The bucks are chasing in South Florida

swampdrummer · August 06, 2010, 09:36:00 PM

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.

Marty · August 07, 2010, 07:48:00 AM

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.

Dry Creek · August 07, 2010, 08:31:00 AM

That's funny sitting in a tree checking the forums!! LOL

Canyon · August 07, 2010, 08:39:00 AM

Wow they are rutting this early?? I woulda thought being so far south the rut was much later like here in AZ.

Steve H. · August 07, 2010, 10:35:00 AM

Seriously? I figured they would rut around Feb down there.

rappstar · August 07, 2010, 10:40:00 AM

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.

Chris Shelton · August 07, 2010, 10:53:00 AM

WOW, that is a drastic difference from here in MD, the fawns have not even left their mothers yet!

adeeden · August 07, 2010, 11:34:00 AM

The only thing the bucks are chasing around here is shade!

swampdrummer · August 07, 2010, 11:42:00 AM

Well, my all day sit was cut short at 8:30. Couldn't stand all the does running around underneath me! :D

NOW, I'll settle down and wait on a buck. Maybe. :p

steadman · August 07, 2010, 11:49:00 AM

Congrats!!

August 07, 2010, 12:10:00 PM

seriously doubt that theyer rutting, just playing ,most likley.

Steve H. · August 07, 2010, 12:24:00 PM

She's a purty little thang!

August 07, 2010, 12:26:00 PM

she would make a nice mount, too.

KSdan · August 07, 2010, 12:55:00 PM

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

sendero25 · August 07, 2010, 01:38:00 PM

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.

bawana bowman · August 07, 2010, 02:06:00 PM

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!

Hal

swampdrummer · August 07, 2010, 05:33:00 PM

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!