fighting, standing in the powerline with a doe, and otherwise acting like the Outdoor Channel shows?? It's Alabama, it's just the genetic dispostion of our deer, and the overall poor deer structure. You can't depend on a defined, dependable rut. If Bama's season ran from June 1 through Sept 15 (3.5 months) I'd still kill deer. I reckon I sound like a know-it-all, but it's just common sense. If you had to kill a buck to eat (or you'd starve to death), how would you do it???....men, you've got 3 1/2 months to kill 3 bucks. Don't piss it all away hoping (against hope) that they'll finally walk the last day of season. And don't take my October away because you want an Outdoor Channel rut-hunt in February. I killed three good racked bucks this year...you want to know when I killed them? Nov 29, Dec 11, Jan 7. I also shot a buck and lost him on Dec 7. And I probably saw at least 10 racked bucks this year. Not a single one of them was chasing a doe. The common denominator?....Hardwoods in bow season, cutover in gun season. You're about an idiot. What about people who hunt public land or high pressure land or their own farm and cant afford a "new club"? If what you do works for you that's great. But I see you have never hunted south Alabama. So you dont have any first hand experience with it. I dont know a single hunter personally who doesn't feel his best chance to harvest a mature buck is during the rut. Nice way of welcoming yourself to the forum.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/05/14 11:43 AM
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Dam, would have been some good'uns in a couple of years.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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I'm not sure why the extension cut off right at Geneva County. What we've seen for years is a late rut (early to mid Feb). However, it seems little data is collected there, so that might be the issue. It's not like the deer know where the county line is, though. If it was so in Covington Co, there's a good chance it's also the case in western Geneva Co.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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I'm just worn from this never-ending saga of extended deer seasons. You are gonna have to learn to deal with it, our brothers in southwest alabama got a lollipop and now the rest of us wants one too.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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I saw a buck chasing this afternoon in Crenshaw County.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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Pavement is the sole factor that determines where and when the various ruts occur.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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Pavement is the sole factor that determines where the various ruts are. right. pavement. 10-4.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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You are gonna have to learn to deal with it, our brothers in southwest alabama got a lollipop and now the rest of us wants one too.
Bazinga.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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You are gonna have to learn to deal with it, our brothers in southwest alabama got a lollipop and now the rest of us wants one too.
Bazinga. Clem, I hope that means you just farted.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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You are gonna have to learn to deal with it, our brothers in southwest alabama got a lollipop and now the rest of us wants one too.
Bazinga. Clem, I hope that means you just farted. Nope, that just means he's a fan of the best comedy on TV (Ever). Big Bang Theory
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/05/14 01:35 PM
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No, I've never hunted extreme South Alabama, except for a few times as a guest here and there. But I still say we're talking different narratives. If you think I couldn't come to Clark Co (just picking a random place) and kill at least one mountable racked buck in 3 1/2 months (from Oct 15 - Jan 31), then the problem is NOT when the rut occurs. The problem is your land sucks. Ain't no way in Hades I'd pay a dollar to lease any land where I couldn't have a successful season during the traditional state dates. And NO, I don't need a chasing phase to do that in. I'm saying the narrative is about SEEING deer without the rut. It sounds like your narrative is not being able to experience the rut while hunting. If you just want to experience rutting activity, just go sit in your stand in February, or go to Cades Cove with your video camera, or buy an Illinois trip in November, but leave my hunting season alone. And I'll let the pictures above speak for me when I say I may not know the difference between an a$$ and a chipmunk hole, but I know how to see and kill good bucks before February. And two of those three deer above were killed on public land. I also missed a large buck on Barbour WMA on Jan 17th, chasing a doe. I saw 6 bucks chasing does on Jan 17th and 18th on that Barbour hunt. Well congratulations. Obviously when you were born, god reached down from the heavens and granted you the golden gift of being the best deer hunter in Alabama. Im amazed you don't have a TV show. But for your brothers in the rest of the state, we need a little rut action.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/05/14 02:13 PM
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No, I've never hunted extreme South Alabama, except for a few times as a guest here and there. But I still say we're talking different narratives. If you think I couldn't come to Clark Co (just picking a random place) and kill at least one mountable racked buck in 3 1/2 months (from Oct 15 - Jan 31), then the problem is NOT when the rut occurs. The problem is your land sucks. Ain't no way in Hades I'd pay a dollar to lease any land where I couldn't have a successful season during the traditional state dates. And NO, I don't need a chasing phase to do that in. I'm saying the narrative is about SEEING deer without the rut. It sounds like your narrative is not being able to experience the rut while hunting. If you just want to experience rutting activity, just go sit in your stand in February, or go to Cades Cove with your video camera, or buy an Illinois trip in November, but leave my hunting season alone. And I'll let the pictures above speak for me when I say I may not know the difference between an a$$ and a chipmunk hole, but I know how to see and kill good bucks before February. And two of those three deer above were killed on public land. I also missed a large buck on Barbour WMA on Jan 17th, chasing a doe. I saw 6 bucks chasing does on Jan 17th and 18th on that Barbour hunt. Also... you previously admitted that you had already killed your 3 bucks by January 7th, yet you were still hunting on January 17th, so are you openly admitting you don't obey game laws?
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I say shorten deer season altogether. Only reason is I don't deer hunt much anymore and I'd rather squirrel hunt.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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No, I've never hunted extreme South Alabama, except for a few times as a guest here and there. But I still say we're talking different narratives. If you think I couldn't come to Clark Co (just picking a random place) and kill at least one mountable racked buck in 3 1/2 months (from Oct 15 - Jan 31), then the problem is NOT when the rut occurs. The problem is your land sucks. Ain't no way in Hades I'd pay a dollar to lease any land where I couldn't have a successful season during the traditional state dates. And NO, I don't need a chasing phase to do that in. I'm saying the narrative is about SEEING deer without the rut. It sounds like your narrative is not being able to experience the rut while hunting. If you just want to experience rutting activity, just go sit in your stand in February, or go to Cades Cove with your video camera, or buy an Illinois trip in November, but leave my hunting season alone. And I'll let the pictures above speak for me when I say I may not know the difference between an a$$ and a chipmunk hole, but I know how to see and kill good bucks before February. And two of those three deer above were killed on public land. I also missed a large buck on Barbour WMA on Jan 17th, chasing a doe. I saw 6 bucks chasing does on Jan 17th and 18th on that Barbour hunt. Also... you previously admitted that you had already killed your 3 bucks by January 7th, yet you were still hunting on January 17th, so are you openly admitting you don't obey game laws? What law did he admit to breaking? Be specific.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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No, I've never hunted extreme South Alabama, except for a few times as a guest here and there. But I still say we're talking different narratives. If you think I couldn't come to Clark Co (just picking a random place) and kill at least one mountable racked buck in 3 1/2 months (from Oct 15 - Jan 31), then the problem is NOT when the rut occurs. The problem is your land sucks. Ain't no way in Hades I'd pay a dollar to lease any land where I couldn't have a successful season during the traditional state dates. And NO, I don't need a chasing phase to do that in. I'm saying the narrative is about SEEING deer without the rut. It sounds like your narrative is not being able to experience the rut while hunting. If you just want to experience rutting activity, just go sit in your stand in February, or go to Cades Cove with your video camera, or buy an Illinois trip in November, but leave my hunting season alone. And I'll let the pictures above speak for me when I say I may not know the difference between an a$$ and a chipmunk hole, but I know how to see and kill good bucks before February. And two of those three deer above were killed on public land. I also missed a large buck on Barbour WMA on Jan 17th, chasing a doe. I saw 6 bucks chasing does on Jan 17th and 18th on that Barbour hunt. Also... you previously admitted that you had already killed your 3 bucks by January 7th, yet you were still hunting on January 17th, so are you openly admitting you don't obey game laws? still can shoot does
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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What law did he admit to breaking?
Be specific. He didn't admit to anything. He stated he killed 3 good bucks: Originally Posted By: ikillbux
I killed three good racked bucks this year...you want to know when I killed them? Nov 29, Dec 11, Jan 7. Then he later stated: Originally Posted By: ikillbux I also missed a large buck on Barbour WMA on Jan 17th, chasing a doe.
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Then he later stated: Originally Posted By: ikillbux I also missed a large buck on Barbour WMA on Jan 17th, chasing a doe. So, what's the law he would have broken if he hadn't missed?
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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Sorry, third buck was killed Jan 17th, not 7th. I had the image saved on my laptop as "Jan7buck", so I didn't even catch my typo when I wrote that. But guys, don't crucify me because I don't just joyfully jump in the majority flow of wanting to extend hunting season. It's not against my religion or anything, it's just a pragmatic approach. If I can't kill one in 3.5 months, I just believe there's more of a problem than missing the rut. I probably took it a little too far and pointed a finger. No offense intended. Nobody is crucifying you. You're doing that to yourself. And im not asking for any longer of a season. 3.5 months is plenty. Actually more than enough. I just want the right 3.5 months.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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roscopee said it above, if you can't kill a buck in 3 1/2 months, maybe needing to hunt during the rut isn't the real problem. I am 40 years old, have hunted my whole life, and have hunted in Lowndes, Lee, Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa, Talladega, Calhoun, and Cleburne counties. I have seen deer chasing in October, Nov, Dec, and Jan. I have hunted multiple seasons in a row without seeing even a spike walking behind a doe. And I have killed at least one good buck virtually ever year. I couldn't care less if I see a buck chasing a doe or not, and I don't need that to happen for me to see a mature buck. My point is I (nor you) need the rut to happen in order to kill a mature buck. Every time a hunter tells me "I never see mature bucks until the last week of January" (or February, or Spring Turkey Season), I immediately want him to show me where he's been sitting. If that's your case, the problem is NOT needing the rut to occur, but rather you need to move where you can see a big buck. Get out of the shooting house, get off the fields, don't ride you ATV within earshot of your tree, be in the tree WAY before daylight, sit till WAY after dark, quit hunting in that "pretty spot" where you want deer to be, and on and on and on. Big bucks are in the cutovers from Thanksgiving through January, period. If you don't have cutovers, find a new club that does, because you got jacksquat chance of seeing a big buck in any other place. But quit screwing up a 3 1/2 month long hunting season because you've bought into the "Outdoor Channel" hunting worldview. If you have racked deer on your cameras at night, they are there in the light!!! And they don't lay flat all day long, they're not in a cave, they will actually stand up and move during daylight SOMEWHERE on your land. If your land is thick, all short pines, etc., find another land!!!! Quit being a "hunting club" member. Put the climber on your back, walk as far as you need to, don't be stupid with the wind, and hunt where the bucks are, not just on the big pretty greenfield that he is NEVER gonna walk out on. In the last 20 seasons I have killed more mounter bucks from Oct 15 - Oct 31 than all the rest of the season combined. And I have NEVER hunted anywhere that a genuine rut didn't occur between Christmas and Jan 10. Deer are poly-estrous, meaning they'll cycle every 28 days till bred. The rut will get stronger each cycle because fewer does are remaining. First rut will be weak, 2nd rut stronger, etc. What you're seeing from Jan 25 thru Feb 10 is the stronger 2nd cycle. The first true Alabama rut happened between Christmas and Jan 10. You may not have seen it, but those scrapes didn't show up mid-December for nothing. But I guess you were expecting every racked deer on your land to be wide-eyed and fighting, standing in the powerline with a doe, and otherwise acting like the Outdoor Channel shows?? It's Alabama, it's just the genetic dispostion of our deer, and the overall poor deer structure. You can't depend on a defined, dependable rut. If Bama's season ran from June 1 through Sept 15 (3.5 months) I'd still kill deer. I reckon I sound like a know-it-all, but it's just common sense. If you had to kill a buck to eat (or you'd starve to death), how would you do it???....men, you've got 3 1/2 months to kill 3 bucks. Don't piss it all away hoping (against hope) that they'll finally walk the last day of season. And don't take my October away because you want an Outdoor Channel rut-hunt in February. I killed three good racked bucks this year...you want to know when I killed them? Nov 29, Dec 11, Jan 7. I also shot a buck and lost him on Dec 7. And I probably saw at least 10 racked bucks this year. Not a single one of them was chasing a doe. The common denominator?....Hardwoods in bow season, cutover in gun season. I agree with you.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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Then he later stated: Originally Posted By: ikillbux I also missed a large buck on Barbour WMA on Jan 17th, chasing a doe. So, what's the law he would have broken if he hadn't missed? I didn't take into consideration who I was replying to He would have killed 4 bucks.. no law perhaps a regulation
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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Sorry, third buck was killed Jan 17th, not 7th. I had the image saved on my laptop as "Jan7buck", so I didn't even catch my typo when I wrote that. But guys, don't crucify me because I don't just joyfully jump in the majority flow of wanting to extend hunting season. It's not against my religion or anything, it's just a pragmatic approach. If I can't kill one in 3.5 months, I just believe there's more of a problem than missing the rut. I probably took it a little too far and pointed a finger. No offense intended. This whole story sounds a little crawfishy to me And there's someone every year that gets on here and says if you can't kill 3 bucks in 3 1/2 months yadda yadda yadda
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DuckDown, sorry for hijacking your post. Y'all carry on.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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I have hunted some good places and tuff places to hunt and even the good ones your best chance was in the rut. Luck is a big factor in Alabama deer hunting and I'd rather be lucky than good any day. Too bad I have chity luck most of the time but everyone should be able to hunt the rut. Our rut is late December to mid January and we still kill very few big bucks. You can't make a one size fits all in this state it's that simple.
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Baybuzzard, I didn't take into consideration who I was replying to grin
He would have killed 4 bucks.. no law perhaps a regulation Well? The law defines when the CAB meets but they ignored it and held the meeting where their rule was passed. So, is it really a rule? 3 meetings or 3 bucks. The message the CAB sent is to ignore it if it don't fit your needs.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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Baybuzzard, I didn't take into consideration who I was replying to grin
He would have killed 4 bucks.. no law perhaps a regulation Well? The law defines when the CAB meets but they ignored it and held the meeting where their rule was passed. So, is it really a rule? 3 meetings or 3 bucks. The message the CAB sent is to ignore it if it don't fit your needs. You get a kick out of tricking folks into debating with you, doncha?
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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DuckDown, sorry for hijacking your post. Y'all carry on. What?? Took all your toys with you and not gonna play anymore? Just kidding.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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Sorry, third buck was killed Jan 17th, not 7th. I had the image saved on my laptop as "Jan7buck", so I didn't even catch my typo when I wrote that. But guys, don't crucify me because I don't just joyfully jump in the majority flow of wanting to extend hunting season. It's not against my religion or anything, it's just a pragmatic approach. If I can't kill one in 3.5 months, I just believe there's more of a problem than missing the rut. I probably took it a little too far and pointed a finger. No offense intended. This whole story sounds a little crawfishy to me And there's someone every year that gets on here and says if you can't kill 3 bucks in 3 1/2 months yadda yadda yadda Especially when he posted in another thread on Sunday the 19th that he missed a big 8pt on Friday...which would have been the 17th......
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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Also... you previously admitted that you had already killed your 3 bucks by January 7th, yet you were still hunting on January 17th, so are you openly admitting you don't obey game laws? BOOM! Busted!!!!
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Sorry, third buck was killed Jan 17th, not 7th. I had the image saved on my laptop as "Jan7buck", so I didn't even catch my typo when I wrote that. But guys, don't crucify me because I don't just joyfully jump in the majority flow of wanting to extend hunting season. It's not against my religion or anything, it's just a pragmatic approach. If I can't kill one in 3.5 months, I just believe there's more of a problem than missing the rut. I probably took it a little too far and pointed a finger. No offense intended. This whole story sounds a little crawfishy to me And there's someone every year that gets on here and says if you can't kill 3 bucks in 3 1/2 months yadda yadda yadda Especially when he posted in another thread on Sunday the 19th that he missed a big 8pt on Friday...which would have been the 17th...... Can't get nothing by this bunch.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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Maybe im full of shucks like a christmas turkey too!!.... But i hunt covington county only, and i usuall knock my biggest bucks out early, by the time my rut starts (if i see even see it) there basically aint even a deer left! Hard to see the does m when i do i spike or small immature deers behind her. I dont and will not depend on the rut to kill my bucks, all the rut is good for to me is to bring a bonus buck in from a neigjboring property. I agree 110% with ikillbux
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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Maybe im full of shucks like a christmas turkey too!!.... But i hunt covington county only, and i usuall knock my biggest bucks out early, by the time my rut starts (if i see even see it) there basically aint even a deer left! Hard to see the does m when i do i spike or small immature deers behind her. I dont and will not depend on the rut to kill my bucks, all the rut is good for to me is to bring a bonus buck in from a neigjboring property. I agree 110% with ikillbux You like to kill over the limit too? Look its not that I am always depending on the rut to kill my bucks. But do I think it improves mt odds? Hell yes. Plus there is just nothing like being in the woods when the rut is happening. Im not sitting here blabbing about extending the season (as apparently some of you think I am), Im simply petitioning for a shift of the dates amount of time already given.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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No, I'm not gonna be MIA for a while, and no there's not any funny business with my harvest limit and kill dates. I just don't want to be the butthole of aldeer, acting like a juvenile arguing with strangers on a message board. Duckdown didn't ask for an argument when he made the post, and it was my fault that it turned that way. Just bowing out of this thread (and deleting my $.02) as a peacemaking gesture.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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No, I'm not gonna be MIA for a while, and no there's not any funny business with my harvest limit and kill dates. I just don't want to be the butthole of aldeer, acting like a juvenile arguing with strangers on a message board. Duckdown didn't ask for an argument when he made the post, and it was my fault that it turned that way. Just bowing out of this thread (and deleting my $.02) as a peacemaking gesture. no need to bow out. hunting season is almost over for everyone and its time to get back to business as usual around here. the arguing will get started pretty soon and people will get banned or put in time out. i dont think anyone is getting too butt hurt over this thread. speaking of butt hurt. if you will excuse me i am going to go try this sitting on the thrown backwards thing.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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duckdown, ... Im simply petitioning for a shift of the dates amount of time already given. Why? Do you really think it would harm the species if we were to vary from the "amount of time already given" from one area to the other? Our lawmakers don't agree with your line of thinking. ...(7) To close the season of any species of game in any county or area when, upon a survey by the department, it is found necessary to the conservation and perpetuation of such species and to reopen such closed season when it is deemed advisable.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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Do you really think it would harm the species if we were to vary from the "amount of time already given" from one area to the other?
[/quote] How would not having a season, at all, harm the species? Predators have been managing the population long before hunters.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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I'm kinda in agreence with ikillbux. Most of the biggest bucks I have ever seen or watched on my Previous land was in December out in the fields trying to get fat and happy so they could get Prepared for the rut. Yes December in Alabama Can be a Bi@tch but you can catch some nice ones with the right set up and pattern. I'm not saying that you don't have a greater chance during the rut because we all know that once that doe goes into heat the big ole bucks will be stupid. Just like most of use guys when a pretty girl bats her eyes at us. Alabama has a vast difference of hunting from the upper north in the Mountains to the delta. I think thats why we have such a long season. Its to give everyone a fair chance to harvest and Manage there own land. We have a lot better set up than the rest of the country. We all need to Be careful what we ask for because they could limit us to a month long season with one buck tag and one doe tag then we will all be mad.
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Do you really think it would harm the species if we were to vary from the "amount of time already given" from one area to the other?
How would not having a season, at all, harm the species? Predators have been managing the population long before hunters. Ask the people where depredation permits are issued after hunting season closes if predators are managing the population. Not having a season at all is better than issuing permits to allow violation of the law and but do not allow the deer to killed and used for food. 220-2-.27 ...All wildlife taken shall be disposed of as directed by the issuing agent, and except for feral swine it may not be utilized personally.
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Do you really think it would harm the species if we were to vary from the "amount of time already given" from one area to the other?
How would not having a season, at all, harm the species? Predators have been managing the population long before hunters. Ask the people where depredation permits are issued after hunting season closes if predators are managing the population. Are they issued to help manage the over population of the species or to decrease crop damage?
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What's the difference?
It makes no sense whatsoever to argue that all areas of the state should have deer season set for the same number of days.
Currently, areas in north Alabama have fewer days in the antlerless season. There is no reason why seasons should not be set differently according to the population density in different areas.
That is the intent of the law. I haven't argued any of that.
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[quote=ikillbux]No, I've never hunted extreme South Alabama, except for a few times as a guest here and there. But I still say we're talking different narratives. If you think I couldn't come to Clark Co (just picking a random place) and kill at least one mountable racked buck in 3 1/2 months (from Oct 15 - Jan 31), then the problem is NOT when the rut occurs. The problem is your land sucks. Ain't no way in Hades I'd pay a dollar to lease any land where I couldn't have a successful season during the traditional state dates. And NO, I don't need a chasing phase to do that in. I'm saying the narrative is about SEEING deer without the rut. It sounds like your narrative is not being able to experience the rut while hunting. If you just want to experience rutting activity, just go sit in your stand in February, or go to Cades Cove with your video camera, or buy an Illinois trip in November, but leave my hunting season alone. And I'll let the pictures above speak for me when I say I may not know the difference between an a$$ and a chipmunk hole, but I know how to see and kill good bucks before February. And two of those three deer above were killed on public land. I also missed a large buck on Barbour WMA on Jan 17th, chasing a doe. I saw 6 bucks chasing does on Jan 17th and 18th on that Barbour hunt. Looks like Ikillbux deleted his pics, but would say this: none of those three deer are "mounters" by my standards, especially the first two - I pass up two+ dozen bucks a season like those first two - those are small deer to me and although the antlers on those bucks are going in the right direction they are too small for myself to be considered "mounters" and would never pull the trigger on them. The 3rd one does have some body size and some antler mass but no tine length. Would certainly not begrudge anyone for shooting any of them though, they are just nothing to write home about either. Different hunters have different views on what a mounter is and what mature is (some say 3.5 and some say 5.5). That is all fine and good. But the bottom line is that everyone should be able to hunt the full primary rut and the best way to accomplish this is to establish a southern zone, add a week to ten days in February, and close the same amount in December or even the first two or three weeks of December to offset the addition. Have to add that while Ikillbux makes some good points about getting off food plots and getting into the woods near thick stuff (my Dad taught me that when I was in 3rd grade)(literally)(course we didn't have food plots back then) those statements about a December primary rut in the southern half of the State is balogny - excluding some of those places right next to the Chattahoochee river where there is Georgia genetic bleed over. Just my 2 cents.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/06/14 07:51 AM
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I would like to see Smoothbore Muzzleloaders included as a lawful means of take during any open alabama archery season - including all wildlife management areas and state parks.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: wareagle22]
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02/06/14 08:14 AM
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GW told us last week the push is to get it to Hwy 80 and I-85 and include everything south of these 2 roads. This will be the new zone.
So weird.
99% of the world wipes their ass with it and the barn calls it tradition. Dustin
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: RMcL]
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02/06/14 09:03 AM
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I would like to see Smoothbore Muzzleloaders included as a lawful means of take during any open alabama archery season - including all wildlife management areas and state parks. Use this link and file a petition for amendment of the applicable rules: 220-2-.01.01 2013-2014 Hunting Seasons 220-2-.02 Legal Arms, Ammunition, And Equipment For Hunting
Petitition link: *** click here ***
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: N2TRKYS]
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02/06/14 09:14 AM
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Like I said earlier, the rut is controlled by the pavement. You do know why the State uses roads and natural features, right? N2--I would have a guess, but the roads weren't built with the future rut taken into consideration.
Matt Brock wears knock-off Crocs.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: Gotcha1]
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02/06/14 09:22 AM
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Like I said earlier, the rut is controlled by the pavement. You do know why the State uses roads and natural features, right? N2--I would have a guess, but the roads weren't built with the future rut taken into consideration. That's true, but it's hard to delineate a line that can't be seen in the field. Roads and rivers, etc. are easier to police/delineate than county lines. As these late rut areas expand, I would look for them to be delineated by such physical features. Not saying it's a perfect system.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: ikillbux]
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02/06/14 09:28 AM
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No, I'm not gonna be MIA for a while, and no there's not any funny business with my harvest limit and kill dates. I just don't want to be the butthole of aldeer, acting like a juvenile arguing with strangers on a message board. Duckdown didn't ask for an argument when he made the post, and it was my fault that it turned that way. Just bowing out of this thread (and deleting my $.02) as a peacemaking gesture. Most here probably won't hold it against you for attempting to kill that 4th buck. After all, you probably just couldn't help yourself when that really good buck came by after you had limited out. I got a buddy that can't help himself either. He flings arrows at deer running wide open 50 yards away. Every now and then he gets one. Edit... oops, forgot to add my smiley, just to show I'm funnin with ya. Now where is it? Here it is...
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/06/14 09:31 AM
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N2--I agree if they are accurate. But don't consider a boundary based on it being close to the fetal study and use that as a convenient line.
Matt Brock wears knock-off Crocs.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/06/14 10:38 AM
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No, I'm not gonna be MIA for a while, and no there's not any funny business with my harvest limit and kill dates. I just don't want to be the butthole of aldeer, acting like a juvenile arguing with strangers on a message board. Duckdown didn't ask for an argument when he made the post, and it was my fault that it turned that way. Just bowing out of this thread (and deleting my $.02) as a peacemaking gesture. Most here probably won't hold it against you for attempting to kill that 4th buck. After all, you probably just couldn't help yourself when that really good buck came by after you had limited out. I got a buddy that can't help himself either. He flings arrows at deer running wide open 50 yards away. Every now and then he gets one. Edit... oops, forgot to add my smiley, just to show I'm funnin with ya. Now where is it? Here it is... I find it Ironic that his 4th deer was chasing a doe, and his whole argument is based on not needing/wanting to hunt the rut. Yet he was out hunting the rut.
Turkeys be damned.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/06/14 10:45 AM
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No, I'm not gonna be MIA for a while, and no there's not any funny business with my harvest limit and kill dates. I just don't want to be the butthole of aldeer, acting like a juvenile arguing with strangers on a message board. Duckdown didn't ask for an argument when he made the post, and it was my fault that it turned that way. Just bowing out of this thread (and deleting my $.02) as a peacemaking gesture. Most here probably won't hold it against you for attempting to kill that 4th buck. After all, you probably just couldn't help yourself when that really good buck came by after you had limited out. I got a buddy that can't help himself either. He flings arrows at deer running wide open 50 yards away. Every now and then he gets one. Edit... oops, forgot to add my smiley, just to show I'm funnin with ya. Now where is it? Here it is... I find it Ironic that his 4th deer was chasing a doe, and his whole argument is based on not needing/wanting to hunt the rut. Yet he was out hunting the rut. He may not have been out hunting the rut, he may have been just hunting. He did say it was a "seriously large" buck, hence my comment about not being able to help himself... Kinda like a fella I used to fish with. He would fill the box with snapper, then start culling dead ones as bigger ones came into the boat.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/06/14 11:21 AM
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They need to use the River not 80 for Lowndes, Dallas and maybe Montgomery counties.
Hunting Is my Obsession, My Passion, My Everything, Oh so is my wife.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/06/14 11:58 AM
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No, I'm not gonna be MIA for a while, and no there's not any funny business with my harvest limit and kill dates. I just don't want to be the butthole of aldeer, acting like a juvenile arguing with strangers on a message board. Duckdown didn't ask for an argument when he made the post, and it was my fault that it turned that way. Just bowing out of this thread (and deleting my $.02) as a peacemaking gesture. Most here probably won't hold it against you for attempting to kill that 4th buck. After all, you probably just couldn't help yourself when that really good buck came by after you had limited out. I got a buddy that can't help himself either. He flings arrows at deer running wide open 50 yards away. Every now and then he gets one. Edit... oops, forgot to add my smiley, just to show I'm funnin with ya. Now where is it? Here it is... I find it Ironic that his 4th deer was chasing a doe, and his whole argument is based on not needing/wanting to hunt the rut. Yet he was out hunting the rut. He may not have been out hunting the rut, he may have been just hunting. He did say it was a "seriously large" buck, hence my comment about not being able to help himself... Kinda like a fella I used to fish with. He would fill the box with snapper, then start culling dead ones as bigger ones came into the boat. Maybe so.
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Turkeys be damned.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/06/14 01:57 PM
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It was just happenstance. Military base I primarily hunt on held their final gun hunt on Jan 11. Two friends and I decided to go to Barbour WMA for really no other reason that it was the most reputable WMA that was having a hunt. Didn't matter if the deer there were rutting or not, they just happened to be. The deer I killed and the deer I missed were both chasing does, very aggressively I might add. But actually, doesn't that really help my argument?...that's a LONG way south in Alabama, and those deer were absolutely nilly-willy chasing does like there was no tomorrow in the middle of January. TEven moreso, I talked to several folks who said they had been camped out bowhunting for several days prior to that gun hunt, and they had seen hard chasing all week.
We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: ikillbux]
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02/06/14 02:08 PM
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It was just happenstance. Military base I primarily hunt on held their final gun hunt on Jan 11. Two friends and I decided to go to Barbour WMA for really no other reason that it was the most reputable WMA that was having a hunt. Didn't matter if the deer there were rutting or not, they just happened to be. The deer I killed and the deer I missed were both chasing does, very aggressively I might add. But actually, doesn't that really help my argument?...that's a LONG way south in Alabama, and those deer were absolutely nilly-willy chasing does like there was no tomorrow in the middle of January. TEven moreso, I talked to several folks who said they had been camped out bowhunting for several days prior to that gun hunt, and they had seen hard chasing all week. Barbour WMA is hardly the norm of South Alabama.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/06/14 02:24 PM
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Wife and I saw a bunch of deer prancing around in fields between Greenville and Luverne about an hour ago.
Never Trust Government
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/06/14 02:26 PM
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It was just happenstance. Military base I primarily hunt on held their final gun hunt on Jan 11. Two friends and I decided to go to Barbour WMA for really no other reason that it was the most reputable WMA that was having a hunt. Didn't matter if the deer there were rutting or not, they just happened to be. The deer I killed and the deer I missed were both chasing does, very aggressively I might add. But actually, doesn't that really help my argument?...that's a LONG way south in Alabama, and those deer were absolutely nilly-willy chasing does like there was no tomorrow in the middle of January. TEven moreso, I talked to several folks who said they had been camped out bowhunting for several days prior to that gun hunt, and they had seen hard chasing all week. Have you looked at the AON rut map of Alabama? I can't find the topic but I recall that Barbour has an early rut. Just a few miles of there at Eufaula the rut occurs late Nov -early December. So no, your hunting at Barbour does not support your argument.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/06/14 02:39 PM
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I am still puzzled by the fact that the people who most strongly object to a change in season structure for SOUTH Alabama, are from North Alabama. Color me Bumfuzzled.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/06/14 02:42 PM
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It was just happenstance. Military base I primarily hunt on held their final gun hunt on Jan 11. Two friends and I decided to go to Barbour WMA for really no other reason that it was the most reputable WMA that was having a hunt. Didn't matter if the deer there were rutting or not, they just happened to be. The deer I killed and the deer I missed were both chasing does, very aggressively I might add. But actually, doesn't that really help my argument?...that's a LONG way south in Alabama, and those deer were absolutely nilly-willy chasing does like there was no tomorrow in the middle of January. TEven moreso, I talked to several folks who said they had been camped out bowhunting for several days prior to that gun hunt, and they had seen hard chasing all week. Have you looked at the AON rut map of Alabama? I can't find the topic but I recall that Barbour has an early rut. Just a few miles of there at Eufaula the rut occurs late Nov -early December. So no, your hunting at Barbour does not support your argument. http://www.aldeer.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=793167
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: Baybuzzard]
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02/06/14 02:44 PM
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I am still puzzled by the fact that the people who most strongly object to a change in season structure for SOUTH Alabama, are from North Alabama. Color me Bumfuzzled. Not me, I was hellbent against it when some in LA wanted to extend it for the WHOLE state. I'm glad ya'll got it, most of us in NA were getting tired of the whining.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/06/14 03:03 PM
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I am still puzzled by the fact that the people who most strongly object to a change in season structure for SOUTH Alabama, are from North Alabama. Color me Bumfuzzled. Not me, I was hellbent against it when some in LA wanted to extend it for the WHOLE state. I'm glad ya'll got it, most of us in NA were getting tired of the whining. Funny thing is although I am for the change in seasons, I don't even bother to hunt for rut anymore. I do my hunting in October & November. And the ironic part of that is, if the line moves any further north, I will lose 2 weeks off of a season that only lasts 6 weeks where I hunt.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/06/14 03:04 PM
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Well then, I think I will whine on down to Lyeffion and hunt the last big weekend!
WM Hunter "Trump literally sacrificed himself, his family and all of his businesses for this country. He literally is a true American hero. And True American Patriot - warts and all."
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: Baybuzzard]
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02/06/14 03:21 PM
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I am still puzzled by the fact that the people who most strongly object to a change in season structure for SOUTH Alabama, are from North Alabama. Color me Bumfuzzled. Trust me, I live parallel to Birmingham and everybody around here wants the February extension too. My objection is not to stop people in Covington Co from hunting in February, it's to try to close the Pandora's box that has now been opened by altering the season dates. I just dang sure don't want that crap here, and the title of this thread was about moving the line "just a little further north". Sounds like the old game called "Just the Tip"....
We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: Baybuzzard]
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02/06/14 04:48 PM
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I am still puzzled by the fact that the people who most strongly object to a change in season structure for SOUTH Alabama, are from North Alabama. Color me Bumfuzzled. Not me, I was hellbent against it when some in LA wanted to extend it for the WHOLE state. I'm glad ya'll got it, most of us in NA were getting tired of the whining. Funny thing is although I am for the change in seasons, I don't even bother to hunt for rut anymore. I do my hunting in October & November. And the ironic part of that is, if the line moves any further north, I will lose 2 weeks off of a season that only lasts 6 weeks where I hunt. Explain, where in Alabama is deer season only 6 weeks long and will then go to 4 weeks if shifted North?
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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02/06/14 05:03 PM
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I am still puzzled by the fact that the people who most strongly object to a change in season structure for SOUTH Alabama, are from North Alabama. Color me Bumfuzzled. Not me, I was hellbent against it when some in LA wanted to extend it for the WHOLE state. I'm glad ya'll got it, most of us in NA were getting tired of the whining. Funny thing is although I am for the change in seasons, I don't even bother to hunt for rut anymore. I do my hunting in October & November. And the ironic part of that is, if the line moves any further north, I will lose 2 weeks off of a season that only lasts 6 weeks where I hunt. Explain, where in Alabama is deer season only 6 weeks long and will then go to 4 weeks if shifted North? He only hunts one NWR.
Turkeys be damned.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: 2Dogs]
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02/06/14 05:18 PM
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I am still puzzled by the fact that the people who most strongly object to a change in season structure for SOUTH Alabama, are from North Alabama. Color me Bumfuzzled. Not me, I was hellbent against it when some in LA wanted to extend it for the WHOLE state. I'm glad ya'll got it, most of us in NA were getting tired of the whining. Funny thing is although I am for the change in seasons, I don't even bother to hunt for rut anymore. I do my hunting in October & November. And the ironic part of that is, if the line moves any further north, I will lose 2 weeks off of a season that only lasts 6 weeks where I hunt. Explain, where in Alabama is deer season only 6 weeks long and will then go to 4 weeks if shifted North? A national wildlife refuge open Oct 15 - Nov 30 only. Bow hunting only. The last few years my knees have gone to sheet, two replacement on one knee. Can't get around like I used to. Now only care about hunting here. If the south zone shifts north to encompass the refuge, I will lose those two weeks.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: Baybuzzard]
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Baybuzzard, I feel that everyone should be ably to hut the rut. Im in NE Al. and the rut on my lease is end of Nov. thru Dec. 10th. The deer just vanish in Jan. It really is great for everyone. if you dont mind getting in the truck and taking a long ride and hunt both ruts
It's not a Passion, it's an Obsession. That's what I tell my wife, but she promptly informs it's a disease to which is incurable.
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I am still puzzled by the fact that the people who most strongly object to a change in season structure for SOUTH Alabama, are from North Alabama. Color me Bumfuzzled. after seeing all those big bucks 2dogs has killed I have decided to find me some property in Jackson county and I'll also get to hunt the rut, and if all y'all south alabama boys will do the same the Yankee Bama boys will join our efforts.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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I am still puzzled by the fact that the people who most strongly object to a change in season structure for SOUTH Alabama, are from North Alabama. Color me Bumfuzzled. Not me, I was hellbent against it when some in LA wanted to extend it for the WHOLE state. I'm glad ya'll got it, most of us in NA were getting tired of the whining. Funny thing is although I am for the change in seasons, I don't even bother to hunt for rut anymore. I do my hunting in October & November. And the ironic part of that is, if the line moves any further north, I will lose 2 weeks off of a season that only lasts 6 weeks where I hunt. Explain, where in Alabama is deer season only 6 weeks long and will then go to 4 weeks if shifted North? A national wildlife refuge open Oct 15 - Nov 30 only. Bow hunting only. The last few years my knees have gone to sheet, two replacement on one knee. Can't get around like I used to. Now only care about hunting here. If the south zone shifts north to encompass the refuge, I will lose those two weeks. Does the State set the seasons on the NWF? If they do, lobby to get them adjusted, I bet a group could get it done. You have your group right here.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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I'm glad ya'll got it, most of us in NA were getting tired of the whining. I live and hunt in the SW zone, and even I was tired of the whining. Quite honestly, I haven't really seen anything very impressive as far as MATURE bucks being killed in February yet. One or two, but most that I've seen killed thus far have been piss-ants. People have a right to kill whatever they want...fine by me if it's "club legal" or whatever where you hunt. But, some of the same ones who pissed and moaned the most about wanting February hunting so they could have a better chance at "mature" bucks, are the ones killing the bucks that would have been mature in a year or two. Hard to have mature bucks to hunt next year if you kill them this year as "juveniles". I'm no expert by any means, but that much I know for sure.
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I am still puzzled by the fact that the people who most strongly object to a change in season structure for SOUTH Alabama, are from North Alabama. Color me Bumfuzzled. after seeing all those big bucks 2dogs has killed I have decided to find me some property in Jackson county and I'll also get to hunt the rut, and if all y'all south alabama boys will do the same the Yankee Bama boys will join our efforts. We can also get those land hogging deer killing machines Florida boys to go north with us. We can lease up all the land and hunt all three phases of the rut. Cool!
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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I am still puzzled by the fact that the people who most strongly object to a change in season structure for SOUTH Alabama, are from North Alabama. Color me Bumfuzzled. after seeing all those big bucks 2dogs has killed I have decided to find me some property in Jackson county and I'll also get to hunt the rut, and if all y'all south alabama boys will do the same the Yankee Bama boys will join our efforts. LOL. Couple years ago during these February arguments I mentioned something of that nature, that we'll just start coming up there and hunting the rut. They said something about bring some shrimp when ya come.
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I am still puzzled by the fact that the people who most strongly object to a change in season structure for SOUTH Alabama, are from North Alabama. Color me Bumfuzzled. Not me, I was hellbent against it when some in LA wanted to extend it for the WHOLE state. I'm glad ya'll got it, most of us in NA were getting tired of the whining. Funny thing is although I am for the change in seasons, I don't even bother to hunt for rut anymore. I do my hunting in October & November. And the ironic part of that is, if the line moves any further north, I will lose 2 weeks off of a season that only lasts 6 weeks where I hunt. Explain, where in Alabama is deer season only 6 weeks long and will then go to 4 weeks if shifted North? A national wildlife refuge open Oct 15 - Nov 30 only. Bow hunting only. The last few years my knees have gone to sheet, two replacement on one knee. Can't get around like I used to. Now only care about hunting here. If the south zone shifts north to encompass the refuge, I will lose those two weeks. Does the State set the seasons on the NWF? If they do, lobby to get them adjusted, I bet a group could get it done. You have your group right here. NWRs are Federally controlled. They are not likely to adjust their season to accommodate a handful of hunters. The refuge I hunt on is managed for the benefit of ducks. That is why it closes Nov 30. But I do appreciate you're concern & support
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Baybuzzard, where I live in sw la we have a NWR a few miles from my house. It would allow bowhuntin only oct 1 - oct 31. Our rut peaks the first 2 weeks in nov. We got enough of us together a d had meetings with area managers and hot an extension until the day before duck season opens, which is always 2nd Saturday of nov. Yall may want to try. All they can tell y'all is no.
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I'm going to bring it up one more time. Why not, at least, have a "trophy" weekend and pay an extra $5.00 or so when you buy your license. This money could go to research or to law enforcement. If you work weekends, be able to pick 2 days prior to the 15th of Feb. during the week. Put a 4 point on a side or some other criteria on what can be killed. No does, no spikes or the like. There will be abuses, but we have that now, more than anyone can believe. This will give us a taste of what things would be like with a February 15 end of season. If it makes a difference, go for it. If not, stay with the 2 day trophy season for a few more years, and continue to monitor deer density and conception dates. BTW, I'm sure that many of us would be glad to help with the studies on our personal property or on leases that would allow folks to shoot some at night. Attacks can start now. Florida hunters are banned from comments.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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Baybuzzard, where I live in sw la we have a NWR a few miles from my house. It would allow bowhuntin only oct 1 - oct 31. Our rut peaks the first 2 weeks in nov. We got enough of us together a d had meetings with area managers and hot an extension until the day before duck season opens, which is always 2nd Saturday of nov. Yall may want to try. All they can tell y'all is no. That is interesting. Is duck hunting allowed on that refuge? There is no duck hunting allowed on the refuge I hunt. In fact, no access allowed for any reason after Nov 30. It is there specifically for a duck refuge.
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Yes they allow duck hunting 4 days a week. That may be a problem for y'all. I would still try. When we did it the big dogs in Atlanta had no problem allowing the change. And duck in our area are # 1 priority.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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NWRs are Federally controlled. They are not likely to adjust their season to accommodate a handful of hunters. The refuge I hunt on is managed for the benefit of ducks. That is why it closes Nov 30. But I do appreciate you're concern & support So they could open bow season say Oct. 1 on the Federal owned lands? Now that would be sweet.
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I'm going to bring it up one more time. Why not, at least, have a "trophy" weekend and pay an extra $5.00 or so when you buy your license. This money could go to research or to law enforcement. If you work weekends, be able to pick 2 days prior to the 15th of Feb. during the week. Put a 4 point on a side or some other criteria on what can be killed. No does, no spikes or the like. There will be abuses, but we have that now, more than anyone can believe. This will give us a taste of what things would be like with a February 15 end of season. If it makes a difference, go for it. If not, stay with the 2 day trophy season for a few more years, and continue to monitor deer density and conception dates. BTW, I'm sure that many of us would be glad to help with the studies on our personal property or on leases that would allow folks to shoot some at night. Attacks can start now. Florida hunters are banned from comments. That would not work. And WHY put more restrictions on hunters??
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Why wouldn't it work, Kodiak? (Just asking.) It would be voluntary so if it didn't work for a minority of people, why not take a chance and satisfy a majority of those that want to hunt in Feb. More restrictions? It's voluntary. If you don't like these minor restrictions, go fishing.
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Why wouldn't it work, Kodiak? (Just asking.) It would be voluntary so if it didn't work for a minority of people, why not take a chance and satisfy a majority of those that want to hunt in Feb. More restrictions? It's voluntary. If you don't like these minor restrictions, go fishing. Have you talked to your legislators about it? They would need to file a bill and let it go through the legislative process to legally do what you're talking about and giving it the force and effect of law. If you're not willing to do that, go fishing. Constitution of Alabama 1901 Article IV Legislative Department.
SECTION 44 Composition of legislature. The legislative power of this state shall be vested in a legislature, which shall consist of a senate and a house of representatives.
SECTION 45 Style of laws; division of laws; laws restricted to one subject; amendment or revival of laws by title only. The style of the laws of this state shall be: "Be it enacted by the legislature of Alabama," which need not be repeated, but the act shall be divided into sections for convenience, according to substance, and the sections designated merely by figures. Each law shall contain but one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, except general appropriation bills, general revenue bills, and bills adopting a code, digest, or revision of statutes; and no law shall be revived, amended, or the provisions thereof extended or conferred, by reference to its title only; but so much thereof as is revived, amended, extended, or conferred, shall be re-enacted and published at length.
SECTION 61 Laws to be passed by bills; restrictions on amendments to bills. No law shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall be so altered or amended on its passage through either house as to change its original purpose.
SECTION 62 Referral of bills to standing committees. No bill shall become a law until it shall have been referred to a standing committee of each house, acted upon by such committee in session, and returned therefrom, which facts shall affirmatively appear upon the journal of each house.
SECTION 63 Number of readings for bills; recordation of votes on bills; majority vote required for passage of bills. Every bill shall be read on three different days in each house, and no bill shall become a law, unless on its final passage it be read at length, and the vote be taken by yeas and nays, the names of the members voting for and against the same be entered upon the journals, and a majority of each house be recorded thereon as voting in its favor, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution.
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Had a buddy see a buck chasing 6 does near the Auburn Fisheries yesterday. Of course, there will be some chasing through March if things go as they have in the past.
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It's voluntary. If you don't like these minor restrictions, go fishing. Those minor restrictions do not exist... So maybe you should go fishing! Having "individuals" pick their days to hunt during a season that has closed would be impossible for LEO's to keep tabs on. My point is why impose MORE rules for hunting. There are enough restrictions already. Maybe just go south and hunt the zone that already has FEB hunting??
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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If the license to hunt in Feb. already had the days on it, it "could" be checked by LEO's. The reason for rules and regulations is to make the 2 day Feb. hunt a special deal (a trophy hunt) giving the LEO's ammunition to make a case if they need to and more than anything appease the state and hunters that think it will be armageddon to have Feb. hunting. Like the suggestions in the game laws. This would enable hunters and the DCNR to gauge some of the impact on a smaller scale. Heck, if they want to name 2 days in a weekend and not worry about those who work then, let them do it and feel the wrath. As far as hunting south Alabama, I have no place to hunt, won't go to management areas after an event that happened at Coosa quite a few years ago. Maybe we could open up the February hunting for 15 days, wherever. I'd be all for that. The CAB makes that decision and I really don't think they know the impact of Feb. hunting. This was a way for them to stick their toes in the water and have something to make a decision. I also think that the "out of season" hunting that already goes on impacts the deer herd more than February hunting. You don't want to hunt Feb. Don't hunt.
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I too think that the season should start later and got into Feb state wide. NO! If an adult cant kill a mature buck with all the days we have he isn't spending enough time in the woods or there just aren't any where he is hunting! Bow season should open earlier!!! There should be a youth weekend the following weekend after deer season closes along with the one we have already. That way the kids can get in on the late rut areas without the adults jacking it up! Just my opinion!!!!! AGAIN I SAY ... With all the days/months we have to hunt you still cant see a mature buck? Rut or no rut they are either there or they are not. If we keep this up they will only shorten the whole season. Ask for more rules and regs and that is what you will get. NEVER IN OUR FAVOR!!!!!!!
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Kodiak, I would agree to that, but I see how slow things move. Roscoe, you don't know chit about us and where we hunt, and all of a sudden you are everybody's expert. Can I hire you as a consultant?
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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I'm glad ya'll got it, most of us in NA were getting tired of the whining. I live and hunt in the SW zone, and even I was tired of the whining. Quite honestly, I haven't really seen anything very impressive as far as MATURE bucks being killed in February yet. One or two, but most that I've seen killed thus far have been piss-ants. People have a right to kill whatever they want...fine by me if it's "club legal" or whatever where you hunt. But, some of the same ones who pissed and moaned the most about wanting February hunting so they could have a better chance at "mature" bucks, are the ones killing the bucks that would have been mature in a year or two. Hard to have mature bucks to hunt next year if you kill them this year as "juveniles". I'm no expert by any means, but that much I know for sure. This is exactly the case for most! As I live and hunt this extended area also and this has been the norm the last ten days.
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I'm glad ya'll got it, most of us in NA were getting tired of the whining. I live and hunt in the SW zone, and even I was tired of the whining. Quite honestly, I haven't really seen anything very impressive as far as MATURE bucks being killed in February yet. One or two, but most that I've seen killed thus far have been piss-ants. People have a right to kill whatever they want...fine by me if it's "club legal" or whatever where you hunt. But, some of the same ones who pissed and moaned the most about wanting February hunting so they could have a better chance at "mature" bucks, are the ones killing the bucks that would have been mature in a year or two. Hard to have mature bucks to hunt next year if you kill them this year as "juveniles". I'm no expert by any means, but that much I know for sure. This is exactly the case for most! As I live and hunt this extended area also and this has been the norm the last ten days. I disagree. I personally know of 9 4 1/2 or older bucks killed in Baldwin County in the past week (3 of them today) and some others that were probably 3 1/2. However, there were several younger deer killed as well. The extension has made a huge difference here.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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No doubt the season needs to be changed to include as much as two weeks into February, I guess the question is what part of the state. Using the states own conception dates as guidance, it seems the entire state needs to be extended. Average conception date samples show in the following counties the average sample dates of conception: Colbert County - Jan 28 Jackson County - Jan 23 Limestone County - Feb 9 Madison County - Jan 29 Perry County - Jan 27 Randolph County - Feb 6 Walker County - Feb 3
Because of the various stocking areas of deer with different genetic breeding dates it is almost impossible to break the state into two or three hunting zones to allow the hunters the ability to hunt the rut. BULL! The study site for Jackson was done on the Jones farm in lower PRV, those deer were stocked from a different site than others released in Jackson Co. Jones farm IS NOT a good indicator of deer breeding in NE Alabama. The lions share of Jackson breeds 1st week of Jan. I hunt Jackson and I hunt both primary and secondary breeding periods.
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Guys, I swear I'm not trying to argue or be contentious, but what's the big deal about hunting the rut? Just an honest question. Please give some thought to your answer before you just fire back at me out of aggravation. Seriously, when you have 3.5 months of hunting, what's the big deal with the rut? At least, what's the big enough deal about it to cause the ruckus we've created about season date extensions?
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People enjoy seeing bucks chasing does.
It's not a matter of "If youse cain't kill one in 3.5 months then quit!" or anything like that. That's a BS reply because everyone's hunting time, method and options are different.
It's the excitement of enjoying and hunting that specific chasing phase of the rut -- which is the entire period after velvet is shed, antlers are hard and hormone levels are high until bucks shed their antlers in spring.
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People enjoy seeing bucks chasing does.
It's not a matter of "If youse cain't kill one in 3.5 months then quit!" or anything like that. That's a BS reply because everyone's hunting time, method and options are different.
It's the excitement of enjoying and hunting that specific chasing phase of the rut -- which is the entire period after velvet is shed, antlers are hard and hormone levels are high until bucks shed their antlers in spring.
Exactly! Its the time of year when deer behave like they're not in fear for their life but instead in their natural environment. Grunting, fighting, and chasing...its when you can interact with deer and they respond to grunting, rattling, and decoys the best. Most enjoyable hunting experiences.
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I'm actually good with that answer...I feel like it's honest and genuine. It's actually refreshing just to hear someone say it. It just always seems like the narrative is "We don't see bucks until the rut" (or at least that's the argument that was posed when I read articles back when it was being petitioned). I believe that's what caused many folks to ask "you can't see a buck in 3.5 months????"
And in the end we're just bantering opinions. One hunter enjoys/appreciates the rut experience. I do too, but no more so than a batchelor group coming to a white oak on Oct 15th. (I actually like the early season grouped-up bucks better than the late season chasing). Thus I am worried silly about losing early season time. Again, just opinions and preferences, nobody's wrong.
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I actually like the early season grouped-up bucks better than the late season chasing Same here. I like patterned bucks a lot better than ones that follow no rhyme or reason.
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02/11/14 07:16 AM
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I'm glad ya'll got it, most of us in NA were getting tired of the whining. I live and hunt in the SW zone, and even I was tired of the whining. Quite honestly, I haven't really seen anything very impressive as far as MATURE bucks being killed in February yet. One or two, but most that I've seen killed thus far have been piss-ants. People have a right to kill whatever they want...fine by me if it's "club legal" or whatever where you hunt. But, some of the same ones who pissed and moaned the most about wanting February hunting so they could have a better chance at "mature" bucks, are the ones killing the bucks that would have been mature in a year or two. Hard to have mature bucks to hunt next year if you kill them this year as "juveniles". I'm no expert by any means, but that much I know for sure. This is exactly the case for most! As I live and hunt this extended area also and this has been the norm the last ten days. I disagree. I personally know of 9 4 1/2 or older bucks killed in Baldwin County in the past week (3 of them today) and some others that were probably 3 1/2. However, there were several younger deer killed as well. The extension has made a huge difference here. I agree it made a huge difference in Baldwin County for 3.5+ year old bucks being seen and killed.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: timbercruiser]
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02/11/14 07:21 AM
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2Dogs, I'm not familiar with the stocking of Jackson county, but what about the rest of the sample conception dates/areas of northern Alabama? Perhaps those samples were taken from areas like the Jones Farm where the buck/doe ratio is skewed toward does, deer were stocked from different areas. Maybe they are accurate dates. In your post you show Jackson to have the earliest conception date. Did you cherry pick? I doubt Jackson's date's are the earliest in NA. Matt Brock has posted NA does not need Feb. hunting. The area he manages and surrounding area has a very early rut, I think it peaks early December. I hope you don't want to shut those folks down during their rut, only to tack those days on in Feb. I spoke to Chris Cook at length about this very subject last year. He assured me that there would be NO Feb. deer hunting in Jackson County. I fully expect him to be a man of his word.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: ikillbux]
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02/11/14 07:59 AM
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Guys, I swear I'm not trying to argue or be contentious, but what's the big deal about hunting the rut? Just an honest question. Please give some thought to your answer before you just fire back at me out of aggravation. Seriously, when you have 3.5 months of hunting, what's the big deal with the rut? At least, what's the big enough deal about it to cause the ruckus we've created about season date extensions? let me throw my 2 cents in here. We don't kill anything but mature bucks and mature bucks have a tendency to be nocturnal even when not pressured. Throw in some hunting pressure and they become like vampires, never moving until it is dark. I could probably kill 10-15 "bucks" if I wanted to, but I'm looking for wallhangers, if he's not 130" or better he's getting a pass from me. I'm not saying that's the way everyone should do it, just the way we do it. They don't get to be 4, 5 or 6 years old by wandering around aimlessly in daylight asking for someone to whack them. The only time they move during daylight is early bow season and when they are after a hot doe.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: ronfromramer]
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02/11/14 08:09 AM
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They don't get to be 4, 5 or 6 years old by wandering around aimlessly in daylight asking for someone to whack them. This is one thing that gets me about Alabama hunters, and most deer hunters who are looking for bigger bucks. Not the meat hunters or those who are satisfied with whatever. Fine and dandy. You're not hunting giant mature bucks? No problem. Enjoy your legal hunting. I like hunting that way too, sometimes. Last week of this season if I saw something brown it was going to be dead. But for those who want mature bucks, big antlers, the 'wall hangers' and then say they can't see any but shoot a 3-year old that scores 115 or 120 and wonder why they can't see any "big, mature bucks" ... it's obvious. They don't get to 4 or 5 or 6 years old when they're dead at 2.5 and 3 years old. The BEST thing that could happen for anyone wanting to hunt, grow or see more mature bucks - the 4-yo or older bucks - is to actually hunt somewhere like in Iowa or Kansas or Kentucky with one (or two) buck season limits and where hunters pass on 140-class bucks. When you see a 140-inch buck and say "Ah, OK, THAT's what one looks like, and he'll probably be 150 or maybe 160 next season" ... that makes an impact. Seeing a 160-incher on TV doesn't do the same thing. It's like watching The Masters and then being able to walk the fairways at Augusta National. Or like watching baseball on TV but then attending a Braves game and recognizing that "crack" of the bat is different or the speed of the pitches is faster than appearing on TV. It opens your eyes and awareness. Again, if you like hunting legally and aren't worried about giant bucks and are happy with your hunting, fine. That's all cool. But if you want mature bucks and believe you can have/grow/keep them on your property, learn what a mature buck is, what the body size dictates, what the habitat around your land offers them, and then decide to let them walk and actually gets some age and maturity. Only then can it make a difference.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: Clem]
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02/11/14 08:47 AM
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: Clem]
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02/11/14 10:36 AM
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They don't get to be 4, 5 or 6 years old by wandering around aimlessly in daylight asking for someone to whack them. This is one thing that gets me about Alabama hunters, and most deer hunters who are looking for bigger bucks. Not the meat hunters or those who are satisfied with whatever. Fine and dandy. You're not hunting giant mature bucks? No problem. Enjoy your legal hunting. I like hunting that way too, sometimes. Last week of this season if I saw something brown it was going to be dead. But for those who want mature bucks, big antlers, the 'wall hangers' and then say they can't see any but shoot a 3-year old that scores 115 or 120 and wonder why they can't see any "big, mature bucks" ... it's obvious. They don't get to 4 or 5 or 6 years old when they're dead at 2.5 and 3 years old. The BEST thing that could happen for anyone wanting to hunt, grow or see more mature bucks - the 4-yo or older bucks - is to actually hunt somewhere like in Iowa or Kansas or Kentucky with one (or two) buck season limits and where hunters pass on 140-class bucks. When you see a 140-inch buck and say "Ah, OK, THAT's what one looks like, and he'll probably be 150 or maybe 160 next season" ... that makes an impact. Seeing a 160-incher on TV doesn't do the same thing. It's like watching The Masters and then being able to walk the fairways at Augusta National. Or like watching baseball on TV but then attending a Braves game and recognizing that "crack" of the bat is different or the speed of the pitches is faster than appearing on TV. It opens your eyes and awareness. Again, if you like hunting legally and aren't worried about giant bucks and are happy with your hunting, fine. That's all cool. But if you want mature bucks and believe you can have/grow/keep them on your property, learn what a mature buck is, what the body size dictates, what the habitat around your land offers them, and then decide to let them walk and actually gets some age and maturity. Only then can it make a difference. Thank you for this. That is what always irritates the Haties out of me is the guy that shoots all the 2-3 year olds he can and says there aren't or there can not be any big buck Just eats me up. Age, Nutrition, And then Genetics it take all of them. I have no problem with meat hunters or a man that is happy with what he has. I have a problem with the guy complaining there are no big bucks and you see pics of him with 3 small 6-8pts at 110in. each.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/11/14 10:48 AM
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My grandpa said 40 years ago that dead turkeys don't gobble!
The turkey part was because Coosa County had a fall season and the guys were bad about shooting big gobblers when they flew up to roost.
The same logic applies to shooting 3.5 and younger bucks. Assuming mature bucks are your thing.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: Talltines]
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02/11/14 10:52 AM
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Age, Nutrition, And then Genetics it take all of them. Nutrition and genetics don't mean squat if you don't let bucks get of age to grow decent racks.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/11/14 10:54 AM
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A fella can hunt a long time, on fine land in Alabama, and never see a 140" or larger deer. 90% of Alabama hunters will die having never seen a 140" deer. And it ain't because so many bucks get killed young (although I will agree that hurts, really hurts)....it's because they just ain't there. NO brag, but I've killed a butt-load of 4yr old and older bucks, only one of which was right at 140". In 20 years I might have seen 10 deer that would surpass 140", and I hunt 3+ days a week, every week, every year. I have paid $3500 and leased land by myself, from Cleburne Co to Macon Co, and son there just ain't many of those deer. The total majority of 5yr old Bama bucks will be "average mounters". Now I like to kill deer, and I won't normally kill 3.5yr old skinny racked bucks (killed one marginal this season), so I don't know that I'll ever walk a CLEARLY mature 120" buck. I don't have a problem AT ALL with folks who like to target really big deer, but shoot fire guys, that's got to be crazy hard! I got invited to join a club in Dallas Co one time that had a 140" minimum....I just laughed. I asked them how many they killed last year, never did get a clear answer. Oh, and I believe most bioloigsts will say this too: Genetics, genetics, genetics, and then age. (Not a believer in artificial nutrition) I see too many stud bucks killed on total trash land, telling me that God's natural palate is plenty good.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/11/14 11:21 AM
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that pic above is from a camp with brown its down mentality.but there have been several bigger bucks than that one taken off the land.that aint even the biggest we got on the property now.not saying i disagree.i'll let them walk.its just aggravating.because the next guy shoots them.people let the bucks walk and shoot all the does.and they carry the big buck genes too
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/11/14 11:40 AM
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Plenty of 140-inch bucks could, and would, grow in Alabama in many areas if given the chance to become 5-year olds.
Age, nutrition, genes. The last one can't be fully expressed without the first two being allowed to occur.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: Clem]
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02/11/14 12:01 PM
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Age, nutrition, genes. The last one can't be fully expressed without the first two being allowed to occur.
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I'm for sure not an expert, I'm just repeating what I heard straight from the mouth of an Auburn biologist. He said hunters waste a ton of time and money on nutrition. He said it sure doesn't hurt, just doesn't believe it helps enough to matter. I enjoy feeding them, and getting pics, but I tend to agree with him.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/11/14 12:15 PM
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Age, nutrition, genes. The last one can't be fully expressed without the first two being allowed to occur.
I'm for sure not an expert, I'm just repeating what I heard straight from the mouth of an Auburn biologist. He said hunters waste a ton of time and money on nutrition. He said it sure doesn't hurt, just doesn't believe it helps enough to matter. I enjoy feeding them, and getting pics, but I tend to agree with him. They must have nutrition of some kind, and if it's all natural, some is of much better quality than others. All nutrition does not come out of a bag. I can manage my property to provide quality natural nutrition, timber harvest, burning, plantings and such. Guy 3 miles over does nothing natural or out of a bag, my deer are bigger and healthier. Growing "big" bucks to maximum is a 3 legged stool, however only 2 legs we can directly effect. Genetics, ya play the cards you're dealt.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/11/14 12:23 PM
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He said it sure doesn't hurt, just doesn't believe it helps enough to matter. His opinion. Everyone has one, of course.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/11/14 01:05 PM
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Age, nutrition, genes. The last one can't be fully expressed without the first two being allowed to occur.
I'm for sure not an expert, I'm just repeating what I heard straight from the mouth of an Auburn biologist. He said hunters waste a ton of time and money on nutrition. He said it sure doesn't hurt, just doesn't believe it helps enough to matter. I enjoy feeding them, and getting pics, but I tend to agree with him. [/quote] All I can Say Is What!!!! And Most Biologist most of them only look at what a deer herd should be and what the carrying capacity of land is. Most of them don't look at How can they build a trophy herd. There are very Few Biologist that work with Trophy management. Go by a deer farmers ranch sometime that has local deer in it and see how big those boys are. It because the Age, Nutrition and Genetics. Heck drive down Bell rd in the middle of Montgomery and look in that guys high fence.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: teamduckdown]
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02/11/14 01:11 PM
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Hang on, now, you're talking about high fences and uber-stuff vs. helping-managing-providing good habitat in the wild, supplements and such. Two different things. And most hunters-landowners don't, to support the biologist's statement, do enough to matter ... putting out a few bags of RackWhopper BioAntlerCornFeed each year doesn't flip the switch.
Age, plus good habitat maybe with minerals and supplements IF you can afford it and IF you do enough year-round to help the genetics, all combine. It's possible to do those things but it takes $$$ and commitment and, likely, a lot of land or neighbors doing the same (which is tough) and patience. Not a lot of folks do that or can do that or have the patience.
As for fences and deer farms and TDM, that's a different discussion.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/11/14 01:21 PM
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Didn't mean it that way just a point that nutrition has a big part in there ability to grow more hornage. It does get expensive. If you poured out bag after bag. But anything one can do can help his herd. Heck plant your food plots in clover or some soybeans. But to just say that it does not help that is just wrong. And if the hunter is wasting time and money on it than, as per statement Than how is that not enough. Anything is better than nothing. Heck just passing up 3.5 years is a good start for a lot of areas.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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A fella can hunt a long time, on fine land in Alabama, and never see a 140" or larger deer. 90% of Alabama hunters will die having never seen a 140" deer. And it ain't because so many bucks get killed young (although I will agree that hurts, really hurts)....it's because they just ain't there. NO brag, but I've killed a butt-load of 4yr old and older bucks, only one of which was right at 140". In 20 years I might have seen 10 deer that would surpass 140", and I hunt 3+ days a week, every week, every year. I have paid $3500 and leased land by myself, from Cleburne Co to Macon Co, and son there just ain't many of those deer. The total majority of 5yr old Bama bucks will be "average mounters". Now I like to kill deer, and I won't normally kill 3.5yr old skinny racked bucks (killed one marginal this season), so I don't know that I'll ever walk a CLEARLY mature 120" buck. I don't have a problem AT ALL with folks who like to target really big deer, but shoot fire guys, that's got to be crazy hard! I got invited to join a club in Dallas Co one time that had a 140" minimum....I just laughed. I asked them how many they killed last year, never did get a clear answer. Oh, and I believe most bioloigsts will say this too: Genetics, genetics, genetics, and then age. (Not a believer in artificial nutrition) I see too many stud bucks killed on total trash land, telling me that God's natural palate is plenty good. If you believe in genetics, genetics, genetics, have shot a butt-load of 4 year olds and only one 140"er and want to shoot more ya need to find another place to hunt. IMO of course.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
[Re: Talltines]
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Heck just passing up 3.5 years is a good start for a lot of areas. Yep.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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A fella can hunt a long time, on fine land in Alabama, and never see a 140" or larger deer. 90% of Alabama hunters will die having never seen a 140" deer. And it ain't because so many bucks get killed young (although I will agree that hurts, really hurts)....it's because they just ain't there. NO brag, but I've killed a butt-load of 4yr old and older bucks, only one of which was right at 140". In 20 years I might have seen 10 deer that would surpass 140", and I hunt 3+ days a week, every week, every year. I have paid $3500 and leased land by myself, from Cleburne Co to Macon Co, and son there just ain't many of those deer. The total majority of 5yr old Bama bucks will be "average mounters". Now I like to kill deer, and I won't normally kill 3.5yr old skinny racked bucks (killed one marginal this season), so I don't know that I'll ever walk a CLEARLY mature 120" buck. I don't have a problem AT ALL with folks who like to target really big deer, but shoot fire guys, that's got to be crazy hard! I got invited to join a club in Dallas Co one time that had a 140" minimum....I just laughed. I asked them how many they killed last year, never did get a clear answer. Oh, and I believe most bioloigsts will say this too: Genetics, genetics, genetics, and then age. (Not a believer in artificial nutrition) I see too many stud bucks killed on total trash land, telling me that God's natural palate is plenty good. If you believe in genetics, genetics, genetics, have shot a butt-load of 4 year olds and only one 140"er and want to shoot more ya need to find another place to hunt. IMO of course. Not sure if you're agreeing with me, or saying I should've killed more 140's??? I think we've got about 9 narratives going on in this one thread! Hehehehe! Seriously, if you have hunting club land in Alabama that you believe has a huntable population of 140+ deer, I'd like to hear more about it. Photos maybe? And not just that one deer we've all gotten on a trail cam and still talk about for years, but a high probability to see and kill some 140, 150, 160 deer most hunting seasons. Seriously, IF that's the case, memberships would be $10,000 a year, but more than likely someone would have turned it into a pay-hunt paradise. You realize most Midwestern outfitters don't have that kind of land, right? If you consider my math, I'm averaging seeing a 140+ deer about once every couple of seasons--In Alabama. Frankly I believe that's OUT-DADGUM-STANDING! I have had to hunt more than you can realize, all over half the state to do that.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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A fella can hunt a long time, on fine land in Alabama, and never see a 140" or larger deer. 90% of Alabama hunters will die having never seen a 140" deer. And it ain't because so many bucks get killed young (although I will agree that hurts, really hurts)....it's because they just ain't there. NO brag, but I've killed a butt-load of 4yr old and older bucks, only one of which was right at 140". In 20 years I might have seen 10 deer that would surpass 140", and I hunt 3+ days a week, every week, every year. I have paid $3500 and leased land by myself, from Cleburne Co to Macon Co, and son there just ain't many of those deer. The total majority of 5yr old Bama bucks will be "average mounters". Now I like to kill deer, and I won't normally kill 3.5yr old skinny racked bucks (killed one marginal this season), so I don't know that I'll ever walk a CLEARLY mature 120" buck. I don't have a problem AT ALL with folks who like to target really big deer, but shoot fire guys, that's got to be crazy hard! I got invited to join a club in Dallas Co one time that had a 140" minimum....I just laughed. I asked them how many they killed last year, never did get a clear answer. Oh, and I believe most bioloigsts will say this too: Genetics, genetics, genetics, and then age. (Not a believer in artificial nutrition) I see too many stud bucks killed on total trash land, telling me that God's natural palate is plenty good. If you believe in genetics, genetics, genetics, have shot a butt-load of 4 year olds and only one 140"er and want to shoot more ya need to find another place to hunt. IMO of course. Not sure if you're agreeing with me, or saying I should've killed more 140's??? I think we've got about 9 narratives going on in this one thread! Hehehehe! Seriously, if you have hunting club land in Alabama that you believe has a huntable population of 140+ deer, I'd like to hear more about it. Photos maybe? And not just that one deer we've all gotten on a trail cam and still talk about for years, but a high probability to see and kill some 140, 150, 160 deer most hunting seasons. Seriously, IF that's the case, memberships would be $10,000 a year, but more than likely someone would have turned it into a pay-hunt paradise. You realize most Midwestern outfitters don't have that kind of land, right? If you consider my math, I'm averaging seeing a 140+ deer about once every couple of seasons--In Alabama. Frankly I believe that's OUT-DADGUM-STANDING! I have had to hunt more than you can realize, all over half the state to do that. Jackson Co. has more bucks in the Alabama Whitetail Record Book than any other county and by a pretty wide margin. Most counties had a head start, as we have only had a deer season since the late 60's. My club has no openings. But I think I could put a 140" in front of ya for 10K.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/11/14 04:35 PM
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No doubt the season needs to be changed to include as much as two weeks into February, I guess the question is what part of the state. Using the states own conception dates as guidance, it seems the entire state needs to be extended. Average conception date samples show in the following counties the average sample dates of conception: Colbert County - Jan 28 Jackson County - Jan 23 Limestone County - Feb 9 Madison County - Jan 29 Perry County - Jan 27 Randolph County - Feb 6 Walker County - Feb 3
Because of the various stocking areas of deer with different genetic breeding dates it is almost impossible to break the state into two or three hunting zones to allow the hunters the ability to hunt the rut. Incorrect grasshopper: Colbert County - 5 out of 7 samples averaged Jan 20 something. The other 2 were the first of Jan Jackson County - 4 of 6 sites were the first week of Jan or last of Dec and 2 were Jan 19 and 29th. Limestone County - 4 of 7 sites were end of Dec, 3 were last week of Jan or 1st of Feb Madison County - Jan 30 Perry County - Jan 19 Randolph County - Feb 6, yes, 7 deer sample ranging from Jan 18 - Feb 22 Walker County - Jan 4 These are the correct average dates from all samples.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/11/14 04:41 PM
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Thanks Gob, those numbers look more like it for Jackson Co. Exactly what I been sayin'. I bet those late Jan numbers came off the Jones Farm.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/11/14 04:50 PM
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Genetics Shemetics. I'll bet the average south Alabama 3.5 yr old who has good natural forage and or crops to eat will be bigger racked than a 2.5 yr old N AL or TN deer living in marginal conditions.
Maybe, maybe not. Where do you think most of the NA deer were stocked from? They are the same deer.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/11/14 05:12 PM
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Matt Brock
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ikillbux, there are plenty of properties that consistently produce and have huntable 140+ deer every season. EVERY season. No doubt most AL hunters will never see a 140", much less kill one, but there are certainly properties that produce them very regularly. Those properties do it without protein feed, supplements, or anything special. They just do it. I agree with 2dogs. If you are looking for 140" deer and have killed one in 20 years, I would be searching elsewhere.
It's not individual properties that do it, it's more like areas. Certain areas do it often. Find one and hunt it.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/11/14 05:18 PM
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Matt Brock
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As for nutrition, the best bang for your dollar is native vegetation management, NOT protein feed. Putting out a few feeders on your property a few months out of the year has made less than a 1% difference in body weights and antler quality. True facts. Not here say. That's science. AU biologist was right. Of course it makes a difference in a enclosure. You can control ALL the variables of a deer's life, including what it eats every day. Placing a feeder in a wild herd, where they have endless options in natural vegetation, does not attract the deer enough for them to make a difference. They visit that feeder an hour a day. They are feeding on other stuff for the other 23 hours.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/11/14 05:22 PM
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Matt Brock
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I am NOT anti-feed. I am pro habitat and trigger restraint. That produces big deer.
That, and I'm too poor to feed deer. So are most other folks.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/12/14 06:08 AM
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I am NOT anti-feed. I am pro habitat and trigger restraint. That produces big deer.
That, and I'm too poor to feed deer. So are most other folks. Best post this year! kcorB ttaM for President!
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/12/14 06:29 AM
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I am pro habitat and trigger restraint. That produces big deer. Bazinga.
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Re: The February Deer season needs to encompass more of the state..
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02/12/14 10:29 AM
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ikillbux
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ikillbux, there are plenty of properties that consistently produce and have huntable 140+ deer every season. EVERY season. No doubt most AL hunters will never see a 140", much less kill one, but there are certainly properties that produce them very regularly. Those properties do it without protein feed, supplements, or anything special. They just do it. I agree with 2dogs. If you are looking for 140" deer and have killed one in 20 years, I would be searching elsewhere.
It's not individual properties that do it, it's more like areas. Certain areas do it often. Find one and hunt it. ^^^Completely agree^^^. We see multiple large bucks (140's and up) come from pretty much every county each year, but that northern 1/3rd of the state has been bonkers in recent years. My main point was that it's some combination of crazy/arrogant/misguided if you're hunting in Alabama and ONLY shooting 140+ bucks.
We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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