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Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
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10 point
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Perry county.Worst year ever for me in 21 years on every account.Saw six deer all season with alot of time in the woods.
Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation,whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life;of whom shall I be afraid?
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8 point
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Morgan-
Below in all 3. We killed 3 bucks this year which was better than the last couple years but overall deer sightings were down not only in the woods but on the cameras. I hope its due to the big acorn crop. I couldn't even get my 6 year old son on a doe to just get his first kill. 10 years ago I could have done a walk about and jumped something up to shoot on about any given day.
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6 point
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Russell Co
Above average
Average
Above Average
Not seeing as many deer as early season, but still seeing a good bit and most of them are bucks
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Booner
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Everything woke turns to shucks
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4 point
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Tuscaloosa County
On Camera - They partied all night and slept all day.
Early - Does come out during the day - Average
Mid - A Few Buck , and the Does started staying in the Brush - Average
Late - Bucks show up and hang out, Does are being cagey - This year a little above Average.
Looks like we kept the Bucks on property this year so hopefully we can harvest them next year.
Any day in the Field is a good day!
If you can't laugh at your mistakes, go home.
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Old Mossy Horns
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Marshall amd Jackson
Below
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Worst year I've ever had for seeing deer but some real stud bucks were taken in the area. Broke loose for a buddy of mine and he and his hunting partner saw 19 on last day but it never did break loose for me. That said, saw terrific buck sign all year. They were scraping before bow season started just never saw the movement.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands:
“The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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Freak of Nature
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8 point
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Fayette county
BELOW
BELOW
BELOW
that being said I'm giving it one more year. If next year is as bad as the last couple of years, I'm seriously considering giving up hunting in Alabama and taking the resources & applying those to a couple of out of state hunts. That's my thoughts on deer hunting here now. It has steadily gone down hill the last 5-8 years or so. Easy some people on here will get there panties in a wad. If you bad mouth deer hunting in AL. Especially if heaven forbid you say it sucks. I seen it happen first hand. LOL For me Fayette Co Does = Average , Below Average. Average Bucks = Below Average, Below Average, Below average Mike 35549, my panties aren't in a wad, it is simple economics. The ROI hasn't been there the last 2 years. Why not take my resources and use them where the ROI is present?
ROLL TIDE!!!!!!
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spike
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Fayette county
BELOW
BELOW
BELOW
that being said I'm giving it one more year. If next year is as bad as the last couple of years, I'm seriously considering giving up hunting in Alabama and taking the resources & applying those to a couple of out of state hunts. That's my thoughts on deer hunting here now. It has steadily gone down hill the last 5-8 years or so. Easy some people on here will get there panties in a wad. If you bad mouth deer hunting in AL. Especially if heaven forbid you say it sucks. I seen it happen first hand. LOL For me Fayette Co Does = Average , Below Average. Average Bucks = Below Average, Below Average, Below average Mike 35549, my panties aren't in a wad, it is simple economics. The ROI hasn't been there the last 2 years. Why not take my resources and use them where the ROI is present? I hunted public land in Kentucky the past two seasons and had way better hunting than anywhere I hunt in Alabama. Killed 1 buck and 3 does each for my hunting partner and myself over 4 days of rifle hunting this November. Passed up probably 40 bucks between us, and ended up both killing deer on the last hunt similar to ones that we passed earlier. We found that some of the lesser known WMAs are loaded with deer. Just need to find enough woods close to crop fields, and stay away from the huge WMAs with nothing but hardwoods. Also, when you get a doe up there, you have something. More meat than 2 does around my place. I hunt escambia, Monroe, Wilcox, Limestone, and Morgan counties in Alabama. All private land and each place seems to have lower numbers the past few years.
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8 point
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Henry County:
Above
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Above
Probably saw more deer this year than I have in all my years of hunting put together (only 8 years ha).
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10 point
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10 point
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Blount & Lowndes
Above average in both. Sen more deer this year than ever.
Playin string music
Hoyt Vector 32
Get Serious Get Hoyt
Alto, la migra means Stop, immigration in Spanish slang. They'll scatter like skittles dropped on a concrete floor. -Furflyin
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Booner
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Booner
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South Clarke County
Early Season - average
Mid-Season - below average
Late Season - well below average
I think that our numbers are stable. But, the combination of warm weather, HUGE mast crop and extremely low water levels made hunting them tough.
Now, that said, I do know that we lost some deer to EHD this past Summer. I watched one die and found another the next day. We have killed 3 bucks with sloughed off hooves and the landowner's dog found two skulls/skeletons on the property. Seems to have hit the older bucks harder?? Or, the evidence points towards a higher mortality in the older age class of deer.
But, at the same time, we had an above average fawn crop and recruitment and a bumper crop of yearling and 2 yr old bucks. It will take a couple of years. But, it will balance back out.
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10 point
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Barbour/Russell county:
Above
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12 point
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Dallas County
Early Average slightly above
Mid Average
Late Below average
Been tough seeing good deer and any evidence of a rut was a trickle at best in our area.
Last edited by MarkBAMA; 02/04/15 06:08 AM.
ROLL TIDE !!!
Enough Said....
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