The Rut in NC
09-14-2009, 06:06 AM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 31
The Rut in NC
Hey guys new to the site. Just wondering how many people on this site hunt in NC? Also wondering when does the rut come in here in NC? I have heard many different dates. Northern states the pre-rut comes in during the October 1-Nov 3 months, or sometime in that time period. I have always been told here in NC it occurs around the harvest moon. If that is so we are in the pre-rut right now. Any opinnions?
09-14-2009, 07:07 AM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
buckshot...First off, Welcome to the Forum!!!
They're plenty on here from NC...
Now, it really depends on how you define the rut...Actual breeding depends on the does coming into heat which occurs about 5 1/2 months after the fawn drop in the spring...This happens a couple of weeks earlier in eastern NC than it does in the Piedmont simply because their winters are milder and spring comes a bit earlier so the fawn drop is a couple of weeks earlier...
The pre-rut as you know is when we all see bucks crusing during the middle of the day, more road kills, more bucks chasing does and responding to agressive grunt calls...From what I've seen over the past 40 years this starts about mid-October depending on the weather down east and the last week in October or the first week in November here in the Piedmont...
If you are thinking about taking vacation for the hottest time then I'd go with the last week in October until Thanksgiving week...That's the hot time to be in the woods...
Good Luck...
They're plenty on here from NC...
Now, it really depends on how you define the rut...Actual breeding depends on the does coming into heat which occurs about 5 1/2 months after the fawn drop in the spring...This happens a couple of weeks earlier in eastern NC than it does in the Piedmont simply because their winters are milder and spring comes a bit earlier so the fawn drop is a couple of weeks earlier...
The pre-rut as you know is when we all see bucks crusing during the middle of the day, more road kills, more bucks chasing does and responding to agressive grunt calls...From what I've seen over the past 40 years this starts about mid-October depending on the weather down east and the last week in October or the first week in November here in the Piedmont...
If you are thinking about taking vacation for the hottest time then I'd go with the last week in October until Thanksgiving week...That's the hot time to be in the woods...
Good Luck...
09-14-2009, 05:01 PM
#4
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NENC
Posts: 7
buckshot-
been visiting the site for a while now time to contribute some.
I Hunt N Eastern NC...the rut for me is when the bucks are actively searching for does ie 'getting stupid'. This is usually the first 18-21 days of November for us.
been visiting the site for a while now time to contribute some.
I Hunt N Eastern NC...the rut for me is when the bucks are actively searching for does ie 'getting stupid'. This is usually the first 18-21 days of November for us.
