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Good map in a general sense. Certain counties in Alabama have huge variations in pockets and will never be nailed down with a map. Russell is a prime example, 3-4 different ruts. Jefferson and Jackson come to mind as well.
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How do they come up with those dates? Fetus collection and aging then back dating to determine the date the doe was actually bred (based on development chart, length and weight). Pretty dang accurate way to do it. Map looks real close to me in the areas I hunt based on my experience in Wilcox, Clarke, Marengo, and Dallas. The green may be shaded over just a little bit to far to the west in Marengo but it's pretty close. That makes sense. I'd say it's pretty accurate for Jackson Co based on my experience hunting public land. I will say that on our farm in Jackson Co I dont see any rut activity until the 2nd week in Feb. I assume this may be a secondary rut, but it sure is strange to not see any during the primary time. Not sure why that is. I agree pretty accurate for Jackson. I've always said in the areas I hunt , last 5 days of Dec. through first 5 days of Jan is money. Didn't need Chuckie and Co. to tell me that. Prime time breeding and calculating backwards from fawn drop tells the story. Mid and lower PRV is a little later. Reason being the deer released during restocking on the Jones farm in Lower PRV came from a different local than those released on Skyline.
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Looks pretty good except for my place in Lee county. They are wide open at christmas time there. Eastern Lee Co?
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If you move that green eyeball in Dallas County about 10 miles east and south it would be dead center on me and very accurate.
not sure what the best way to handle them is but they shouldnt be on tv and gettn married and raisin kids
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Looks pretty good except for my place in Lee county. They are wide open at christmas time there. Eastern Lee Co? Western side, Salem area.
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Looks pretty good except for my place in Lee county. They are wide open at christmas time there. Eastern Lee Co? Western side, Salem area. Yep you better be there the week leading up to Christmas.
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Looks spot on for my lease .... Feb 3,4 is always money
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Right for my area. Prob cause we helped with the study by doing conception studies
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There is some very north Jackson & Dekalb county that needs shaded with that peach color dec7-15 is wide open . Other than that. Looks pretty good from what I can tell X2
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Totally hogwash.
Just like the harvest estimate, it's a wild ass guess. Lol. Outback, we’ve got over a decade of data points all over the state. Very little guesswork. The area around the influx of Uchee Creek into the Chattahoochee River in Russell County (Fort Mitchell area) is spot WRONG. Unless it has changed in the last 8-10 years, that is. If you look at the Easternmost tip of Russell County and follow the state line Northwest from there into the little notch in the line, that is the area I'm talking about. I have seen 6-8" fetuses when we gutted does in mid to late January. There would be all kinds of chasing going on before gun season opened each year; and the woods would be dead well before Christmas. We would sometimes see what we called a "second rut" in the days around and shortly after christmas, but most of the breeding activity was done around Thanksgiving or thereabout. There was no such thing as a spotted fawn during bow season there. I hunted the area for 11 or 12 years and never even heard tell of a spotted fawn during any open deer season. The other areas I am familiar with seem to be spot ON.
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For my places, they pretty well nailed it. The only exception is the Vance/Coaling area of Tuscaloosa Co. should be peach colored.
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Bright Eyes
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Chambers has so many ruts, they would
go crazy mapping it out.
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Pretty much spot on for Conecuh. Last 15 days of season is typically the best.
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Puts sugar in his cornbread!
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I would say it's close for my area but I get a month's worth of rut.
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Spot on for the areas I've hunted. Excellent!!!
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I hunt 3 different areas of the State. Accurate for all 3 of those locations... all with different ruts.
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I guess I am the only one who does not think that the map is accurate at all for several areas of the state.
I've hunted several different areas, mostly in south Alabama but also some north of Birmingham and I have witnessed heavier chasing at different times than the map suggests. I'm sure there are studies to back up the map, but I have consistently witnessed bucks chasing at different times of the season than the map shows.
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I guess I am the only one who does not think that the map is accurate at all for several areas of the state.
I've hunted several different areas, mostly in south Alabama but also some north of Birmingham and I have witnessed heavier chasing at different times than the map suggests. I'm sure there are studies to back up the map, but I have consistently witnessed bucks chasing at different times of the season than the map shows. Bucks chasing does does not give the full picture, as they will do that any time they have hardened antler. Most visible chasing that hunters see occurs 10-14 days before peak breeding or conception. Fetal studies tell you exactly, to within 24 hours, when a doe conceived. That doesn’t mean the map is complete. There are areas in the state we lack data, but of what we have data for, the conception dates don’t lie.
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For the areas I hunt, it’s pretty damn accurate.
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