They’ll still be a few more trickle in over the next day or so but its not going to drastically change from what we have now so here’s “the final tally”….Again this is compared to last year’s total……Anything with an asterisk is a 4 year high or a 4 year low….. Lot of deer killing in the bottom right corner this year

Buck Map



In my opinion this is the more important of the two because its looking at the killing of your base stocking source.

Doe Map

Here’s the maps showing the amount added on in just the 10 days of Feb…….This should go well with the other discussion going on right now about the Feb extension and how much impact it may or may not being having…….

Buck Map



Doe Map

So all counties reported more kills than last year. Interesting. I like the maps CNC!

And I was just told by a friend that his brother has killed 24 this season and not game checked one of them.
Makes you wonder how bad the numbers are off.

Exactly!

There’s a few counties and trends I’m curious about……Some of the counties in the southeast corner really saw some big jumps in doe harvest…..Bullock Co 34% over……Reckon that’s gonna make the hunting better??

We killed more deer this season because we saw way more deer then last season. We had way better hunting weather this season then last also. The biggest factor was we had good plots and lots of food in the woods which kept the deer on our place. This was the first season in a long time that every member killed a deer. Some killed multiple. Just an all around great season and can’t wait till next year to start it all over again.

I can also tell that the numbers for Monroe co. didn’t come from the southern part. Some trips we would only just a couple shots within hearing distance in a week.

I wander if that has anything to do with the price of groceries...

That’s why hunter perception is not really an accurate measurement for detecting change like Game Check can

How many folks kill deer in February because the season is winding down? You know, 1 more doe for the freezer or fill that last buck tag while you can. Ending the season on January 31st doesn't necessarily mean all the deer that are killed in February wouldn't get killed. Less days to hunt means some wouldn't, but I don't think the #s would change as much as your maps are showing.

There’s probably some truth to that with does but I think most folks shoot bucks whenever the opportunity presents itself. If they could have shot those Feb bucks earlier in the season most would have……

lot of extra deer !!!!

I wonder how many does in Lauderdale were really bucks missing antlers in the last 2-3 weeks. Several I’m sure

Those 20-35% increases on doe harvest in the southern counties is a lot of extra does being taken out. Maybe they’re just fixing the buck to doe ratio……

There were quite a few killed in several counties over the last two weeks. I know last weekend about 20% of bucks brought in to one processor had shed both sides.

I would personally never hunt when deer were shedding - all motivation gone

Ours are rutting. Hunting a shedding deer is stupid

Not necessarily. I passed a bunch of bucks earlier in the season because I had plenty of time left in the season and I figured that I might get a chance at them later on. I'd hate to kill my 3 buck limit and still have a month or 2 of season left. Sometimes that works out, somtimes it doesn't. But at least I get to spend more time in the woods.

Jackson county was way down . We did have the real bad week in January when no one but crazy die hard hunters were in the woods . But that shouldn’t account for that big of a difference. The drought totally kept me from having my food plots and probably affected deer movement to the corn feeders . I did notice numbers on the management areas was up , especially bucks .

That's right , the deep freeze hit right a prime rut time for most of the county.