Rut...

[infinititech]

was out yesterday at 4pm at leiber and didn't see any scrapes or rubs where we usually do year after year the moon is getting full though so should be anytime

 

[dusty88]

Near Montgomery/Boone county line:

Just last night, my husband saw a buck and doe getting quite interested in each other.

 

[BigMatt]

Near Carthage: I got there at sun-up yesterday and left around noon.

I saw a 1-1/2 year old doe with twins still. They were still pretty close to her even though they were nice and healthy.

Also a spike buck with no sense of urgency. He was wandering around and crossed the shooting lanes multiple times.

Kind of regretting not shooting the doe at about 20 yards, but she was pretty small still. The next one probably won't be so lucky.

 

[cschwanz]

had two little bucks (18mo olds) sparring around me on Sunday morning for about 45 minutes. Young fellas out not knowing what to do yet things should be ramping up in the next week or so. First week of Nov should be good (as always)

 

[cigarman454]

My son watched a buck making scrapes in the evening of the 17th in Randolph county. Had a friend see a nice buck chasing a doe the end of last week in Delaware County.

 

[jblomenberg16]

Didn't see anything in western Jackson Co. this weekend. Several well travelled game trails and a few signs of some bedding areas, but nothing yet as far as rubs or scrapes. Did find a few on our trail camera. As of last week the bucks and does were still together in what looked like normal roaming around and feeding.

 

[Mark 1911]

I haven't seen much in the way of rut sign yet this year. The established perennial heavy trails in my "normal" woods are visible but don't look very active and are covered with fallen leaves. Haven't seen any rubs or scrapes in my normal woods either. I went for a long scout yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, I covered easily 8 miles probably a little more. I only saw a couple of scrapes, and those looked like they hadn't been used in several days. Typically Halloween seems to be about when the rut starts kicking in around here. So I'm hoping to see things pick up by next weekend.

 

[johntheplinker]

While at the vet Saturday morning watched a smallish buck (6-8 point) chase 5 does across the highway. Haven't seen any scrapes or rubs on the homestead tho. Southern Perry Co.

 

[BigMatt]

I am definitely going out this Saturday.

 

[sig shooter]

Owen County, I have hunted for the past 7 days and the bucks are starting to work the scrapes pretty well. I have not seen any chasing at this time but they are starting to separate.

 

[phylodog]

Three more days of work before three weeks in the woods. I can't wait and I couldn't be happier that the weather is crap currently, makes it easier to endure this torture.

 

[jimbobcooters]

Headed out as soon as this rain passes here. Will report back. Gonna swap my SD cards out on the way home.

 

[jimbobcooters]

Didnt see anything tonight. Had not been to that stand since Oct 11. My number one target was there on camera, with a broken brow tine. So they are fighting.

 

[jblomenberg16]

Didnt see anything tonight. Had not been to that stand since Oct 11. My number target was there on camera, with a broken brow tine. So they are fighting.

Darn nice buck there. Hope he's there for you when the season opens! How frequently have you been seeing him? I've spotted a nice buck on our cameras, but only shows up about every 2 weeks.

 

[jimbobcooters]

Darn nice buck there. Hope he's there for you when the season opens! How frequently have you been seeing him? I've spotted a nice buck on our cameras, but only shows up about every 2 weeks.

That buck started showing up on that camera in early September. He originally had double brow tines on both sides. We just ran those beans about 10 days ago. I was worried he wouldnt show up anymore, but he did right after the beans were cut.

 

[Leadeye]

Nice animal!

 

[phylodog]

Didnt see anything tonight. Had not been to that stand since Oct 11. My number target was there on camera, with a broken brow tine. So they are fighting.

Ho. Lee. Crap. I'd be in the stand sun up to sun down if I had a bruiser like that cruising the place. Good luck, I hope you get a crack at him!

 

[phylodog]

Hunting partner went out to the lease today and pulled a few cards. The bucks are obviously cruising pretty good and starting to show up a little bit earlier in the evening. We had a new wide 8 show up that we've not seen before and he entered the south end of the farm at dusk and was last seen on the north end at 8am the following morning. We don't typically see that much movement out of the older bucks in that short a period of time. We've got 17 cameras out on 1K acres, hopefully he can pull the rest of the cards tomorrow.

Things are heating up.

 

[patience0830]

I've induced bucks to start scraping as early as late August with some buck urine and a fake scrape. Will be in BC this w/e and will either sit a stand our hunt squirrels depending on how my hip feels.

 

[sig shooter]

Bucks are starting to move more in Owen county. Seen a decent 6 pointer chasing and attempting to mount. Earlier this morning.