I mix my own minerals, di-calcium phosphate, trace minerals without any medications added, stock salt, and dry molasses. We have moon craters where we place minerals.
We start protein feeding the week after gun season is over in January, and continue till spring "green up" in April. We use Apple Valiey protein feed made in Gray Georgia. We plant our food plots with Whitetail Institute perennial seed for feeding year round, corn and molasses has no protein...
This was a strange year, the same activity you describe is exactly what happened out my club in Houston County, normal rut is just before Thanksgiving , no sign this year until just before Christmas