bennettredneck

yesterday i came home from work it was almost dark.i was putting corn in my feeders and i heard 2 bucks fighting could the rut still be on in mississippi or do deer fight regardless of rut or not.

cardeer

Your pretty far south ,could be there fighting.I seen deer and doe fight with each other all times of the year.Just last night I had a big doe eating in my yard and she kept kicking and front hoofing a smaller doe that was trying to eat.

kentlyone

I dont know. I have some land in Turkey Creek La. I havent been there in a few years so I dont know. Here in west Texas I have noticed some bucks loosing there racks. They quit rutting here in late Dec. and Jan..

timbercruiser

They were still in a full rut the 31st of Jan in S. Central Alabama, the last day of our season.

pabuckhunter

Maybe fighting over doe who came back in heat or young doe just comeing into heat <img src=icon_smile_question.gif border=0 align=middle>

halcon

Anything is possible ,just kind of late .

halcon

Anything is possible ,just kind of late .

nwla/whackmaster

I've hunted my whole life in the south(La.)and here is what I've encountered over the years.With the relativly mild weather we have,and the tendancy of alot of our deer herds to be askew as far as buck/doe ratios,the rut that we see where I hunt is often rather subtle and drawn out over a long period of time.Very much different from what some of our northern and mid-western hunters experience.
This being said,you may have run up on a couple sparring bucks,but most likely it was the food source and not a breeding rights battle.
We had the best rutting activity in my neck of the woods this season right around the middle of November,but it varies widely,and some years we see almost none.
Good Huntin'..........whackman

RICHIE3

It's very possible. I have seen video tape of a buck in the wild mounting a doe as late as early March.

nascar88

in the animal kingdom, everything is possible.
try rattling them in and see if they respond.