RE: is the rut in central il on?
even though I got a buck a couple weeks ago that was working a scrape. I had been out several times since then, usually seeing deer. One time seeing around 10 deer. A big eight and some smaller bucks were next to some does (no chasing). When I bleated the smaller ones took off and the eight followed them. Yesterday had about 6 1/2 hrs on stand. Saw a big buck( 3:05pm)walking (60-70 yrds) away along the timber edge. I grunted he looked, then kept going. Did it again, same thing. Then I bleated after I couldn't see him anymore, That was the last time I did too. He was just walking, no big hurry. Just didn't seemed interested in much of anything, only deer I saw too. As far as chasing does through the woods and around the fields I haven't seen to much of it, as of yet! I did see a nice 6 chasing some fawns around a couple weeks ago in a beanfield, but thats all I have seen so far!
Livinston County
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