rustybucket
Senior Member
I can verify that for South Berrien County the dates are dead on with what I saw from the stand this year. They also coincide directly to what we saw last year as well.
The only problem I see with this method is that 'Counties' don't really represent 'ranges' of deer. For instance around us, about halfway up Berrien county you get into another stock of deer that ruts later, and you can see those dates represented by the county north of us, Irwin.
According to the Map
Berrien: 11/2-11/9
Irwin: 11/24-11/30
In reality it should be
South Berrien: 11/2-11/9
North Berrien & Irwin: 11/24-11/30
Would be VERY cool if this data could be aggregated with regard to actual lat/long location rather than by county. That would give you a MUCH clearer picture of the layout of the range of different deer herds in Ga.
For those wondering why the rut dates range so widely in Ga, it's b/c of the deer that were stocked to ga back in the 60's. For instance deer that came from Wisconsin stock rut earlier than those that came from coastal stocks.
The only problem I see with this method is that 'Counties' don't really represent 'ranges' of deer. For instance around us, about halfway up Berrien county you get into another stock of deer that ruts later, and you can see those dates represented by the county north of us, Irwin.
According to the Map
Berrien: 11/2-11/9
Irwin: 11/24-11/30
In reality it should be
South Berrien: 11/2-11/9
North Berrien & Irwin: 11/24-11/30
Would be VERY cool if this data could be aggregated with regard to actual lat/long location rather than by county. That would give you a MUCH clearer picture of the layout of the range of different deer herds in Ga.
For those wondering why the rut dates range so widely in Ga, it's b/c of the deer that were stocked to ga back in the 60's. For instance deer that came from Wisconsin stock rut earlier than those that came from coastal stocks.