What's The Status Of The Rut In You're Area??
 

I am just curious as to see what kind of rut activity are you guys starting to see as of the 1st part of November were you hunt?

As for West Virginia the bucks seem to be no where close to the rut. I have seen no scrapes, no rubs or buck on there feet during daylight at all. I sure hope things pick up next week!


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Here in Berkeley County, WV, they are beginning to get interested. Had a nice buck chasing does and grunting. Used a bleat call and had another nice one come sneaking in, but I did not see him until he was about 20 yards away and too close to maneuver for a shot.

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Ive been seeing all kinds of rubs and scrapes in maryland. I wish I could post pis but dont know how. There starting to get right

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The rut is goin on here where Im huntin in central Ohio. Im having scrapes all over the place and rubs showin up heavy and bucks chasing does. Ive had 7 bucks chasing does this week.

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In Montgomery County Maryland I've seen several rubs and many scrapes along field edges. Only found a few scrapes in wooded areas though. Haven't seen any chasing acty but I'm sure that will change soon! I'm taking all next week off and am expecting (ok, praying for) good results.
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Rubs and scrapes everywhere in LI NY. Its been that way since early october. This next week and 1/5 sime big boys will be making some mistakes (hopefully under me<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>)

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I'm glad you guys are seeing rut signs because I sure ain't in west TN. I've seen one scrape that hadn't been freshened in some time and no rubs. I've seen plenty of tracks by some heavy bodied deer, but no other traditional buck sign. My sis saw a bachelor group this weekind at my parents' house, but I have yet to see a buck in the woods. What gives?

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In East Central Illinois I have been seeing fresh scrapes and rubs. I have been seeing bucks traveling with does and last night I saw a large racked buck chasing a doe.

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Extreme NE Indiana - Pre-rut is on NOW. Bucks cautiously wondering in search of receptive or soon to be does. The middle of the month should open the gate for the rut.



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MY HUNTING AREA OF NORTHWESTERN NJ, WE HAVEN'T SEEN NO SIGN OF THE RUT. I HAD A SMALL 4 POINTER WALKING BY, SMELLED THE DOE IN HEAT SCENT FROM JAMES VALLY, CAME IN SMELLED IT, AND WALKED AWAY LIKE HE WASNT INTERESTED. 2 FRIENDS SAW A SPIKE HE TO HAD NO INTEREST IN THE DOES. SEE THIS WEEK IT WILL PICK UP.

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Hi
Western MA is just starting to turn on. Plenty of scrapes and rub lines, but limited chasing and daytime sightings of good bucks.
Probably another good week or so.

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Rut is just about ready to start up here in South Western Pennsylvania. The rubs and scrapes have been appearing for over a month now. Within the next week or so the rut should be in full swing. Bucks are starting to get stupid and love crazy. Last night I filmed a nice 8 point running a doe. At first, he was just feeding beside her. I pulled out my True Talker and rut grunted and he stopped feeding and just chased that doe all over the field. (We were spotting) and this activity was happening around 8:00 p.m. I was really hoping to get some video of this buck bredding this doe, but, she ran into the woods and he was right behind her with his nose to the ground. So deer are probablly breeding now, but, within the next week, the majority of deer should be breeding.

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VERY SLOW in Northern MI. Just starting seeing some scrape and rub activity this past weekend. I'm out at least every other day and talk to many hunters across the U.P. and the story is the same.

One thing and I don't know if there is any relation but I am seeing more and more wolf activity than ever before.

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Turkey_Hunter where bouts you huntin in SE Ohio?

Ive been spending all my free time hunting SE Ohio(Noble/Belmont co)...and to my surprise I am not finding hardly any rubs and scrapes....been hunting this farm for almost 15 years and places that are PERENIAL scrap lines there is no activity at all. Even the 4 scrapes I did find were very small 1/2 made things you could barely even tell it was a scrape.

all very puzzling because on Oct 20th I witnessed a small 8 pointer breed a doe

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The rut looks just around the corner here in Nebraska, predicted to be 11/10-15. Scrapes showing up everywhere and had a buck hit by a car just down the road. They're starting to run the does and get a little stupid. This might be the first time the rut peaks during archery season instead of rifle season (starts 11/16).

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here in west central wisconsin, eau claire area to be exact, the rut is just starting. i expect that this coming weekend and the following week the bucks will be running hard and the does will start to give in. the bucks have started to rut and chase, but the does still aren't giving in yet. as far as the squirrel rut, that is in full swing. i saw several squirrel couples last weekend. hahaha. this one female squirrel went running by my tree and stood on its back legs and grabbed the trunk of a small sappling. about 2 seconds later, this male squirrel came running up behind her and did his business. it was hilarious. i also saw several baby squirrels being made way up in the tree tops as well.
anyway, the rut is getting close to full swing in my part of wisconsin

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goalieman32, you could have at least looked the other way and given them their privacy!!!!

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In the Piedmont section of Georgia we're seeing plenty of scrapes and some rubs. Bucks are lone wolfing it now, but the rut probably won't be at its peak until around Nov. 15.

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Saw some does this morning feeding with their tails up.....no chasing though and no fresh scrapes that I have seen....any day now..

LOL @ Goalieman.....did the tree the squirrels where using have a slot for you to drop your quarters?????

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Well In my area of South jersey in burlington county I have just begun to see the start of the rut. When I was out the last time I had a buck with his nose to the ground walking like he was on a misson. It was nice to see the buck but unfortunately he was only a fork. So I just watched him go by at 15 yards.

Brian

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things are finally picking up here in w central ind.the last couple of days have yeilded alot of new buck sign. and today , while traileing a doe i shot, i found the largest primary scrape id ever seen. it was big enough to park a suburban in. It must have had 1000 tracks in it there were about 10 saplings in it with chew limbs made in every place a deer could reach. the huge scrape was also sporting a dozen or so rubs within ten feet of it.
what do you all think should i hunt it or leave it. hehe

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Things are really starting to get &quot;hot&quot; in southern Delaware. Over the last 4-5 days , buck activity has really picked up. I'm seeing bucks that are seeking does every time out.
Another sign of buck activity is the increase in deer vs. vehicle accidents during the last few days.

I'll be hunting every evening this week & start vacation on friday. Next week should be hottt.

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It is getting insane and the Does are hotter than Pamela Anderson. I have seen more scrape activity than I thought would ever be necessary. There is a scrape line with about 10 active scrapes and its about 200yrds in length from first scrape to last. The Bucks especially youngins are out and about noses to the ground. They sure are bold them youngins but they always seem to lead the grandfather to the hottest doe.

Good Luck this week and especially this weekend it should be a good one.

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Northern MN It is in full swing. And wouldn't you know it, Its gun season and time for us to clear the woods for the city gun slingers. I'm not saying everyone is like this but I stopped hunting with a gun 15 years ago when I came upon a group from the twin cities that had 45 guys in it. Sorry but that is not a hunting group its an army.

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In my area of NY, the bucks are just beginning to seek. Very very little activity in the way of scrapes and rubs. In fact, I've only seen 2 or 3 scrapes and I know of only 1 tree rub. The rut has been predicted to occur late this year.

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Still no action here in West Virginia. I did see 2 small bucks today in the rain and they were feeding together. No scrapes or rubs at all.


HANKFAN

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HERE IN SW OHIO AND SE INDIANA, THINGS ARE STARTING TO GEAR UP. I SAW 3 SEPERATE BUCKS THIS WEEKEND. AN 8 POINTER, A 10 OR 12 POINTER, AND A NICE 9 POINTER WHICH I HARVESTED. MY BROTHER IN LAW SAW 2 BUCKS AS WELL. I ALSO HAVE HEARD THAT THE RUT WILL BE LATE THIS YEAR. I PLAN ON BEING IN THE WOODS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FROM HERE ON OUT. IT WAS PRETTY BORING FOR OCTOBER, NOT SEEING A DEER FOR APPROX. 3 WEEKS, BUT THINGS ARE LOOKING UP! GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!!

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Here in SW Ohio I had been seeing tons of bucks during the day but no scrapes or rubs. Then about a week or so ago it turned cold, wet, and nasty and the bucks disappeared but the rubs & scrapes started appearing. I have seen very little deer movement during the day lately. Most happens right at dark. I did see a doe chasing a 10 pointer the other day. He didn't seem interested at all. Very strange...