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Re: Skyline bloodbath
[Re: ridgestalker]
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01/13/15 04:46 AM
01/13/15 04:46 AM
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Madison, AL
JohnGibby
4 point
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4 point
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 334
Madison, AL
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If the rut hasn't hit full strength yet at Skyline (which I am hoping is the case), then I am guessing that with all the acorns on the ground and the full nighttime moon we've just had has kept the deer nocturnal for the most part. I'm thinking that the rut will drop very soon and the moonless nights will facilitate daytime movement. Then the question will be where to sit.
Feel free to PM me the GPS coordinates of your best spots and I'll let you know whether I think they will work. LOL
Last edited by JohnGibby; 01/13/15 04:46 AM.
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Re: Skyline bloodbath
[Re: ridgestalker]
#1224868
01/13/15 04:54 AM
01/13/15 04:54 AM
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Huntsville AL
Rocket62
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 7,906
Huntsville AL
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I've gone back, searching this forum for everything I could find regarding the rut in Skyline / North Jackson County and this is what I have come to believe ... 2Dogs and RidgeStalker plz chime in and correct me if I am wrong ...
1) The rut came and went during the period just prior to the last gun hunt. We had a brief stint of cold weather followed by good rain a week before that may have triggered it but I believe it happened during the 2nd week of January
2) This area normally experience 2 or 3 breeding periods. The 2nd usually runs around the last week of January which, by the way, will FOLLOW AFTER the next gun hunt ... i.e. we will not be able to hunt that rut
3) The 3rd rut typically runs 2nd week of February and of course we will not be hunting that one either.
Given all this, I don't really think any really big bucks are going to be taken next gun hunt. There may be a few good ones, taken especially in hard to reach remote areas but the normal haunts just aren't going to produce the bigguns ...
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Re: Skyline bloodbath
[Re: Rocket62]
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01/13/15 05:00 AM
01/13/15 05:00 AM
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Huntsville
JUGHEAD
Booner
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Booner
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Huntsville
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I've gone back, searching this forum for everything I could find regarding the rut in Skyline / North Jackson County and this is what I have come to believe ... 2Dogs and RidgeStalker plz chime in and correct me if I am wrong ...
1) The rut came and went during the period just prior to the last gun hunt. We had a brief stint of cold weather a week before that may have triggered it but I believe it happened during the 2nd week of January
2) This area normally experience 2 or 3 breeding periods. The 2nd usually runs around the last week of January which, by the way, will FOLLOW AFTER the next gun hunt ... i.e. we will not be able to hunt that rut
3) The 3rd rut typically runs 2nd week of February and of course we will not be hunting that one either.
Given all this, I don't really think any really big bucks are going to be taken next gun hunt. There may be a few good ones, taken especially in hard to reach remote areas but the normal haunts just aren't going to produce the bigguns ...
Regardless of where ya'll choose to hunt on Skyline WMA, peak breeding will be well over with before the next gun hunt. Don't let that discourage you though. Hunt travel corridors in relative close vicinity of where you know some does are. Some of the best bucks every year in Jackson County are killed late in January, cruising by themselves at all hours of the day (sit all day), desperately trying to find another lady or two before things totally dry up. Be ready. When you see one of them, he will be on a MISSION and won't check up for much of anything.
"The only reason I shoot a 3.5" shell for turkeys is because they don't make a 4" one." - t123winters
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Re: Skyline bloodbath
[Re: Rocket62]
#1224887
01/13/15 05:06 AM
01/13/15 05:06 AM
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Posts: 37,729
Boxes Cove
2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 37,729
Boxes Cove
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I've gone back, searching this forum for everything I could find regarding the rut in Skyline / North Jackson County and this is what I have come to believe ... 2Dogs and RidgeStalker plz chime in and correct me if I am wrong ...
1) The rut came and went during the period just prior to the last gun hunt. We had a brief stint of cold weather followed by good rain a week before that may have triggered it but I believe it happened during the 2nd week of January
2) This area normally experience 2 or 3 breeding periods. The 2nd usually runs around the last week of January which, by the way, will FOLLOW AFTER the next gun hunt ... i.e. we will not be able to hunt that rut
3) The 3rd rut typically runs 2nd week of February and of course we will not be hunting that one either.
Given all this, I don't really think any really big bucks are going to be taken next gun hunt. There may be a few good ones, taken especially in hard to reach remote areas but the normal haunts just aren't going to produce the bigguns ...
Fetal studies have shown Skyline WMA is right around first week of Jan and the Jones farm in lower PRV is mid Jan. Where I've hunted for 40 years, upper PRV,High Top/Skyline and central Jackson Co. is in fact right around Jan. 1. I saw a 3 YO 8 pt breed a doe on Dec. 27 or 28 a few years ago. The fawns from primary breeding hit the ground 3rd week of July, that too puts it very early Jan. Jughead is right on, mature bucks will be on their feet "wandering" last week of season, looking for does that didn't get bred during primary breeding . Some of the largest bucks killed each year are shot during last few days of season. One of the biggest bucks , if not the biggest I ever saw was on January 31 1993.
Last edited by 2Dogs; 01/13/15 07:15 AM.
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Re: Skyline bloodbath
[Re: GTI]
#1224889
01/13/15 05:07 AM
01/13/15 05:07 AM
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Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 10,129
Hampton Cove
foldemup
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 10,129
Hampton Cove
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A buddy of mine I hunt with killed a nice 8 point on Jacobs mountain Saturday morning around 10:00 a.m. He said it had already been shot earlier that morning.He shot it behind the shoulder and dropped it.When he got down to it there was another fresh shot from underneath that went out through the top of it's back.
Let's see some pics! There is no daytime rut at Skyline...it all happens at night because of all the atvs and hunters walking around all day long.
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