rut in montgomery county md in full swing 11-13-03

saw several bucks chasing and one nice 8 tending a doe along a fence row next to the road.

3 days prior saw 3 1&1/2 and 1 2&1/2 year old bucks all paired up like a bachelor group. can anybody explain. I was not interested in harvesting the small rack deer but still tried grunting and even rattling . these deer were only 35-40 yards from my tree and were not even curios. I had dragged a piss rag to my stand they walked all over it but never tried to follow the source . are these bucks to young or gay. I have seen several spike buck chasing does before.
thanks 00buck

Hi there 00buck, I hunt in southern maryland and have not seen much rut activity. With the hot temperatures for almost 2 weeks striaght then the rain and now the wind there hasnt been much going on.

What we need is about 3 or 4 days of mild to cold temps with little or no rain and I think the Rut will be on hard and fast. With this current cold/windy front moving through the last 2 days hopefully when the wind calms down we will see some activity.

GL, Dave

ac00buck,

No rut here as of yet, but it is typically a little later down here. Where at in Montgomery County do you hunt??? I hunt the eastern shore mostly.

Jack

Monday and Tuesday I hunted in Benidict (Charles Co) and didnt see any rut activity. Lots of old rubs and scrapes were present but nothing fresh. Had a heavy 1 antlered (3 pts on the one antler) come to me both days at 7 in the morning. It was his bedding area. He was useing the same area two days straight and was by himself so he either wasn' t participating in the rut or it wasn' t on at that time. I will be in the Briggs Channy Rd area of Montgomer Co tomorrow and Sat. Hope what you say is evident..

here in garrett country the rut is on saw lots of bucks running does.. but no luck yet at sticking one..[:@]

I' m in St. Mary' s Co. and I haven' t seen any " Hard Core" evidence yet. My buddy did take a HUGE 10 pointer on Monday and I' m seeing deer all over the fields and roads. They' re definitely moving, don' t know if the rut is in full swing quite yet though.

Good luck to you all.

It' s in full swing here. Both at my favorite spot and here at home, bucks are all over the does and I hear a lot of grunting. The giant I missed responded to rattling after snort wheezing away another bruiser. I' ve been seeing shooter bucks in places where I usually only see does. If the stinkin' wind ever stops, I' m planning on getting back out before my vacation ends this weekend.