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[roosterhavoc]

Deer are moving horribly here. Having hard time crossing road all over the place. The are coming into pasture much of the night going after persimmons. A couple hundred pounds at least of persimmons eaten. Dogs can keep deer out of area only within 200 feet of house. Deer coming in to where I keep pens and bedding down at night. Dogs are exhausted trying to run them off. Season not started yet and I have not heard of any talking about bucks in rut.

Starts around the last week of October through the 3 week of November here. Varies from year to year though

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Right now around here they are more worried about food its time to start fatning up themselves and their young ones deer will move great distances for a spot that has plenty of food for days/weeks on end. Males tend to really drain themselves during rutt and that starts in less than a month here give or take.

 

[centrarchid]

Here, most years a cold snap seems to set off rut. Summer here has been incredibly mild with not much real hot and no real cold.

 

[flypen]

It's not a cold snap that triggers the cycle here, normally, it's the shorter photoperiod or sunlight that starts in a few weeks. We rarely have a reason to put a jacket on till mid October.

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Weve done dipped into the high 30s once or twice. Right now tons of acorns so aint seen to many older deer running.

 

[JShubin]

 

[JShubin]

 

[JShubin]

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Bout 8weeks they will be 10weeks on the 25th. Done managed to get rid of one and it was the scalped one, slow maturing bunch feather wise but i also seen that in my other mollted/spangled breed birds which i sold all my sfh off aswell and gifted two so i can focus on the games. Hopefully i can get rid of a few more of these stags and just maybe keep one.

Ill get more photos of the pullets later and post em they are good looking fisty little things.

 

[centrarchid]

I am penning young games up to. A couple broods are about 8 weeks old so will post picks of those. They are very much of the slow feathering type. I need about 10 more pens with flat tops.