Rut in Va??
 

I thought it was coming, but it seems to be slow, not much going on. Even pre-rut activity, rubs, scrapes, etc not much there either. Anyone notice this in the area of NC, MD, Va, KY???

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I've been seeing quite a bit of scraping and rubbing and even bucks bird dogging does around but I feel like the best is yet to come. Cold snap this weekend along with a new moon week (Nov. 7-12) = Game On!!!


Now I just need to get in the woods.

RE: Rut in Va??
 

I hope, where do you live/hunt?? in Va

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Where don't I hunt?:D I hunt a little in Chesapeake / VA Beach, Dinwiddie County, Zuni, Lynchburg, Appomattox/Buckingham, Eastern Shore(Accomac, Melfa), and quite a bit in NC as well. Have gun/bow.....will travel (I've adopted that as my motto).

Work sucks this week because I would much rather be in the woods but with the kids, the holidays coming, andlife in general I came to the conclusion, after much deliberation, thatI can't just quit and hunt.[:@]

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Ok I remember talking to you before. Where do you live? I understand all to well with the kid and wife thing. My friends that don't have kids do not understand at all..

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I live in Chesapeake and the land I hunt in Dinwiddie is our family farm(100 acres) with our hunting cabin (I live there a lot during late season). It's turn of the century but we have added good stuff like electricity, hot water, Xbox, DVD, you know the "essentials". I hunt areas with more deer but this time of year I will start hunting the farmmore to hunt with my pops and take some friends.

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It's funny I don't really miss being single and running around but this time of year those guys (my buddies) that are still "free"don't know how good they have got it. But I wouldn't trade lives with any ofem' for the world.



I keep athread in the Regional-South forum about sightings, weather, rut, etc. Just some stuff from my field journal.

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Hey Guys,

I have to hunt most of the time in No. VA because of work and family committments. It is just easy to get out before and after work. I have been seeing a lot of Rutting activity and I think the next 3 or 4 days will be the best. Good Luck.

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Virginia Mike, I saw some chasing this morning here in Northern Virginia. They are starting to move. The next 3-4 days is gonna be primetime.

shadow

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Im going this afternoon and sat. Yeh, I envy those single no kids guys this time of year, but, they don't get to come to a warm little 2yr old boy with his arms open saying, "daddy, daddy, you kil a big buck?" Swear to you, he says it everytime I come back from hunting. My other one is still too young to say anything, but his face says it all. I let you guys know what I see, we need some more Va bucks on here, Pa is kicking butt.. Ive got 2 on here, my buddy has one, you guys got any??

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Here are some of the bucks Ive killed in southeast Va over the years.

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Saw a buck at around 11am this morning following a doe. Seemed he was ready and she wasn't. I agree with the weekend going to be super hot for some deer action. This frost we had this morning is actually making it feel like hunting season. ;)

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Tell me about, I may not sweat on the way to the stand for once..

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Vabowman, that one deer is huge, how wide was he?

Here are a couple from the past:



And a couple from this season:

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23 " inside spread. Killed in 97 with a shotgun at about 45 yds. he weighed 183 lbs!! Chesterfield county, Va Baby!!! Man that one you killed with the dark horns is awsome! Good job!

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Boy, deer are a lot like people aren't they...

Had planned on being in the woods today, but couldn't get off work. I'll be there Saturday and Monday though. I hunt on some private land outside Fredericksburg. Seen lots of deer activity in the mornings this week in Prince William County, but saw almost nothing this morning. But, judging from the increasing number of freshly killed deer on the side of the road, I'd say that they're moving now.

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I know that here in Cincinnati, Ohio it's a bit on the slow side right now, but it's starting to pick up. I think, based on what I've seen lastnight, the next 3 or 4 days all sexual hell is going to brake loose in the woods. Good luck though!

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Hope so. you too!!!

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Yesterday morning after I killed a doe with a muzzleloader, a 4pt came in nose to the ground following the does. It is picking up pretty slow and I imagine that the next week or 2 will be the peak time to be out.