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THE RUT!!!

Unread postby liv4rut » Fri Oct 18, 2013 6:44 am

I have been seeing bucks chasing does already! I hunt in Illinois by the Mississippi river. Last night was an awesome night! Anybody else seeing what I am seeing?

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Unread postby dreaming bucks » Fri Oct 18, 2013 6:50 am

are you seeing young bucks, or mature bucks chasing?

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Unread postby liv4rut » Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:01 am

Biggest one I saw was 130". My buddy seen one that was 150" bumping does in a fresh picked corn field.

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Unread postby Bucky » Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:06 am

Cold weather is gonna be good this next week :L:
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Unread postby liv4rut » Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:13 am

IT SEEMS EARLY TO ME? BUT A FEW YEARS AGO I DO REMEMBER SEEING SOME EARLY CHASING GOING ON THOUGH. GOING ON VACATION STARTING ON OCT.23-NOV.1!!!
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Unread postby Bucky » Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:15 am

Oct 22 - Nov 1 is my favorite time of year to hunt a particular buck (other than 1st week of season) as he will likely be in his core area. After Nov 1st your scouted buck could be anywhere....
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Unread postby Dewey » Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:36 am

A small number of does go into estrus and are bred very early every year. I have seen this as early as the first week of October. The peak is still a few weeks away.

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Unread postby DEERSLAYER » Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:46 am

Dewey wrote:A small number of does go into estrus and are bred very early every year. I have seen this as early as the first week of October. The peak is still a few weeks away.
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I used to have a spot where this happened the end of September every year. It just quit one year & I figured somebody must have shot the old doe or she died of old age. A massive (12'-15') scrape would open up briefly about this time and then it would go cold until later in October. I miss that spot.
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Unread postby liv4rut » Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:10 am

Heading to stand right now! Hopefully "super8" shows up!!!

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Unread postby Stanley » Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:04 am

You always get some kind of odd ball thing to happen in an area. I saw a spotted fawn 15th of November about 4-5 years ago. That little fawn couldn't have weighed 25 lbs. I'm sure that fawn didn't survive the winter. A couple early, a couple late, just the norm. Rut is a strong 2 weeks away here and another few days longer in some of my southern spots. Small bucks can get pretty anxious this time of year.
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Unread postby Singing Bridge » Fri Oct 18, 2013 1:21 pm

We have a cold front that moved in here and the deer are acting up. A coworker saw two bucks and four does on the drive in (it was still dark). After I got to work and early this morning, we had three different car / deer accidents called in from my home county.

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