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Joined: Feb 2012
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How does the middle of december in central Al work out for everyone? For years I have had little to no luck until after christmas. Then it just slowly gets better till after the 1st week in january and wide open till the end of season.
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I tell myself every year, that after Thanksgiving, I'm not going again till after Christmas. But with weather like today, it's hard to stay out of the woods.
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Booner
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Booner
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The December lull. It sucks
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Old Mossy Horns
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Oct, Nov, and Dec are all good months for killing good bucks. Oct and Nov is best for me. January is like you flipped a switch. No deer movement at all on our place.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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I think it depends upon the hunting pressure that you and the surrounding clubs apply to the woods. If overpressured up until then the deer will say screw this and go nocturnal completely, but if no pressure, or very minimal pressure you can probably have a decent experience.
Is it Hunting Season Yet?
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Same as n2tkry on our place.
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Also depends on where you are in Central Alabama. Various times of the rut, even 10 miles apart.
Matt Brock wears knock-off Crocs.
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Booner
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Our rut in chilton county is getting ready to kick off. The last 3 weeks of January are dead for us.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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I have hunted the same place in Pike and Crenshaw county for 20 years. October and November are great, especially if we have some cold weather. After the second week of December you might as well stay at home until the second week on Jan. Very little sightings at all and those you do see are mostly young animals. 10+ years ago a good buck was killed at my house on dec. 27th, but it was during an extremely cold front that lasted several days.
The past 5-6 years have been worse than I remember, just seeing a deer becomes rare. The past 2 years I have stopped hunting entirely during this period and plan to do the same this year.
I would gladly trade the last 2 weeks of Dec and the first 2 of Jan for 10 days in Feb.
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First two weeks in Dec in Fayette co are about worthless. Ive killed a couple good deer over the years in eatly Dec, but overall sightings are consistently lower than early and late season. About Dec 18 things get better.
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Thanks guys. I am thinking about not hunting this weekend due to slow movement. Trying to decide if my time could be used more wisely by moving a stand or 2 and cutting shooting lanes.
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I am hoping that leaving our place alone for 10 days will help some this year.
Grandma said...Always keep a gun close at hand, you just never know when you might run across some varmint that needs killing...
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Where i hunt, that has a Jan. rut, we call this time of year the "December Doldrums".
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yup, about the same at my place. I have 5 stands on private land. I have hunted 2 of them, once each and that is it. same last year. no outside pressure unless there are poachers. It doesnt matter... I wont see shooters till mid january/or that monday holiday in late january till end of season. been that last 4-5 years and I cant explain it- my place is more like a sanctuary with stands, than a hunting club with a sanctuary. I guess they go nocturnal in preparation for the rut because it aint pressure.
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Our rut in chilton county is getting ready to kick off. The last 3 weeks of January are dead for us. same for us in north perry county
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yup, about the same at my place. I have 5 stands on private land. I have hunted 2 of them, once each and that is it. same last year. no outside pressure unless there are poachers. It doesnt matter... I wont see shooters till mid january/or that monday holiday in late january till end of season. been that last 4-5 years and I cant explain it- my place is more like a sanctuary with stands, than a hunting club with a sanctuary. I guess they go nocturnal in preparation for the rut because it aint pressure. Mature bucks are nocturnal, and for the most part, except during the rut, will not show themselves until then, and then you have to be in the right stand when he walks by. I would think, it would take a huge land tract with little pressure for probaly 6-8 years before you would see a difference, because just because your not pressuring your land, they feel pressure when they leave it.
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The December lull. It sucks x2
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I am hoping that leaving our place alone for 10 days will help some this year. I'm hoping the same. Nobody has been on my place since 11/27, but I did leave my cameras out. I'll pull those cards Saturday when I hunt & am curious to see if their behavior has changed.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson
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I have hunted the same place in Pike and Crenshaw county for 20 years. October and November are great, especially if we have some cold weather. After the second week of December you might as well stay at home until the second week on Jan. Very little sightings at all and those you do see are mostly young animals. 10+ years ago a good buck was killed at my house on dec. 27th, but it was during an extremely cold front that lasted several days.
The past 5-6 years have been worse than I remember, just seeing a deer becomes rare. The past 2 years I have stopped hunting entirely during this period and plan to do the same this year.
I would gladly trade the last 2 weeks of Dec and the first 2 of Jan for 10 days in Feb. Couldn't agree more. In butler, lowndes, and Crenshaw county. I would give the whole month of Dec. for 10 days in Feb.
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Also depends on where you are in Central Alabama. Various times of the rut, even 10 miles apart. What he said. Where I used to hunt in Bibb County, December 10-25 was the time to be there.
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