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I think Im in a rut
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:03 pm
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:03 pm
Made 9 hunts since Saturday and only saw one 4 point which I couldn't shoot and a pig that I shot but couldn't find. I sitting in box stands over food plots for every hunt. Not the same stand for every hunt but not 9 different stand, I mixed it up a little. We hunt about 900 acres in Central Alabama mostly pine and hardwood some have been clear cut and some of the pines are only a few years old and some around us off our least are being cut now.
Years past we usually see deer every hunt, last year at this time we probably already had at least 10 does and maybe a buck or 2. We ended the year Jan 31 last year with about 25 deer. So far this year we only have 3 or 4.
My question is, is it me? Should I try something different? Is anyone else having a slow year around East MS/West Central Al?
I'm kinda frustrated but not too bad bc I know I still have another month, but I dont wanna go and spend another 5-6 days up there and not even see anything.
Years past we usually see deer every hunt, last year at this time we probably already had at least 10 does and maybe a buck or 2. We ended the year Jan 31 last year with about 25 deer. So far this year we only have 3 or 4.
My question is, is it me? Should I try something different? Is anyone else having a slow year around East MS/West Central Al?
I'm kinda frustrated but not too bad bc I know I still have another month, but I dont wanna go and spend another 5-6 days up there and not even see anything.
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Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:12 pm to tgrbaitn08
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spend another 5-6 days up there and not even see anything
If you cant enjoy 5 or 6 days out at the camp in the woods then yes, you are doing something wrong
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:15 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
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If you cant enjoy 5 or 6 days out at the camp in the woods then yes, you are doing something wrong
When did I say I didnt enjoy it? I love it up there. I could stay there all 3 months, but the wife and kids cant hang so we had to come home yesterday. Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:23 pm to tgrbaitn08
Sorry. You said this
and I took it to mean you dont want to go if you arent going to see deer. I get what you are saying now.
What is the rut situation there? Any acorns still on the ground?
Id suggest getting off the foodplots either way since it doesnt seem to be working. Get your climber and go find some deer
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but I dont wanna go and spend another 5-6 days up there and not even see anything.
and I took it to mean you dont want to go if you arent going to see deer. I get what you are saying now.
What is the rut situation there? Any acorns still on the ground?
Id suggest getting off the foodplots either way since it doesnt seem to be working. Get your climber and go find some deer
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:28 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
no no, dont get me wrong, I'm going no matter what, I just would rather at least see something even if I cant shoot it, however I need some meat so seeing something I can shoot wold make me a happy camper.
Pre-rut is on right now. Seeing plenty of rubs but full rut isnt usually until mid January. didint see any acorns on the ground, I know we have deer, we're catching plenty on the cameras and plenty of tracks all over the lease.
We do have a hog problem, yotes and wild dogs running the lease so I'm wondering if that may have something to do with it.
that may be what my next plan of attack is going to be. It wont be fun since I'm used to my box stands and buddy heater, but daddy gotta eat
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What is the rut situation there? Any acorns still on the ground?
Pre-rut is on right now. Seeing plenty of rubs but full rut isnt usually until mid January. didint see any acorns on the ground, I know we have deer, we're catching plenty on the cameras and plenty of tracks all over the lease.
We do have a hog problem, yotes and wild dogs running the lease so I'm wondering if that may have something to do with it.
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Id suggest getting off the foodplots either way since it doesnt seem to be working. Get your climber and go find some deer
that may be what my next plan of attack is going to be. It wont be fun since I'm used to my box stands and buddy heater, but daddy gotta eat
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:30 pm to tgrbaitn08
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I think Im in a rut
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sitting in box stands over food plots for every hunt.
Do something different. Scout for trails and rublines, figure out what they're eating when they're not on the foodplot. Sloooowly stillhunt in a wooded area. Sit in a blown over tree for a while, Sit by a creek. Put a climber in one of the spots you find.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:30 pm to tgrbaitn08
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in Central Alabama
Where. I saw a lot of deer last week but none the past two days. These fronts have them messed up. They are just now starting to chase in Shelby, so this weekend should be good.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:35 pm to LSUTiger205
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Where.
there are deer there, I know that. We (not me) but some other guys saw at least 15 deer out of one stand this past week. Some may have been the same deer, but granted that plot is seeing some action. Mybe I'm just picking the wrong stands at the wrong time, but I look at wind conditions, what stands have generally been better, morning or afternoon (I've hunted this lease for almost 8 years now so I kind of have an idea.
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They are just now starting to chase in Shelby, so this weekend should be good.
did they extend the season into Feb in Shelby? We just missed it in our part of the county so our season ends Jan 31st, the rest of the County gets into Feb
This post was edited on 1/2/14 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:37 pm to tgrbaitn08
No, ours ends on the 31st.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:52 pm to tgrbaitn08
Two thoughts:
You are hunting where the deer are at 2 a.m. You need to hunt where they are in the daytime.
That's a lot of deer off of 900 acres. You might have thinned your herd too much and really educated the ones you have left.
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I sitting in box stands over food plots for every hunt.
You are hunting where the deer are at 2 a.m. You need to hunt where they are in the daytime.
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We hunt about 900 acres
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We ended the year Jan 31 last year with about 25 deer.
That's a lot of deer off of 900 acres. You might have thinned your herd too much and really educated the ones you have left.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 1:16 pm to TigerDeacon
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That's a lot of deer off of 900 acres. You might have thinned your herd too much and really educated the ones you have left.
really, we had about 18-20 does and maybe 3-5 horned deer. Not exact on the numbers but I thought that was about right. Maybe we're wrong.
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You are hunting where the deer are at 2 a.m. You need to hunt where they are in the daytime.
you just never know, we have a lot of roads that we can hunt at the same time as the plots, so along with catching them in the plots we also bag quite a few walking and crossing the road while we hunt the plots.
But I know what you're saying.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 1:32 pm to tgrbaitn08
We have 1700 acres and so far this year have killed 8 does and 4 bucks. 8 point or better club. We average around 18 to 20 deer a year. One of the state biologists are in our club and we aim for a 2:1 doe to buck ratio.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 1:41 pm to LSUTiger205
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We have 1700 acres and so far this year have killed 8 does and 4 bucks. 8 point or better club. We average around 18 to 20 deer a year. One of the state biologists are in our club and we aim for a 2:1 doe to buck ratio.
gotcha, yeah we're 8 point or better or 4 years old.
I seem to remember that we are going by some rule of thumb for every ## of acres you wanted to kill so many does. Cant remember what that was. Anyway, we fell way short of that 2:1 ratio last year thats for sure.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 1:48 pm to tgrbaitn08
Across the road from us is part of the Cahaba Management Area. Its tough hunting, up and down terrain with the hardwoods in the draws and bottoms and pines everywhere else. I hunt the old logging roads between the plots and pines and bottoms. Glassed a couple decent bucks this year, but only shot two does.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 1:55 pm to tgrbaitn08
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some of the pines are only a few years old
go look there, you probably won't be able to take more than 5 steps without stepping in deer droppings. Next, figure out how you gonna kill them.
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