2017 Rut

[dennishoddy]

Getting back from a week away, I checked three different trail cams, and found the major activity for daytime activity was Nov 6-7 with a 3/4 moon.
Since then, 90% of the activity has been night time. Very few venturing out in the daylight.
I got in the stand at around 3pm today, and didn't see a single deer all evening.
I did see a couple of bucks I'm interested in.

 

[tslabaugh]

Dennis, you lucky dog!

Those are some nice looking bucks and its day light!

 

[dennishoddy]

Dennis, you lucky dog!

Those are some nice looking bucks and its day light!

Not now. None have been seen in the last three days.

 

[SnowCamo]

Not now. None have been seen in the last three days.

I think that first buck could walk for 3 days and still be in sight.

 

[dennishoddy]

I think that first buck could walk for 3 days and still be in sight.

He's a good one on a new spot I set up this year.
Nothing but a hay meadow with a waterway in the middle. You can see 1/2 mile of round bales on the horizon.
The quarter section next to it is really thick in portions, with nobody hunting it. 1/2 mile south of that quarter is a creek line with a ton of hunters. My suspicion was that area was going to be a sanctuary for some bucks getting ran out of the area south.
It appears my assumption might work out.

 

[magna19]

He's a good one on a new spot I set up this year.
Nothing but a hay meadow with a waterway in the middle. You can see 1/2 mile of round bales on the horizon.
The quarter section next to it is really thick in portions, with nobody hunting it. 1/2 mile south of that quarter is a creek line with a ton of hunters. My suspicion was that area was going to be a sanctuary for some bucks getting ran out of the area south.
It appears my assumption might work out.

That first pic buck has some good mass for sure!!!! Good Luck

 

[dlbleak]

Like Dennis said, the 6th and 7th were good days for day movement. I got lots of pics on the 7th all day.

 

[DreamingMan]

Went out last night for the 1st time this year with a friend. Went to Western Noble County (County seat = Perry); nice temps of @ 54° and very light NNE wind. We hunted the edge of a lush wheat field about 250 yards apart from each other. We saw 4 bucks and 1 doe or possibly the "doe" was an antlerless buck. The action started at 4:30 and was over at dark.

A 3.5 year old 8 ptr wanted nothing to do w/ Ms. November decoy that was positioned 15 yds in front of me. The buck blew (@ 60 yds away), went back into the woods and blew more My grunts had no convincing effect ffor the buck to come check out the situation. Too bad, because the buck probably would have walked the tree line right by me. Probably too small to kill this year ... we'll see next weekend.

My friend had a 3 ptr @ 20yds, but let it go -> grow and another 6 or 7 ptr @ 60 yds.

Gonna give it some more tries this weekend with the Browning BAR .270.

 

[dennishoddy]

Went out last night for the 1st time this year with a friend. Went to Western Noble County (County seat = Perry); nice temps of @ 54° and very light NNE wind. We hunted the edge of a lush wheat field about 250 yards apart from each other. We saw 4 bucks and 1 doe or possibly the "doe" was an antlerless buck. The action started at 4:30 and was over at dark.

A 3.5 year old 8 ptr wanted nothing to do w/ Ms. November decoy that was positioned 15 yds in front of me. The buck blew (@ 60 yds away), went back into the woods and blew more My grunts had no convincing effect ffor the buck to come check out the situation. Too bad, because the buck probably would have walked the tree line right by me. Probably too small to kill this year ... we'll see next weekend.

My friend had a 3 ptr @ 20yds, but let it go -> grow and another 6 or 7 ptr @ 60 yds.

Gonna give it some more tries this weekend with the Browning BAR .270.

Good luck Tim!

 

[undeg01]

Looks like the switch was flipped on my place today. I’ve seen lots of activity among the little bucks for the past 2-3 weeks, but no real chasing going on. Today, when I went out to top feeders off and check cameras, I drove up on one of the big bucks on my hit list, chasing a doe all over a wheat field. Then saw a mature 8 pt chasing a doe around another field of mine 1/2 mile to the north. All of this happening between 3:30-4:00pm.