Question about the rut in NY


beagleboy

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If it is cold this weekend, you should see some really good activity. Just in time for the orange army to chime in. I've been seeing bucks chase does since opening day of bow season. Have only been seeing them try to mate the last week or so. Saw a 6pt jump up on a does back. She wouldn't let him and she ran away. But he chased right after her with his nose on her tail.

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Saturday morning, Nov.3rd, I saw a buck chasing a doe, with a spike trailing a few minutes behind them. Then as I was leaving around 12:30, I may have seen the same doe being chased by the same buck, but this time there was a big buck right behind them! I hunted the same stand the next evening and saw only a coyote.(Almost had a shot!!) Tuesday the 6th, I only had a couple of hours to hunt in the morning. I had two deer come into bow range and I shot the bigger of the two "does". She turned out to be a button buck:(! I hunted again in the morning on the 8th for a couple of hours and saw nothing. But I checked my trail cam and had a nice big buck in front of my stand at 2:16 PM, the afternoon that I had shot the button buck! I had a total of 5 different deer on the camera that same day and evening!!! I couldn't hunt again until Saturday, the 10th. I couldn't wait to get back into the stand!! I sat from 6:00am til 6:00 pm and didn't see or hear a deer until it was totally dark. I then heard a single deer trot by about 40-50 yards away.

Sunday evening I got into the stand at 3:00pm. As dusk was creeping in I heard a deer coming towards my tree stand. It was a nice big doe, she gave me a nice broadside shot!:) About 5 minutes later, her boyfriend showed up on the scene! He wasn't the big wide 8pt on the trail cam but he was big enough for me!! I shot him also as he walked right below my tree stand!!:D He was a smaller 8pt but what a way to end my bowseason!! My first double with a bow!! Also my first three deer bowseason. I thank the good Lord for blessing my season!! I think we are in the main part of the rut here in NYS. Now is the time to be in the woods!!!! After this Saturday, everything will change!! Good Luck, everyone!

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I think It's getting to go into full swing. Yesterday, in the am, the leaves were wet so the woods were very quiet. I was able to get within 40 yrds of a 6pt and a doe. He was not leaving her no matter what. I have also been told by some hunters that the rut and the rifle season are at the same time down here in 3J.

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