A few years ago in Jan, I was in a lock-on in E. AL and heard a flock of turkeys go off right before sunrise. Toms, jakes, and hens raised all kind of heck. I thought a bobcat or something might've gotten them stirred up. But, the next morning it was the same thing.
I asked the lease about going in there the following spring. The paper company scheduled that area for thinning, and the roosting area got cut for a road.
Never saw any deer.