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Oh yeah! There doing some chasing here in Minnesota as well. Its coming to an end though!

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The second estrous period is 28 days after the first so depending on when your does came in, now is the time. Perhaps not all the does were bred in the first go around, and depending on when they were in estrous the first time, it's actually slightly late but there are always late comers.

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I think everyone is thinking about the rut in the wrong way. I hunt a bedding area and have been seeing rutting activity non-stop since the 2nd week of Nov. I killed a rutting buck chasing a doe on Friday the 14th, and had been seen this same buck 6 or 7 times in 3 weeks of hunting him. Every time I saw him he was checking or chasing does. I've hunted this bedding area for 6 years now and the same thing every year. As the hunting pressure increases, the rutting activity is more confined to the bedding area. The buck I shot on Friday was chasing a doe like a cow pony trying to corral a cow, but he never let her move more than 125 yds. in the 2 hours that I watched him. If I hadn't shot him, they never would've left the bedding area until well past dark. He finally chased her right to me and presented a shot.
All the does don't come into heat at the same time! I believe if 10 does come into heat the 2nd week of Nov.,and 6 are in heat the 3rd week and 3 come into heat the 4th week, theones thatdon't get bred will come back into heat in21 days I've read. So by using this analogy, their will be doesin heat every week from Nov. through Jan. It may be more subtle later in the seasonas more and more does get bred but if you can stay close to adoe bedding area you will increase your chances of intercepting this subtle rut activity.
This is just my perceptions at my stand over-looking a great bedding area.

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My dad was driving home from Chicago on Interstate 57 last week and saw a giant on the side of the highway with a big swollen neck making a scrape and beatin' up a small sapling.

You tell me????????

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I have been seeing some rutting activity recently. I think there are a few does comin into heat still/again

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Still rutting here in ND. We were out over the weekend and saw fresh scrapes, sparring, light chasing, and even saw a buck have his way with a doe;).

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I am still wondering where the first rut went:D

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Nope they are done here, dropin antlers already.

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Don't know who I can agree with. The deer in my area have gone nearly completely nocturnal. Leaving beds at about 5:05 pm to go feed. Tough huntin'.

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Here in southern wisconsin I seen a monster 10 pointer chasing a doe across a field on land we hunt. This was the second weekend in december I think around 3 pm...There were about 22 other does in the field to.Never seen any second rut activity like that let alone see that during the first rut. Verry cool.

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It really depends where you are. Up at my Dad's place in Northern Mn he hasn't seen anything to resemble any sort of rut activity. He figures there done again until January when some of the doe fawns come in to heat. Last night my buddy shot a doe fawn, we found a few scrapes opened up and he also said he's been watching a couple different 6 pointers chasing doe's the last week or so. They should quit anytime now but then again these little bucks will chase even if the doe's are not in heat!

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Not here. Just starting to see birds going south. Thats just weird.

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I agree with you on this one Germ. I did see some "Tailing" not chasing, a minor disagreement and a few scrapes this year. Seems the rutting activity here in SE Michigan was a little funny this year.

Maybe the bucks finally figured it out. We have to many does, why fight? Why waste our energy chasing? Wait a few minutes another doe will walk by. Get up, get some, lay down, wait, repeat!! LMAO!:D

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Ive been seeing 2nd or 3rd rut activity all over the roads the past few days lol.

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Been seeing second rut activity all week long in SW PA

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Where bouts do you stay Schultzy? If ya don't mind me asking.
My dad stays bout two hours north of Wadena on the Red Lake Res. and they've shed there. My great uncle who was up there said he hasn't seen em shed this early up there in quite a few years.
But I dunno, I'm a city boy [:'(]

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it going on here