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Opening weekend of MZ. Deer haven't been pressured and movement is maximized. After that, Nov. 10-12 and 17-20. Those are the peaks right at the beginning of the 10-day peak of breeding and the end of peak breeding on my place. That is when we see the most frantic seeking-chasing.
 
BSK said:
Opening weekend of MZ. Deer haven't been pressured and movement is maximized. After that, Nov. 10-12 and 17-20. Those are the peaks right at the beginning of the 10-day peak of breeding and the end of peak breeding on my place. That is when we see the most frantic seeking-chasing.
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Isn't it funny how much this can differ with just a little geographical distance?

Our best end of peak breeding days are Dec 1-4. Thanksgiving is usually slow for us. Every single year.

This is Henderson County.
 
BSK said:
Opening weekend of MZ. Deer haven't been pressured and movement is maximized. After that, Nov. 10-12 and 17-20. Those are the peaks right at the beginning of the 10-day peak of breeding and the end of peak breeding on my place. That is when we see the most frantic seeking-chasing.
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BSK - just curious what your #1 target buck is this year!
 
DeerCamp said:
Isn't it funny how much this can differ with just a little geographical distance?

Our best end of peak breeding days are Dec 1-4. Thanksgiving is usually slow for us. Every single year.

This is Henderson County.
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It never ceases to amaze me how different peak breeding can be from location to location. Nature has fine-tuned these dates to maximize fawn survival in that specific location. The big question is, what is so different from place to place to cause these differences? And I've seen some crazy differences across very short geographic distances. I was part of a big research project near Pine Mountain, GA, just north of Columbus. The property was only about 10 miles from the AL line. Peak breeding on this property was the first two weeks of November. Yet 20 miles to the west, near Opelika, AL, peak breeding was in January. How could conditions be so different to produce breeding peaks two months apart over just 20 miles?
 
DeerCamp said:
BSK - just curious what your #1 target buck is this year!
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Haven't seen him yet. Older bucks haven't shifted up into the hills yet. Last year it didn't occur until right around Oct. 18. After that date, new older bucks showed up every day until peak breeding. In fact, we set a record for total unique bucks photographed last year (54). But then it was also a record acorn crop, unlike this year.
 
First two weeks of November by far my favorite....I really like all of November and I'll hunt in December....but historically muzzleloader loader season has been my favorite in our area.
 
BSK said:
It never ceases to amaze me how different peak breeding can be from location to location. Nature has fine-tuned these dates to maximize fawn survival in that specific location. The big question is, what is so different from place to place to cause these differences? And I've seen some crazy differences across very short geographic distances. I was part of a big research project near Pine Mountain, GA, just north of Columbus. The property was only about 10 miles from the AL line. Peak breeding on this property was the first two weeks of November. Yet 20 miles to the west, near Opelika, AL, peak breeding was in January. How could conditions be so different to produce breeding peaks two months apart over just 20 miles?
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For us Dec 16-21 every year!!! Peak activity
 
I'd have to say that I've had some of the most memorable hunts from about November 6th thru November 20th.

This year I have 2 weeks PTO scheduled for most of those dates. I plan on being in the woods every day this year if things go as planned.
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Carlos said:
I'd have to say that I've had some of the most memorable hunts from about November 6th thru November 20th.

This year I have 2 weeks PTO scheduled for most of those dates. I plan on being in the woods every day this year if things go as planned.
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that sounds like a good vacation I always take the week of thanksgiving and week before so I only use 8 days and get two weeks.
 

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