Or at least in my little patch of woods! :D
I haven't seen the first deer hair since I killed the little doe first thing last Saturday morning.
Last night I saw two bucks within a mile of my house driving home. This evening I saw two more from my tree stand and both of them were hot on does... One of them was a monster.
Think its time for me to climb up in the stand and stay there from dark to dark.
Killed a doe last evening and passed a small 8 pt this morning- lots of activity here too! I think mosquito's may be rutting too! Still in a tree - whoda thunk this technology.
That's funny sitting in a tree checking the forums!! LOL
Wow they are rutting this early?? I woulda thought being so far south the rut was much later like here in AZ.
Seriously? I figured they would rut around Feb down there.
QuoteOriginally posted by Steve H.:
Seriously? I figured they would rut around Feb down there.
That's what I was thinking. They rut around January in Alabama so I figured Florida would be about the same time or later.
WOW, that is a drastic difference from here in MD, the fawns have not even left their mothers yet!
The only thing the bucks are chasing around here is shade!
Well, my all day sit was cut short at 8:30. Couldn't stand all the does running around underneath me! :D
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NOW, I'll settle down and wait on a buck. Maybe. :p
Congrats!! :thumbsup:
seriously doubt that theyer rutting, just playing ,most likley.
She's a purty little thang!
she would make a nice mount, too.
Check out the Florida Fish and Game site- they have a map that shows peak rut in all areas of FL. It really is quite diverse- interesting.
Dan in KS
arrow30, they are rutting.
This year Florida FWC changed the season dates and zones to more closely coincide with the rut in each different zone in the state.
I'm a couple of hours north of swampdrummer, and one of my buddies watched a buck chasing a doe just last evening.
Brad,
That's 2 in the first week! Your just getting too big of a jump on those of us to the North of you!
Congratulations, again! :thumbsup:
Hal
Thanks guys. Its been a good season so far! I think a week into last season I had missed 2 or 3 times already! Daily practice and chasing pigs all summer has paid off I think.
No worries Hal. I'm slowing down. Going to wait on horns now. I've got one doe out of two seperate groups that tend to stay pretty much on my property.
Think I can relax enough to come up to Ocala next weekend. :p Going to be hotter than blazes but I think it'll still be a good time!