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4 hunters , 5 hunts , no deer
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:45 pm
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:45 pm
Shocked we didn’t see a single deer Monday- Wednesday. 4 hunters made 5 hunts and didn’t see a deer. Afternoon temperatures in the 70s. Area 6 in St. Francisville where rut is topically first 2 weeks of January. I’m thinking it was due to the unusual hot weather.
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Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:50 pm to JRinNOLA
Due to acorns, we’ve had warm winters and people have seen deer. I blame this cruddy season on an abundance of acorns!
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:54 pm to JRinNOLA
Describe your hunts. Sitting in a box blind looking at a corn feeder? Food plot? Hunting trails? How many acres were the 4 of you hunting? Hunting the same stands every hunt?
This post was edited on 1/9/26 at 8:55 pm
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:43 pm to JRinNOLA
quote:Saw bucks chasing does the 2nd week of December, way earlier than in previous years. 2 years ago a couple of 3yo bucks were still in bachelor groups the week of Christmas.
Area 6 in St. Francisville where rut is topically first 2 weeks of January.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:55 pm to JRinNOLA
Hunt in Clarke county and had a very similar week. Not much action at all but when we did see does they were being chased or harassed. It’s been a slow season for sure.
This post was edited on 1/10/26 at 7:15 am
Posted on 1/10/26 at 5:14 am to JRinNOLA
Gotta get in the thickets, not much to view while you sit there but you’ll likely see a good buck up close and personal.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 5:20 am to Woodbird
All private land hunting trails we created through the thick catbryar in the cat island swamp. The deer started using the trails as soon as we cut them. We hunt from ladder stands. Hunted the hills in the morning and swamp in the evening.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 5:22 am to JRinNOLA
Obviously this isn’t Rize’s lease.
:fish in a barrel:
:fish in a barrel:
Posted on 1/10/26 at 7:07 am to Woodbird
quote:
Describe your hunts
quote:I wouldn't classify that as hunting.
Sitting in a box blind looking at a corn feeder
Posted on 1/10/26 at 7:12 am to JRinNOLA
quote:Rut has been strong in the places in PC and WF. Even in BR suburbs we have pics of them chasing. If the does or ripe - they are chasing. The does may have moved.
Area 6 in St. Francisville where rut is topically first 2 weeks of January. I’m thinking it was due to the unusual hot weather.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 7:16 am to Marciano1
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wouldn't classify that as hunting
Sometimes I "hunt" out of a 4x8 heated box stand about 40 feet away from my truck watching a rice bran pile on one side and a soybean pile on the other side.
I also hiked about 28 miles in arse deep snow below 0* with something like 4k feet in elevation gain over the course of a week trying to catch up to some elks.
Hunting is what you make it. Its all fun.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 7:38 am to JRinNOLA
Our deer moved fairly well on Tuesday, but not much at all after that. Deer sightings for the year have been about half of what we usually see.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 8:09 am to 257WBY
This season has been slow for a ton of people I talk to and I STRONGLY believe it’s due to the large mast crop of acorns. Deer simply don’t have to travel as far for food.
I busted the gut on one of my sons bucks he killed and the amount of acorns in his gut was astonishing! WAY more acorns than browse or corn. This was last week, not beginning of November. Lack of rain has slowed down the rotting process of acorns also this year.
Add in the hot tempatures and boom, here we are with a slower than average season.
I busted the gut on one of my sons bucks he killed and the amount of acorns in his gut was astonishing! WAY more acorns than browse or corn. This was last week, not beginning of November. Lack of rain has slowed down the rotting process of acorns also this year.
Add in the hot tempatures and boom, here we are with a slower than average season.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 8:34 am to WillFerrellisking
The Mast year for acorns from a cup half full perspective.
1. Hardwood regeneration: anyone who logged will likely not have to replant
2. Packing fat stores: does being bred right now will yield tremendously healthy fawns. They have more food than they’ve had in my lifetime.
3. Preservation: the crappy hunting and reports from processors indicated low harvests. Always good for deer growth lol. The older bucks will get, one year older. Probably something that’s never happened in SWMS at this extent
4. Less money spent on feed. Honestly not good for the local economy.
And lastly one (possible) bad thing…..it could signal a catastrophic event as trees are known to shed seed/cones at a heavy rate before dramatic events.
1. Hardwood regeneration: anyone who logged will likely not have to replant
2. Packing fat stores: does being bred right now will yield tremendously healthy fawns. They have more food than they’ve had in my lifetime.
3. Preservation: the crappy hunting and reports from processors indicated low harvests. Always good for deer growth lol. The older bucks will get, one year older. Probably something that’s never happened in SWMS at this extent
4. Less money spent on feed. Honestly not good for the local economy.
And lastly one (possible) bad thing…..it could signal a catastrophic event as trees are known to shed seed/cones at a heavy rate before dramatic events.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 9:06 am to The Levee
I’ve told numerous fellas that swms needed a bad year so bucks have a chance to get a year older. I’m not mad at this season at all.
Next year will be fantastic! As you stated the deer should be healthier and a bit larger going into spring green up.
Next year will be fantastic! As you stated the deer should be healthier and a bit larger going into spring green up.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 9:18 am to WillFerrellisking
It will help tremendously with recruitment. But we still need to focus on eliminating some predators
Posted on 1/10/26 at 9:21 am to WillFerrellisking
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swms needed a bad year so bucks have a chance to get a year older
SWMS is the perfect storm of Louisiana brown/down hunters, baiting, and skilled locals to make it probably the highest pressure area of the whole country lol.
Not to mention those skilled locals are hunting Monday- Sunday and taking out their target bucks (3) every year.
Not mad at em, they are good at it.
But it’s also why killing turkeys is EXTREMELY difficult here.
If you’re going for a Grand Slam, it’s best you try for an Eastern somewhere else
Posted on 1/10/26 at 9:22 am to WillFerrellisking
quote:
abundance of acorns
It has to be this. Very low activity year for me on the little piece I hunt in Wharton LA
I filled almost 3 buckets of acorns out my neighbors paved driveway. The deer are eating them next to corn and I think food source is holding them in the woods. We were still dropping acorns well into December
Posted on 1/10/26 at 9:42 am to The Levee
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skilled locals are hunting Monday- Sunday and taking out their target bucks (3) every year
On any half arse plot of private land, with a couple of cell phone cameras, two brain cells to rub together, and some good self control, it's pretty dang easy these days if you can hunt whenever you want.
Us weekend warriors are still subject to the luck of the draw.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 9:45 am to The Levee
quote:
Packing fat stores:
I shot an 80 or 90 lb doe last friday and ive never seen that much fat on one from that area (north MS) before. Just cleaned up one of the shoulders this morning and it had a 1" thick fat cap over part of it.
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