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Signs in YOUR neck of the woods RUT is on!

Unread postby Brandon » Sat Nov 05, 2011 2:13 am

What do you use to gauge rut activity in your neck of the woods?

Most guys use word of mouth I find, I try to find any info directly.

Dead deer on roads is a big sign, the roads around here are RED with blood everywhere. I went down a major hwy and couldnt belive the # of blood stains and deer laying on the road.

I mentioned this to a friend who happens to be a car insurance agent. He said his business sees an average of 7 deer hits per MONTH.
THIS week alone, minus today he had already had 17!

Another tip off is trail cams. Alot of guys have brought up mid day hunting and 2 cameras checked by my crew had a total of 8 MATURE bucks moving in the afternoon 12-2 crossing fields and general traveling.

Id say its on. This week I wasnt able to hunt at all, but hopefully next week is good to me. Good Luck out there.


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Unread postby whitetail007 » Sat Nov 05, 2011 2:34 am

from the end of october to mid november i listen to the scanner after sunset. you can definatly tell when they start moving when the number of calls doubles or triples over a day or two.
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Unread postby Dewey » Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:00 am

I drive 80 miles roundtrip to work everyday so I can really gauge deer movement by the number of roadkills. Seemed like the switch was flipped around here on October 25 for some reason because roadkill numbers exploded overnight. Some does must have came into estrous early.

Otherwise I just base it on personal observation in the field. This rut has been a tough on to pinpoint. Not sure where they are at this point. Things have been very quiet the last week or so.

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Unread postby Stanley » Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:58 am

Road kills is a great indicator.
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Unread postby RaisedByWolves » Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:11 am

when a hot doe comes by my stand and there are multiple bucks chasing her, then I know its on!
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Unread postby dan » Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:14 am

I gauge it by the date... Rut is the same time every year.
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Unread postby Dewey » Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:32 am

dan wrote:I gauge it by the date... Rut is the same time every year.

I used to believe that until this year. I don't know what the heck is going on this week around here?? Nobody in this area is seeing anything moving.

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Unread postby gjs4 » Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:37 am

dan wrote:I gauge it by the date... Rut is the same time every year.


here in wny chasing then seeking are the first full week of novemebr every yr...give or take a day....maybe some other activty happens but this is the bulk
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Unread postby dan » Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:58 am

Dewey wrote:
dan wrote:I gauge it by the date... Rut is the same time every year.

I used to believe that until this year. I don't know what the heck is going on this week around here?? Nobody in this area is seeing anything moving.

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Unread postby Dewey » Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:11 am

dan wrote:
Dewey wrote:
dan wrote:I gauge it by the date... Rut is the same time every year.

I used to believe that until this year. I don't know what the heck is going on this week around here?? Nobody in this area is seeing anything moving.

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Shine at night Dewey...

I have been shining and bucks are moving at night only and that is what I don't understand. Daylight movement has been nonexistent even though hunting pressure seems fairly minimal.

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Unread postby dan » Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:21 pm

RUT IS THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR LOCALLY... BUT DAYTIME MOVEMENT CAN BE EFFECTED BY WEATHER, MOON, SUN, WIND, TEMPATURE, ETC...
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Unread postby bowhunter15 » Sat Nov 05, 2011 2:01 pm

Dewey wrote:
dan wrote:I gauge it by the date... Rut is the same time every year.

I used to believe that until this year. I don't know what the heck is going on this week around here?? Nobody in this area is seeing anything moving.

We're seeing some deer, but absolutely no rutting activity. Last year this weekend our group had two on the ground, deer were chasing, but bucks were moving, there were scrapes/rubs etc.

But this weekend, we've probably seen 8 does so far, and each one was completely calm, grazing, showing no signs of being chased. I saw one small buck tonight and we was acting the same. There are nowhere near the numbers of fresh scrapes or rubs. I know that research shows the rut happens the same time every year, but it sure doesn't seem like it this year in northern MN. I'd sure think we'd have seen some type of mood change in the deer that we have seen so far.


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