Whats everyone seening after Dec 31 ..any good sized bucks taken after the new year happens

[Triple C]

Big food plots rule from now to end of season.

Morning sits in drainages, hardwoods n travel corridors.

Afternoon sits gonna b on or near a food plot.

 

[Dustin Pate]

I have killed a slap pile of deer in the late season. Keyword is privet hedge.

 

[snuffy]

One of my biggest and only drop time buck came the last weekend of the
Season in Wheeler County.
A doe came by with 5 bucks after her.

 

[Ajlink2]

View attachment 1273215My late season strategy comes by the pallet

how i bagged my biggest back last year at the end of January (extended archery). post rut they are hungry. theyll find the food...

 

[in His sight]

Here is the guy I took January 12, 2020 in Upson. Last day of season, mid morning (about 9am). Came up over a rise, nose to the ground, on the trail of a doe that walked by 15 minutes before...Point being, they are still looking for love, even in January, if "mama" hasn't been bred yet. My biggest to date.

 

[coolbreezeroho]

Food and looking for the ladies......I will be staying on stand for the whole day . I have a couple of spots planned out already...

 

[johnpoulan83]

The second rut is starting in sw ga where I hunt right now, have seen several of our shooters on camera chasing does the past few days

 

[B. White]

The second rut is starting in sw ga where I hunt right now, have seen several of our shooters on camera chasing does the past few days

This week is when I see good sign start again in middle GA, and at least in my experience it has been the better bucks that are fired up instead of every spike coming through the woods grunting. From Christmas on, it seems like there is always one oak they prefer to root under for a few mins right before dark. I've seen several walk past a hundred trees and only stop under one between Christmas and New Years. Don't know if they taste better, or if the tree rats did a better job burying them. I hunt the opposite of a lot of folks and don't hunt hardwoods much until December. After Jan 1st, I've had good luck for several years with a decent buck right at dark on crimson clover.

 

[kayaksteve]

This week is when I see good sign start again in middle GA, and at least in my experience it has been the better bucks that are fired up instead of every spike coming through the woods grunting. From Christmas on, it seems like there is always one oak they prefer to root under for a few mins right before dark. I've seen several walk past a hundred trees and only stop under one between Christmas and New Years. Don't know if they taste better, or if the tree rats did a better job burying them. I hunt the opposite of a lot of folks and don't hunt hardwoods much until December. After Jan 1st, I've had good luck for several years with a decent buck right at dark on crimson clover.

It seems like I see the majority of chasing around the week of or week after thanksgiving. But probably 90% of what I would consider good bucks I’ve saw over the years chasing were atleast a couple weeks after that.

 

[johnpoulan83]

I have killed a slap pile of deer in the late season. Keyword is privet hedge.

Or corn

 

[catch22]

I’m in super SW ga….and thats the middle of the rut till end of season. We rarely kill a deer before December 1st

 

[Dutch]

I’m in super SW ga….and thats the middle of the rut till end of season. We rarely kill a deer before December 1st

Its like that at my place in Pike County Alabama. Just now getting pics of bucks starting to roam.

Rut kicks in in January from what I have been told, 1st year hunting this place, so I will see.

 

[johnpoulan83]

Its like that at my place in Pike County Alabama. Just now getting pics of bucks starting to roam.

Rut kicks in in January from what I have been told, 1st year hunting this place, so I will see.

I used to hunt pike and primetime to be there was always mlk weekend

 

[Dutch]

I used to hunt pike and primetime to be there was always mlk weekend

Thats what I was told by some locals.
And thats why I am taking the whole month off.

 

[01Foreman400]

I have never killed a buck in December or January. Hope that changes this season.

 

[Hunter922]

Food next to thick areas and or privet thickets. We've hunted Cobb for years and late season food and does still attract bucks. January is a great month to see your big deer ( if they are still upright) back on food like they were in September..

 

[johnpoulan83]

Had all sorts of bucks on camera the past couple days, I like hunting later in the season for the fact that you can narrow down food, and they come to feed better. As long as you have good cold weather , where I hunt, you can always catch a good one goin to the feed or lookin for the second estrus does to come in .

 

[elfiii]

Big food plots rule from now to end of season.

Morning sits in drainages, hardwoods n travel corridors.

Afternoon sits gonna b on or near a food plot.

Yep. Evening hunts on a food plot right at last light are my go to late in the season.

 

[Timberman]

I’m in super SW ga….and thats the middle of the rut till end of season. We rarely kill a deer before December 1st

My In Laws live in Bainbridge. They don't even really start hunting until mid December.

 

[catch22]

My In Laws live in Bainbridge. They don't even really start hunting until mid December.

they are smart....the rest of us hunt all season and educate the deer before prime time