Hoytman66 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Whitetail Bow Hunters. Is the rut winding down or what. I never saw a real active rut here in Central Ohio. What's the take with you all. More rut to come or what? Thanks! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Northern Wis. the rut was full steam Nov. 14th, by 21st it was pretty much done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 Over in central / southern IL as of Nov. 28th. I saw chasing on the 16th of Nov. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Some yearlings will trickle in and unbred does are cycling a second time now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Some yearlings will trickle in and unbred does are cycling a second time now. Yep, about that time, post rut and going into secondary. Figure primary rut should have peaked around the 15th of November. Does that did not take or got missed should be cycling back in the coming weeks. Couple that with the young ones first time coming in, seeing some small does with clean white tarsals, they have not had a cycle yet. A slim chance around here with the pressure that a mature buck that has made it this late is gonna slip up and move during daylight, but there is a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 Yup, secondary rut should be kicking in right now here, although I've not seen any sign as yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 In MO we saw decent rutting action from about 10/30 through 11/20 during days when the weather was cool to cold. Unfortunately, most of that period of time the weather was unusually warm and rutting activity was mostly after dark during the warm weather days. We had more southerly winds during that period than anything else. What the heck happened to the predominant NW wind? Talked to a buddy of mine in Iowa...same thing. He saw a lot of deer while driving to the places he hunted before dawn and after dark going home. Deer movement for him was poor most of the time during daylight hours on those same warm weather days too. Here in MS...well the primary rut hasn't kicked in yet. It usually is good during the 5 days or so on either side of Christmas. Hunted in MS from this past Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning for the 1st time since early Oct. I saw 13 bucks mostly feeding on acorns every day I hunted. No sign of bucks cruising here yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 for whatever reason your activity kicked into high gear before us here in eastern NY. peak breeding was same and same as it's always been year after year. right about now the any second cycling doe or fawns that meet weight are getting attention. haven't been out enough lately to confirm but I'm sure it's going on. second rut is very hit or miss. if you're seeing stuff you will for a couple days or so. if not it'll pass like it wasn't even going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Wife witnessed some chasing here this afternoon. Three bucks one after the other hot on a good sized doe. With the warm temps and a bit of frustration she didn't really want to go. Gave her a bit of encouragement and told her second rut should be kicking and the scout look forecast had today as "best" that one of us needed to be in a stand. I will not give away her story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine Hntr Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Oh sure William leave us hanging!! Is she putting points on the board for team 5?? ðŸ‘🻠Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Wife witnessed some chasing here this afternoon. Three bucks one after the other hot on a good sized doe. With the warm temps and a bit of frustration she didn't really want to go. Gave her a bit of encouragement and told her second rut should be kicking and the scout look forecast had today as "best" that one of us needed to be in a stand. I will not give away her story. Saw she posted in her team thread she killed a buck...nuff said till she post her story. Congratulations...Way to nag her to go William! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Having some card reader issues, cannot get pics from camera onto the computer right now. May have to settle for phone pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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