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<blockquote data-quote="Headhunter" data-source="post: 5492196" data-attributes="member: 652"><p>I can tell you in Middle Tennessee that it has always been messed up. One group of friends hunted a farm about 2 miles from us as the crow flies. </p><p></p><p>For about 15 years, the first week of muzzleloader, he would be calling, texting etc. stories and pics, etc. of all the rut activity they were seeing and the nice bucks killed when they killed one. Of course I was hunting, our farm would be dead as far as rut activity. We were 2 miles apart. Actually one buck I have mounted, I killed out of a bachelor group of 7 on opening morning of muzzleloader. I saw that bachelor group together 2 more times that week. </p><p></p><p>Either the first or second week of gun season, I would be calling, texting, etc. him about how the rut had kicked in on the farm we hunt and the bucks we killed when we saw one we wanted to kill. His place would be post rut, not only seeing very little, if any rut activity, but they would seeing almost no deer at all. </p><p></p><p>Never could understand how 2 farms so close together could be so different, this happened every single year for about 15 years. On both farms, most all momma does were killed when seen, we both basically killed every single momma doe we could for all those years, we tried to never kill a young antlerless deer. They were the glory days of our hunting for us in middle Tennessee. Best day I had for total bucks seen in one day was 15. One of my favorite buck kills, I shot 2 momma does at daylight, opening day of gun season. They had 4 yearlings with them, I watched 6 or 7 different bucks chase one of those yearlings all around the cow pasture and the cows. A couple hours later a small doe came out and a great buck was after her, he didn't make it far. I still to this day only shoot momma does and they need to be with other deer so I make sure I don't kill young deer. We used to have a lot of "orphans" on the farm we hunted. It for sure made the hunting much better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Headhunter, post: 5492196, member: 652"] I can tell you in Middle Tennessee that it has always been messed up. One group of friends hunted a farm about 2 miles from us as the crow flies. For about 15 years, the first week of muzzleloader, he would be calling, texting etc. stories and pics, etc. of all the rut activity they were seeing and the nice bucks killed when they killed one. Of course I was hunting, our farm would be dead as far as rut activity. We were 2 miles apart. Actually one buck I have mounted, I killed out of a bachelor group of 7 on opening morning of muzzleloader. I saw that bachelor group together 2 more times that week. Either the first or second week of gun season, I would be calling, texting, etc. him about how the rut had kicked in on the farm we hunt and the bucks we killed when we saw one we wanted to kill. His place would be post rut, not only seeing very little, if any rut activity, but they would seeing almost no deer at all. Never could understand how 2 farms so close together could be so different, this happened every single year for about 15 years. On both farms, most all momma does were killed when seen, we both basically killed every single momma doe we could for all those years, we tried to never kill a young antlerless deer. They were the glory days of our hunting for us in middle Tennessee. Best day I had for total bucks seen in one day was 15. One of my favorite buck kills, I shot 2 momma does at daylight, opening day of gun season. They had 4 yearlings with them, I watched 6 or 7 different bucks chase one of those yearlings all around the cow pasture and the cows. A couple hours later a small doe came out and a great buck was after her, he didn't make it far. I still to this day only shoot momma does and they need to be with other deer so I make sure I don't kill young deer. We used to have a lot of "orphans" on the farm we hunted. It for sure made the hunting much better. [/QUOTE]
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