I don’t hunt North Alabama but I’m all for herd health.
Serious question, would that not also happen any of the prior 7 days to the end of the season? Say season ended 1/31, would you not see an uptick from 1/24 to 1/31 just the same? Sure it would save “some” deer but my crew was responsible for 3 kills the last 6 days (central Alabama) that would have also occurred the last week of January if we ended on 1/31.
Just thinking out loud…
That's what I was saying. Not counting the rut, which is tied to certain dates, the other high kill times would likely occur whatever the dates of the season are.