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Anyone seen signs of rut activity in Bankhead? It’s about that time but I haven’t seen any chasing.
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I was wondering the same thing this morning on my walk in. I haven’t seen any yet but hopefully it will kick in the next few days.
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In the few spots I've been monitoring the number of scrapes are picking up, along with some rubs. I hunted noon to last light on Tuesday, had does all around, but no bucks showed up. I'm expecting it to heat up in the next week or two for sure.
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Fancy
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Y’all gonna miss it if you don’t get out there.
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You saying it’s on right now?
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Boo Boo Head
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I know it usually starts around now and runs through first week of December. I’ve been getting out there, just haven’t seen it yet.
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You saying it’s on right now? Yep. From Muzzle loader season to First week of December you better be there.
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I heard 13 shots around me this morning but I only saw a lone spike. I saw one small fresh rub on my way out.
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I was there before daylight this morning in one of my favorite places on Bankhead. Hunted and scouted during bow season, hunted a couple days for ML... Found a lot of doe and recently found really good buck sign... Bad part of it is, a few of the locals like to sneak dogs in there and run the deer to death... Plus, it's buck only right now... Judging by the amount of shotgun shots I heard and the number of trucks running up and down the road, seriously doubting every shot was at a buck. Makes me mad... The man hours I put in hunting and scouting, fair chase, following the rules, and then the local boys go drop off half starved hounds with no collars and ride the roads until they figure out where it's going to cross. In my opinion, any deer they shoot is illegal. There are some really good bucks in there... I'd bet a lot of the good bucks that come out of there are shot in front of dogs... Not all... There are some very good, ethical hunters that hunt in there. This has gone on for years. The game warden has been called several times... Never saw him show up... Rant over...
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I was there before daylight this morning in one of my favorite places on Bankhead. Hunted and scouted during bow season, hunted a couple days for ML... Found a lot of doe and recently found really good buck sign... Bad part of it is, a few of the locals like to sneak dogs in there and run the deer to death... Plus, it's buck only right now... Judging by the amount of shotgun shots I heard and the number of trucks running up and down the road, seriously doubting every shot was at a buck. Makes me mad... The man hours I put in hunting and scouting, fair chase, following the rules, and then the local boys go drop off half starved hounds with no collars and ride the roads until they figure out where it's going to cross. In my opinion, any deer they shoot is illegal. There are some really good bucks in there... I'd bet a lot of the good bucks that come out of there are shot in front of dogs... Not all... There are some very good, ethical hunters that hunt in there. This has gone on for years. The game warden has been called several times... Never saw him show up... Rant over... We'll, at least Nobody cares.
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There's a lot of people that care just not a lot you can do about it.
If you always do what you've always done you always get what you've always got
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Dogs without collars get a free ticket to see "All Dogs Go to Heaven."
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It's wide open I killed this one today http://a63.tinypic.com/2vs5215.jpg
Its not the will to win but the will to prepare to win!
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Don't remember it snowing today 
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Didn’t know they had mule deer in Bankhead
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Timbbbbbbbbbbbbbbber! Just had to do that. B
I can't stand a thief.
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I didn't know they had what looks like a loblolly up there.
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I was there before daylight this morning in one of my favorite places on Bankhead. Hunted and scouted during bow season, hunted a couple days for ML... Found a lot of doe and recently found really good buck sign... Bad part of it is, a few of the locals like to sneak dogs in there and run the deer to death... Plus, it's buck only right now... Judging by the amount of shotgun shots I heard and the number of trucks running up and down the road, seriously doubting every shot was at a buck. Makes me mad... The man hours I put in hunting and scouting, fair chase, following the rules, and then the local boys go drop off half starved hounds with no collars and ride the roads until they figure out where it's going to cross. In my opinion, any deer they shoot is illegal. There are some really good bucks in there... I'd bet a lot of the good bucks that come out of there are shot in front of dogs... Not all... There are some very good, ethical hunters that hunt in there. This has gone on for years. The game warden has been called several times... Never saw him show up... Rant over... Game warden called or forest ranger?
Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching - even when doing the wrong thing is legal. Aldo Leopold .. (except when it comes to trailer tags)
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