Does coming into estrous

[Hawthorne]

If your lucky enough to hunt an area with a doe in heat mid October it can be some of the best rut action. I've only seen it once that early. I've read some writers call it the false rut that triggers the increase in scraping and rubbing.

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[tim]

im that guy that can read something but still have to see it for myself before I believe it . but what I have seen year after year on my land with my trail cameras is a short flurry of chaos between 18-23 of October. it lasts 2 nights and its over. multiple bucks passing cams chasing does ,tongues hanging out looking all amped up. its always night times activity.last year I think it was a tick earlier maybe the 15-17 of October id have to check for sure

[DaveT1963]

The first does to hit short estrous cycles, for a large section of the whitetails range, actually start in Sep not Oct. I personally believe this has something to do with the more dominate bucks rubbing and scraping in Sept.

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[stash59]

The first does to hit short estrous cycles, for a large section of the whitetails range, actually start in Sep not Oct. I personally believe this has something to do with the more dominate bucks rubbing and scraping in Sept.

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Your right Dave!! Under perfect conditions this happens. Mainly needing a balanced age structure of both sexes. Then a good buck to doe ratio.

Like tim mentioned it takes place mostly at night. That's why we don't catch what is going on. Without cameras that is.

I bet there's a study someplace that has been done on this.

tim do you use this knowledge/intel to set up your rut hunting times?

[tim]

i always try to use my intel of my trail cams. my favorite comparisons are year to year comparisons.and buck to doe ratios . but the year to year similarities with patterns and behavior is most interesting.