Rut report

[BSK]

I'll have to go through all my videos and do a detailed analysis, but I would guess or bumper acorn crop rut this year was at least a week earlier than our poor acorn rut last year. This is fairly normal in a hardwood environment.

 

[tree_ghost]

I'll have to go through all my videos and do a detailed analysis, but I would guess or bumper acorn crop rut this year was at least a week earlier than our poor acorn rut last year. This is fairly normal in a hardwood environment.

I'd say my places it peaked a week or so earlier this year with the most intense "October pre-rut" action ive ever seen. Scrapes blew wide open second week of October around the 13-15th. I had multiple mature bucks working them in daylight over a variety of properties. Rut blew wide open Nov 5-12, seemed to hit lockdown until about the 17th, then took a dramatic slow down by thanksgiving. Just my redneck biology and trail cam intel

 

[BSK]

I'd say my places it peaked a week or so earlier this year with the most intense "October pre-rut" action ive ever seen. Scrapes blew wide open second week of October around the 13-15th. I had multiple mature bucks working them in daylight over a variety of properties. Rut blew wide open Nov 5-12, seemed to hit lockdown until about the 17th, then took a dramatic slow down by thanksgiving. Just my redneck biology and trail cam intel

This mirrors what I saw. Earliest prerut activity I can ever remember. Cameras caught a lot of chasing starting Oct. 22nd

 

[tree_ghost]

This mirrors what I saw. Earliest prerut activity I can ever remember. Cameras caught a lot of chasing starting Oct. 22nd

Really interesting to see the difference an acorn crop can make for rut phases

 

[Hduke86]

It must be "squirrel rut" here on the mountain cause they're driving me nuts chasing back and forth

 

[gatodoc]

does missing last 2 days in Fayette county....only seeing yearly bucks running around everywhere

 

[AJared]

Just saw a nice 8 point chasing a doe with intent!

 

[DRSJ35]

Seen a couple young bucks chasing

 

[Ladys man]

Just saw a nice 8 point chasing a doe with intent!

What county

 

[tellico4x4]

I'm on my way to camp right now for 2-3 weeks if that tells you anything . Wayne Co.

 

[DRSJ35]

I'm in Greene county if it's me your asking.

 

[ZachMarkus]

I'm on my way to camp right now for 2-3 weeks if that tells you anything . Wayne Co.

It's time!

 

[huvrman]

Pretty much done in Clay county.

 

[Wiley]

This mirrors what I saw. Earliest prerut activity I can ever remember. Cameras caught a lot of chasing starting Oct. 22nd

Same for us in Hardin County.

 

[Bone Collector]

I'll have to go through all my videos and do a detailed analysis, but I would guess or bumper acorn crop rut this year was at least a week earlier than our poor acorn rut last year. This is fairly normal in a hardwood environment.

I'd say this was the case for me too, but we had a poor acorn crop on my small tract. However that doesn't mean the surrounding places did. I saw chasing from Mid October through the Juvi hunt. It cooled off and then picked up the second week of ML, but it was short lived and picked up again the opening week of gun.

normally they don't start pestering until the Juvi hunt or early Nov. and the best daytime sightings for big bucks is from the second weekend in ML - Thanksgiving. That was kinda the case with the daytime movement, but the whole rut felt off this year.

 

[Bone Collector]

This mirrors what I saw. Earliest prerut activity I can ever remember. Cameras caught a lot of chasing starting Oct. 22nd

In this picture this buck was locked in on this doe. There were other pics. The doe comes in and then he is right behind her. This is the only daytime pic I got of him.

 

[ROVERBOY]

Pretty much done in Clay county.

I'm in Clay too, and ain't even seen any rut activity at all. No chasing, trailing, nothing. What part of Clay are you in? I live and hunt in Brimstone Creek area.

 

[gatodoc]

Saw some chasing yesterday in Fayette co. But not "wild" rut activity. Today no deer no shots no nothing.

 

[jb3]

The only grunting I heard all season was during juvenile.

 

[UCStandSitter]

Things have been pretty hot for the last week on the "plataw". Seen lots of chasing, etc in person and on cam. This warm up has dampened things a bit though.