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Post by Crkr 23 on Nov 26, 2023 17:29:52 GMT -5
Fine buck! Congratulations!
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Post by bullfrog on Nov 26, 2023 19:21:40 GMT -5
Having multiple rut phases is inescapable on public land because they'd either have to kill a pile of does or restrict buck harvest severely. In all reality, it's a problem in most of FL since the fawn recruitment rate is so low. An even buck to doe ratio would collapse our population. I don’t think it would collapse the population. I think a balanced ratio would fix Florida’s fawn recruitment problem. Why do does come into heat all at once? So that they drop their fawns within a couple week period in the spring to overwhelm fawn predators at fawns’ most vulnerable time. When the buck to doe ratio is out of wack, nature’s scheme to protect fawns is frustrated and the fawns are dripped out a few at the time, allowing predators to overwhelm them piecemeal. The cure is the cause.
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Post by altuck on Nov 27, 2023 9:39:53 GMT -5
Chasing does in Eastern Wakulla County
Chasing does in Jefferson County
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Post by One Man Gang on Nov 27, 2023 10:29:40 GMT -5
Moved good last week too. A quick twofer for the young lad.
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Post by bowhunter4life on Nov 27, 2023 11:01:38 GMT -5
Congrats to the young man!👌 The neck on the top buck looks good and swollen!💪
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Post by micciman on Nov 27, 2023 21:04:34 GMT -5
scrapes will show as soon a bucks shed their velvet. Not a sign of rut starting. Rut in Leaon and Jefferson starts now. Better be in the woods 4 days either side of Dec. 3rd.
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Post by james14 on Nov 27, 2023 22:06:19 GMT -5
Having multiple rut phases is inescapable on public land because they'd either have to kill a pile of does or restrict buck harvest severely. In all reality, it's a problem in most of FL since the fawn recruitment rate is so low. An even buck to doe ratio would collapse our population. I don’t think it would collapse the population. I think a balanced ratio would fix Florida’s fawn recruitment problem. Why do does come into heat all at once? So that they drop their fawns within a couple week period in the spring to overwhelm fawn predators at fawns’ most vulnerable time. When the buck to doe ratio is out of wack, nature’s scheme to protect fawns is frustrated and the fawns are dripped out a few at the time, allowing predators to overwhelm them piecemeal. The cure is the cause. I don't necessarily disagree, and perhaps I misspoke a bit. A balanced ratio alone wouldn't collapse the population. Shooting does to achieve that goal would collapse the population. The other option, as I mentioned, would be to severely restrict buck harvest. Recent studies show it taking 5 does to produce one legal buck in FL...and I believe this was from the panhandle. Peninsular FL was worse. Perhaps a tighter ratio would help lower that number (raise the ratio), but it highlights the extreme difficulty in equalizing the ratio in a hunted population with poor nutrition and extreme weather. This is the intent behind the statewide APRs - to tighten up the breeding period so more fawns could survive.
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Post by bowhunter4life on Nov 28, 2023 12:22:07 GMT -5
scrapes will show as soon a bucks shed their velvet. Not a sign of rut starting. Rut in Leaon and Jefferson starts now. Better be in the woods 4 days either side of Dec. 3rd. [br Yes , bucks and doe’s will use scrapes throughout the year. Bucks will also use them much more frequently coming into the rut. Good luck on your rut hunt!
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Post by tampaspicer on Nov 28, 2023 12:41:52 GMT -5
Saw a buck dogging a doe just across the state line coming back into Florida right at dark off of I-75 yesterday.
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Post by micciman on Dec 7, 2023 21:38:41 GMT -5
It's on in Eastern Leon and Western Jefferson
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Post by Glenn on Dec 8, 2023 5:49:51 GMT -5
It's on in Eastern Leon and Western Jefferson I live in NE Leon and it was really going good around Thanksgiving and into last week, but it is kinda dead now. Went out a couple times this week and only saw a couple spikes messing with the ladies. I expect it to pickup again near Christmas.
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Post by olmucky on Dec 16, 2023 13:02:13 GMT -5
Got back from the w/e hunt in C5/D2 Does still have their fawns w them Bucks still chillin. Bucks and bucks, bucks and does etc hanging out and feeding together But I will say the bucks aren’t frequenting quite as much as 10 days ago. I suspect they’re prolly out making the circuit Things are finally starting to fire up. We’re thinking the upcoming week/weekend will be hot.
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Post by olmucky on Dec 28, 2023 8:02:19 GMT -5
Fellas are moving today. Just had a nice shooter come in with his nose down on the move. Couldn’t get him to stop
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Post by brewski on Dec 28, 2023 8:17:08 GMT -5
My wife just dropped one that was doing the same.
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Post by tampaspicer on Dec 28, 2023 9:04:47 GMT -5
My wife just dropped one that was doing the same. Hell yeah. Congrats to the wife
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