rut sign?

[riceg53]

Curious to hear what type of sing you guys are keying in on during the rut? I was so confident i was going to at least see some action this past weekend and I sat all day and saw one doe. Do you still set up on scrapes or over rubs? Focus more on doe bedding? Need all the tips I can get here!

[Hildebrand]

I would stay a good active scrape close to bedding, not a field edge. But I would try to be where the does are. Keep the does happy and you should see some buck action. Down wind side of doe bedding as bucks work down wind to try and find a hot doe. I have seen very little rut action this year. Few scrapes and and just a few smaller random bucks walking around looking for doe

[Hawthorne]

Hunt where the does are. A doe bedding area can stay hot for a few days with multiple bucks then it’s like a switch is flipped and the bucks are gone but the does are still there.I seen it this year

[riceg53]

bump, my rut hunts are terrible so far

[Crazinamatese]

Any sign that is few hours to a day old. Hunt it while its steaming fresh. I like fresh scrapes with large tracks in them.

[treeroot]

It's a loaded question for me, really comes down to where I'm hunting and time of the day.

Some private ground does will make it into the field during daylight. Those places I'll try to sit a staging area, or a parallel trail.

Private ground that's really pressured I get in tight to doe bedding and look for fresh rut sign, rubs, scrapes ex.

Public I try to figure out where they will cruise which depends on terrain. Sometimes they're isn't much sign but it sets up for them to be funneled through there. I'll also key in on where the chasing will occur during daylight. The chasing areas for me is usually in relation to thick bedding cover.