What' s The Status Of The Rut In Your Area??
11-09-2003, 07:45 PM
#31
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bismarck ND USA
Posts: 322
RE: What' s The Status Of The Rut In Your Area??
The rut is just picking up here in ND. Friday and Saturday I didn' t see much rutting activity, but I heard 2 or 3 bucks chasing does through the brush this morning. Saw a group of 4 bucks still traveling together on Friday. This should really be heating up by this weekend. A friend of mine who hunts about 30 miles from me said the bucks have been chasing does for several weeks already.
11-10-2003, 09:29 AM
#33
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Carbondale IL USA
Posts: 194
RE: What' s The Status Of The Rut In Your Area??
Southern IL, Jackson County. It has started in the last day or two. Last night I saw 5 bucks chasing the same doe. Then two more bucks came out later. Very responsive to the can and the grunt tube. Scents are good but I have had more luck cleaning out a scrape like area and using the scent there. They are spooking to the scent on a twig.
11-10-2003, 12:10 PM
#34
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Livingston County, NY
Posts: 41
RE: What' s The Status Of The Rut In Your Area??
Sizzzzzzzling here in NY!! [8D] I saw 5 bucks with their noses to the ground, totally ignoring everything around them, yesterday morning between 7:00 and 9:30 am! And yes I did get a shot off, but it was a misfire and whooooooooosh, stuck right in the ground under him. He flinched ever so slightly and then meandered away... (ever see a buck meander???) LOL
11-10-2003, 12:17 PM
#35
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Cary, IL
Posts: 356
RE: What' s The Status Of The Rut In Your Area??
I saw 8 different bucks on Saturday/Sunday in NW IL. The 2 biggest bucks were both chasing does and pretty much unresponsive to the grunt tube. They turned and looked, but never came in. All the smaller bucks I saw were nose to the ground and just scampering around like crazy. It appears as though the rut is in full swing.
I just spotted a nice 8pt chasing a doe through a pasture at about 12:30 when I was on my lunch break.
I just spotted a nice 8pt chasing a doe through a pasture at about 12:30 when I was on my lunch break.
