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Joined: Jun 2016
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8 point
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Joined: Jun 2016
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Here in lauderdale county done seen 2 bucks with one horn missing and damn season still open. Neighbors seen one with both horns done gone . Just don t understand the thinking why we have such a loooonnng deer season ..
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6 point
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Joined: Dec 2015
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Seeing the same thing in Lamar Co.
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 18,356 Likes: 75
Old Mossy Horns
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Joined: Feb 2008
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I’ve got a pig of a 7pt that has already dropped both sides. I’ve got a couple of other bucks that are missing 1 side. Bullock county. This is him 1st time I had him on camera: ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/xCsfQb8B/750649-B3-4-BF4-41-DE-A0-BD-636-A98402-D2-F.jpg) This is him the night after I missed him the morning before. CNC came out and was convinced it was a clean miss. Photo confirmed that. He dropped his right antler sometime between the morning of the 29th and the evening of the 30th. He had both sides at 620am on the 29th. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/FKVFP64r/26-B53291-AC0-B-4155-AE49-E5497-F6-EB9-F4.jpg) This pic is from Feb. 4 missing both antlers. If you look closely, you can see the pedicle on both sides. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/4d4fj1fz/624-D4-FE4-D4-AB-4-C9-E-BDC4-FD90-FB76811-D.jpg)
Last edited by bamaeyedoc; 02/08/23 11:46 AM.
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Fancy
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Joined: Feb 2016
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Yep. Seen quite a few. Bucks back in bachelor groups. There’s absolutely NO reason for the February extension in most of north AL. None at all. Start writing letters. I mean it.
I’ve seen several in Fayette, Marion and Lamar brought in to processors for the last 5-7 days.
Last edited by Mbrock; 02/07/23 09:50 PM.
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10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jan 2008
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Deer in the north loose their horns before the season is over no different than here. I've seen racked bucks chasing doe during turkey season
Last edited by 1bamashooter; 02/07/23 09:53 PM.
Keep your booger hooker off the bang switch.
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12 point
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12 point
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I actually got one on camera the other day that had done shed.
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6 point
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The rut is all over the place. They start a lot later where I live than 5 miles down the road from me. They're getting after it around my house now. Yes I'm in Jackson county too
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Dances With Weeds
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I think stress can be a cause of early shedding
Folks that know don't shoot old does........ 
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I think stress can be a cause of early shedding That’s the thing. It’s not stress induced early shedding. It’s normal shedding they go through every single year. But yes you’re right. Stress does create hormonal imbalances and early shedding can be a result.
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Old Mossy Horns
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I think stress can be a cause of early shedding That and poor diet and weight lose . Yeap I know wounding one will making them drop
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Mildly Quirky
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Joined: Dec 2002
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"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Yep. Seen quite a few. Bucks back in bachelor groups. There’s absolutely NO reason for the February extension in most of north AL. None at all. Start writing letters. I mean it.
I’ve seen several in Fayette, Marion and Lamar brought in to processors for the last 5-7 days. And the rut just kicked in around here about 10 days ago. Gotta love SW AL - the deer and turkey rut at the same time.
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8 point
Joined: Jun 2016
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Yep. Seen quite a few. Bucks back in bachelor groups. There’s absolutely NO reason for the February extension in most of north AL. None at all. Start writing letters. I mean it.
I’ve seen several in Fayette, Marion and Lamar brought in to processors for the last 5-7 days. Who do I write letter to? I be glad to do whatever . We really need change .
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Nobody says you have to hunt in February so don't hunt in February. I spend a lot of money for my hunting area and the more available days the better. All my bucks are still fully horned and had one chasing this week in north Alabama. Where I previously hunted in north Alabama, the rut was late Jan, early Feb.
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Need a two week rifle season, who do I write a letter to?
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10 point
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When i hunted Lamar one year in early January the deer was already losing them . I think it depends on how harsh the rut is . They get run down and lose their testosterone .
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Here in Missouri, 7 of the 8 bucks I had on camera yesterday were still holding both sides, only one had shed and he was a younger buck.
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
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8 point
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State data would indicate that we should be in the secondary rut period here in Marshall County but I have pics of one the last two days that dropped already.
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10 point
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They are dropping where im trapping at in Guntersville
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