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Is it just me?
#2012926
02/01/17 11:24 AM
02/01/17 11:24 AM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 16,316 Montgomery
bamaeyedoc
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Posts: 16,316
Montgomery
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Or do any of y'all think when y'all see a nice deer killed "man, he would have made to next year if the state hadn't added those days in February." Don't get me wrong. I'm hunting in the morning and this weekend and I'm shooting something, but February hunting is still weird to me.
Dr. B
AKA: “Dr. B” Aldeer #121 8-3-2000 Proud alum of AUM, UAB, and UA Member of Team 10 Point 2023-2024 ALdeer Deer Contest Winners
Glennis Jerome "Jerry" Harris 1938-2017 UGA Class of 1960 BS/MS Forestry LTJG, USNR
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Re: Is it just me?
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
#2012936
02/01/17 11:40 AM
02/01/17 11:40 AM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,030 Central Alabama
muzziehead
14 point
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14 point
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Posts: 8,030
Central Alabama
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Well I liked the idea of hunting in February because it is during the rut and is SUPPOSED TO BE FREAKING COLD!!!!
I literally needed some sunscreen these past two days
Last edited by muzziehead; 02/01/17 11:41 AM.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: Is it just me?
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
#2012968
02/01/17 12:04 PM
02/01/17 12:04 PM
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 2,021 Marengo County
Slingshot
Aldeer Sponsor
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Aldeer Sponsor
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 2,021
Marengo County
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I hope somebody on here is going to say that about a deer I see this weekend.
Will track deer in Marengo, Greene, Sumter, Wilcox, Perry, Hale counties.
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Re: Is it just me?
[Re: muzziehead]
#2012992
02/01/17 12:24 PM
02/01/17 12:24 PM
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Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,126 KY
AUstan23
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,126
KY
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Well I liked the idea of hunting in February because it is during the rut and is SUPPOSED TO BE FREAKING COLD!!!!
I literally needed some sunscreen these past two days Broke a sweat the last two days just walking around
It is easier to fool a man than to convince him he has been fooled.
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Re: Is it just me?
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
#2013068
02/01/17 01:23 PM
02/01/17 01:23 PM
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Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 3,671 Mobile, al
Mike59
10 point
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10 point
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Mobile, al
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I can think of two times I experienced rutting activity in mid to late January,,, about seven years ago I listened to chasing going on in the woods in front of me but it was so thick I couldn't see the deer ,,, I should have set up in the woods instead of the logging road. I listened to this the whole afternoon.
Three years ago I was set up in a tripod between two food plots,, I watched a nice buck (not a shooter though ) feed like a pig in an upper plot while does were feeding a plot below me,, he'd look at the does but never went over to investigate. I took that as a sign the rut was not on yet.
I always heard the north Alabama dudes saying they get to hunt the rut up north and then hunt it again down south.. I couldn't have been happier that the state spent the money and time to research and find out just when do our central and south Alabama deer actually rut,,, getting 10 days in Feb to increase our chances of seeing one of those Alabama bruisers is well received,
It does feel odd to hunt deer in Feb,, I'm always kicking my bass fishing season then,, It doesn't have to be arctic weather for me,, if it's cool in the mornings and then cools down late afternoon I'm good with that,, we always get some cold enough weather in Feb anyhow,,
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Re: Is it just me?
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
#2013170
02/01/17 02:29 PM
02/01/17 02:29 PM
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Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,029 Covington County
Squeaky
12 point
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12 point
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Posts: 5,029
Covington County
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I've got one on camera I'm praying makes it the next 9 days. He went missing for a week but showed back up last night and this afternoon. He would have made it through another season if it closed yesterday. This deer is going to be a stud if he lives two more years.
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
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Re: Is it just me?
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
#2013178
02/01/17 02:32 PM
02/01/17 02:32 PM
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outdoorobsession
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outdoorobsession
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Or do any of y'all think when y'all see a nice deer killed "man, he would have made to next year if the state hadn't added those days in February." Don't get me wrong. I'm hunting in the morning and this weekend and I'm shooting something, but February hunting is still weird to me.
Dr. B Heck..it seems like I should have a 12 gauge and my turkey loads with the weather too!
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Re: Is it just me?
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
#2013440
02/01/17 05:07 PM
02/01/17 05:07 PM
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,542 Spanish Fort
ozarktroutbum
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,542
Spanish Fort
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Or do any of y'all think when y'all see a nice deer killed "man, he would have made to next year if the state hadn't added those days in February." Don't get me wrong. I'm hunting in the morning and this weekend and I'm shooting something, but February hunting is still weird to me.
Dr. B It's a two-way street
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Re: Is it just me?
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
#2013699
02/02/17 01:54 AM
02/02/17 01:54 AM
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Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 10,933 northport
deadeye48
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 10,933
northport
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I started gathering all my ground blinds yesterday but may still make it to the woods before the 10th..very weird fighting mosquitos in January and February
When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself The older I get the better I used to be
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Re: Is it just me?
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
#2013790
02/02/17 04:24 AM
02/02/17 04:24 AM
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 6,095 Anniston, AL
ikillbux
ishootatbux
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ishootatbux
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 6,095
Anniston, AL
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Dr. B, I think it. Heck, I used to think it about those deer killed the very last minute of Jan 31st though! I've got an 8pt on my office wall that I killed at cricket-dark on Jan 31st. I always tell the story of that hunt, and end with "He was literally just a few minutes away from living. I almost feel bad for him!"
We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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Re: Is it just me?
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
#2013921
02/02/17 06:14 AM
02/02/17 06:14 AM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 11,790 Kennedy, al
globe
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 11,790
Kennedy, al
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I don't like it, but then again I hate "change" anyway...... I have a ton of deer on camera that'll make it, bucks and does.
Everything woke turns to shucks
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