How does that align with the conception/fetal study map for your area?
The 1995 to 2015 shows 2 survey sites in Wilcox County and lists conception dates for both as Feb 1 - Feb 15. I'm just a little south of both survey sites which would make them off by almost exactly 30 days. Seeing one pair of very young fawns doesnt necessarily mean much statistically as she could have been early to come into heat with the majority of the herd cycling 28 days later. That said, this one was most definitely bred before Feb. I start hunting hard right after Christmas and have historically killed my biggest deer between Jan 1 and Jan 10th. They were chasing hard in late Jan early Feb last year too. Alabama has what I call a trickle rut. Our bucks will start walking around Christmas and I've seen them still actively working scrapes and running does while listening for turkeys in early to mid March.
