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Hunting when the rut occurs late.

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  1. natewill

    natewill Newb

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    I hunt in Alabama and the rut usually occurs around late December -early January, so I have been struggling here to see any deer. It has been pretty hot here around the high 60s and I'm having a hard time patterning them. We hunt on a property with clear cuts and hardwood bottoms(no green fields yet, it's a new property). Is there any tips you guys could offer me? Thanks!
     
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    A scent dripper with doe in heat scent could help keep a buck in the area, even if they aren't moving much.
     
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    Find the does, pattern them you pattern the bucks.
     
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    Would you be interested in buying/leasing some ocean front hunting land I have in Arizona.:)
     
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    hunt the down wind side of the clear cuts. bucks will keep checking the cut for does that might be bedding in there.
     
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    I'm one to follow the does.
     
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