i would say sept....archery season is when i usually see sign the rut is here...it's different florida , they seem to always having babies.....for south.....i heard Oct-Nov. for the north......
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Per TR Michaels, which would be more in line with ALL the other southern states
Florida
North
Dec 30-Jan 6
Central
Jan 1-13
South
Jan 22-28
Not sure where Huntnma gets her info, but in the deep South the rut is usually in Mid December to Mid January, depending on how far south you go.
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well i got my info from a friend because he said remember when you say the rubbing,etc.....it was in sept./oct...the buck was chasing a doe in late sept, so yeah he convinced me it was in sept/oct. and hes the one that told me that up in northern florida it was a lil later,oct/nov....i still believe where i hunt that they were in rut, or just beginning...the rubs and scrapes and the buck chasing the doe is sign enough for me..... i live in central fl........i dont live in the south, south.......or the north.............[:'(]
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No offense huntnma, just curious as to why you were saying that early. I too have seen small bucks harrassing does early in the year, but for the most part those seem to be isolated cases of a youngster getting a little frisky.
Rubs and scrapes DO start showing up very early in the South, sometimes as early as the first of October in my area. However, 90% of the breeding happens b/t Mid Dec to the first of Jan.
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Florida is weird when it comes to peak rut dates. I have hunted the pandhandle from the Aucilla river (jefferson county) to Marianna (Jackson County). The rut dates can vary up to two months from one end to the other. The area I hunt in Jefferson county peaks around the middle of November and by the 1st week of December things have died down.
As you go west the rut dates get later. Most of the areas of Gadsen and Jackson county usually run about the end of December to the 2nd week of January as prime times. Some areas closer to the coast and further west run as late as February.
I hunt north central Fla. along the Suwannee river.the rut starts here the last of Sept. into Oct. I usually rattle in several a year in B/P season the last of Oct.
In bow season they are chasing does and making scrapes in a big way.all along into the last of bow season we see them hot and heavy.the bucks start to shead the horns in Jan.the does drop the little ones in gobbler season.that is in last of march and April.
you do the figuring of the dates.
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no offense taken, i'm still sticking to my sept /oct though....the one buck i saw wasnt a young buck, he was the king of the woods, lol....a real nice OLD buck, i'd say about 6-7 yrs, 8 point.........any other place in florida , well , i havent hunted it, so i wont comment , lol......
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i'm still sticking to my sept /oct though....the one buck i saw wasnt a young buck, he was the king of the woods, lol....a real nice OLD buck, i'd say about 6-7 yrs, 8 point.........any other place in florida , well , i havent hunted it, so i wont comment , lol......
