I am amazed..........

[HuntnMa]

We did a deer count this morning...only 4 bucks but 3 of them were HUGE....all I saw was rack and 2 of them were out of velvet....it's July 22.....the earliest I have seen this is mid August. And I have heard of one of the ranchers down in Fellsmere seeing them rubbed out as early as three weeks ago...just amazes me

[WV Ridge Reaper]

Must be global warming!!!

On a more serious note,that is strange.

[guesswho]

Not to far South of you their in rut. Crazy how all that works.

[Grumpy]

Very few deer around here this year, That blue tongue stuff gave us a near 100% wipeout last fall. I have not seen a deer since last october around here but have seen fresh track a few times. Going to be tough deer hunting this year, I hope to draw an antelope tag.

[Doedaddy]

Come down south and hunt with me Grumpy. We are eat up with deer.

[Grumpy]

Some day if things work out I plan on doing a little travelling and a lot of shooting.

[milkman]

That is early for bucks in your neck I if the woods to be hard horned, but nothing surprises me anymore with our Florida deer.

[ole5beards]

It's all weird!! Bucks in south Florida are in rut, Georgia (right next door) has a November rut along with the rest of the world, Mississippi out other neighbor has a late December rut, and our deer in south central bama have a late jan/ early feb rut!!! Go figure!

[N2deer]

It's all weird!! Bucks in south Florida are in rut, Georgia (right next door) has a November rut along with the rest of the world, Mississippi out other neighbor has a late December rut, and our deer in south central bama have a late jan/ early feb rut!!! Go figure!

Dont forget some deer in north bama rut during late November.

[ole5beards]

Good point,Forgot to mention, that Alabama has 4 different ruts!!

[Southern Sportsman]

Good point,Forgot to mention, that Alabama has 4 different ruts!!

I wish our state had 4 different ruts. I might deer hunt even after duck season started if we did.

[Waddle Whacker]

Good point,Forgot to mention, that Alabama has 4 different ruts!!

I wish our state had 4 different ruts. I might deer hunt even after duck season started if we did.

LA's rut is spread out as well. In fact, I recently read a federal study about the rut, conducted in the late 80's, about the deer in the parish (county) that I live in. One area here had deer imported from Michigan, I believe, back in the 60's. The deer in that part of the parish still rut about a month before the rest of the parish. Crazy.
SS, it just makes you deer hunt more in the evening. Mornings are still for ducks.

[N2deer]

Good point,Forgot to mention, that Alabama has 4 different ruts!!

I wish our state had 4 different ruts. I might deer hunt even after duck season started if we did.

No you dont, out rut is all over the place with no real strong peak rut activity I have seen.
Thats just the areas around me, within a few miles of my house there could be deer rutting at any time during our long season.
But its so spread out alot of times its not very noticeable.

[ICDEDTURKES]

Be bred out before season much like turkeys dang Fish and Game.. Every state is in collaboration to screw over hunters.

[hawglips]

I saw one strutting at a doe with two fawns last week.

[HuntnMa]

As long as one walks by me during muzzleloader I don't care when they rut, lol......I would of said archery but I want to go after gobblers then

[ole5beards]

WW similar situation here, there's a strain of deer in a certain national forest in north bama that has a November rut, the surrounding areas are different!! I've got a picture of the Alabama rut map somewhere, I'll post it when I find it!! My area is so duck poor that it's reversed, deer hunt the mornings and gamble on not getting busted shooting a woodie roost in the evenings!! About every 4-5 years we have a decent duck season and this past year was it!! So wood ducks it is until 2017!! The lower half of the state gets an extra 10 days in February this year for deer, in out area usually the 1st 2 weeks in February the bucks are running wild, so hopefully those 10 days will do some good.

[ole5beards]

Here it is!! Crazy huh?!

[Johndoe]

Here in N Fl it is really crazy. Most states have it diff because of how far north or south the deer are. In north and southeast Leon Co rut in Nov. Southwest Leon and Wakulla Co and west is in mid Jan.
I wanna smoke what they smoke.

[ChiefBubba]

Hey Ma I'm gonna need GPS numbers or directions to this secret spot. Lol No need to worry I'll pass on the bucks I'll just shoot a doe. Lol Chief

[Johndoe]

Hey Ma I'm gonna need GPS numbers or directions to this secret spot. Lol No need to worry I'll pass on the bucks I'll just shoot a doe. Lol Chief

Wait, wait, wait just a damned minute. That's my job.

[HuntnMa]

Hey Ma I'm gonna need GPS numbers or directions to this secret spot. Lol No need to worry I'll pass on the bucks I'll just shoot a doe. Lol Chief

hahaha There are no does there, lol.........they were huge....I don't overly excited about deer but these guys were the reason we trophy hunt.

[Waddle Whacker]

Here it is!! Crazy huh?!

Yeah, LA's map would look pretty similar with the beginning of the rut as early as late October in SW LA and as late as mid January in other areas. I rarely see a true, defined rut. Every year is different, but I often see bucks chasing at Thanksgiving, but my rut is not supposed to start until late December.
I like your style....rolling the dice on a roost shoot. I usually save those for the last weekend.

[ole5beards]

Hey man, you gotta do what you gotta do!! I don't go every year but I have an open invite to Arkansas, coming back home and trying to duck hunt after hunting up there just ain't right!!!

[Waddle Whacker]

Hey man, you gotta do what you gotta do!! I don't go every year but I have an open invite to Arkansas, coming back home and trying to duck hunt after hunting up there just ain't right!!!

Oh I feel ya! And look, if you ever need a stand in for Arkansas, lemme know. I'd hate for you to get too spoiled on those easy limits.