This weather and the rut
 

Hey guys,
Just wanted to see how the rut is being effected by this warm weather. Here is VA is over 70 degrees!!!! Just wanted to see if the deer are staying put or still up and around....thanks

RE: This weather and the rut
 

Seems like daytime activity has come to a hault around here. A lot of new sign everyday. I was spotlighting fields 2 nights ago and saw a few different bucks on the move after does. Looks like they've taken to a nocturnal pattern here.

RE: This weather and the rut
 

Minnesota yesterday was 72 degrees. I sat stand anyway and only saw one spike just before dark. It was slow for sure.

RE: This weather and the rut
 

Missouri was 74 here yesterday. Sat 6 hours up to dark and saw nothing.

RE: This weather and the rut
 

I saw 23 deer, Saturday.....and 8, yesterday evening. I know the temps someties have a lot to do with deer movement....but if I'm not mistaken....the temps have nothing to do with the rut, itself.

I'd blame the lack of deer movement (If I was experiencing it) on the temps or the moon phase (I think it was full, Tuesday).

Jeff

RE: This weather and the rut
 

I just wanted to make sure because next monday it is suppose to cool down and think they will be really moving.....good luck all!!!

RE: This weather and the rut
 

I am sure the Moon phase as something to do with it, I went and sat out on some public land on Tuesday afternoon/evening and did not see a single deer, The night before I sat a different spot and only got a glimpse of three does 80+ yards away. I think the moon has a lot to do with it. It was also unusually warm here as well.

RE: This weather and the rut
 

I went out today, unfortunately late due to dropping of my son at school. Thought I might see some daytime activity. Got up in tree at 9:30 and at 10:30 saw a small buck chasing a doe towards me. He chased her around me for several minutes, and she finally got rid of him. When he left, he offered a 10 yd broadside, but he was a little forky yearling, and I didn't want to take one so small. Jumped a doe walking out. She didn't see me but heard me, so she only ran a few yards away. I squatted down behing my pack and pulled out the "can." I kept bleating, and she came back to within about 25 yard and then would run away a few. She did this several times. It was fun. And yes, it got hot.