is the rut in central il on?
 

i live in central il and am woundering if anyone has seen any rut activity. i havent gone out yet due to work but will be out this weekend. my dad has been about everyday this past week and hasnt seen anything. ive also notcied im not seeing them in the fields on the way home like usual whats the deal?

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well must just be your area, i am in west central and it is just kickin' off and nearing full rut. have seen chasing and seeking going on, including big bucks moving. you should spend a lot of time in the woods this weekend!! good luck!

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thks

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I have been seeing good chasing action for nearly 2 weeks now. This morning was only the 2nd time I have hunted since Oct. 27th that I have not seen a buck chasing a doe. More mature bucks on their feet for me this year than any other.

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Seems like the hard search is just starting to kick off...

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IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!!!

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i dont know what it is i live in bloomington which is pretty much dead center of il and nothing is going on. i dont have any private land to hunt only public.the buck to doe ratio hear is really bad would that have and impact. i was wondering if theres so many does that the bucks really dont have to chase or fightfor them. its easy pickens.im really hoping it heats up for me tomorrow.

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sea bee77 , are hunting at dawson lake? i live in normal. i was wondering the same thing about the rut. i hunt private land outside heyworth and over in fulton county. i will be hunting my brothers land outside of heyworth this weekend. gas prices suck so i want to stay close to home. i'll be in the woods almost all weekend. good to all.

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i hunt dawson but you can only hunt on mon tues because of controlled phesant hunting. so i mainly hunt clinton. have you seen any activity. ill also be out all week good luck.

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It's on like donkey kong. I had a big mature buck come in after two does grunting like a hog this evening. He got a whiff of my tinks 69 and came over and I....... choked.... hit a twig. Also when I was going from my morning stand to my afternoon stand there was another big buck in the CRP field that walked straight to me and HAZCON7 and of course bolted one step away from a good shooting lane.... at TEN yards.
Aint this stuff fun, and this is only day one of my 10 day hunting vacation.

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Wheres everyone live in central Illinois?

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I live in Champaign.

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im from bloomington

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I grew up in Bloomington/Normal and now live in Bourbonnais.


Chris

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Douglas county

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springfield

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Springfield here.

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i live in decatur...i hunted this morning some does and small bucks but the big bad yotes decided to run through.....ruined a good morning....saw a doe bedded down by my house in mt zion with a big 8 pointer standing over her.everytime she ran he chased her for an hour i watched this...heading back out now

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Im from Williamsville, hunt all over!;)

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Where do you guys hunt around springfield? I hunt about an hour or so away

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yes should be happening right now. I killed my buck last weekend and he was rutting his head off. He was dogging a doe and grunting like crazy. Had an 8 point chasing does the day before.

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Real slow in No. illinois. 40hrs. in the stand this past week and no bucks seen. plenty of does but no bucks.

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went to mullberry grove this weekend saw 6 does this morning and a big 6 chasing them right under my stand grunting all the way tried to shoot the buck but a tree limb jumped in front of my arrow lol...........i sure do want another chance but slug hunters will get him next weekend i am sure......

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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
Crutch

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I hunt in Putnam County, the weekend of the 3rd- 4th I saw a lot of chasing, couple of 10 pointers and a small 8 working does, loting of grunting and chasing. Yhis last weekend I did not see anything going on. This is all private property with a limited number of hunters,so its not like they were spooked out. just doesn't seem like it was going on this last wekend.

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I hunt a few properties in Jersey Co.

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went out this morning saw 1 single yearling...on my way home had 2 big does being chased by a big buck the ran right infront of my car......he was on them got skunked tonight pouring down rain and windy as heck will try again in the morning.
brandon

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Very slow. I have been out every day since last thursday. All I have seen so far , are small bucks wondering around. Havent seen a nice buck yet. Even the fields at night seem empty.

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southeast iowa is still a bit slow. I had11 does around me total in the last week and no bucks with them. I used some estrous scent and some bucks came to it, but no shooters. I think the bucks are totally ready, but the does arent quite ready yet. Maybe middle of the week, Friday at the latest things will heat up.

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I have noticed it to be somewhat slow, have seen some chasing and seeking going on, but mainly borderline shooters and young deer. Still waiting to see the giants surface!

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finally seen some activity going on. i hunted all day sunday and seen 10 does and five bucks. best sit this year.one buck was trailingtwo does, two bucks traveling together,one buck with four does,one buck walking alone.none of the bucks seemed interested at the can or the grunt call.still no chasing going on.headingto hunt this morning i seen a total of five bucks chasing does out in the corn fields. two were really nice bucks with the same hot doe and man was she hot. ive never seen a doe all hunched up like that. to bad i didnt see anything in my stand but its sure nice to see them finally chasing.
bloomington, il