Any pre rut activity in Illinois ?
#1
Any pre rut activity in Illinois ?
You boys in central and southern Illinois seeing anything hapening ?
The other night I did some light rattling and a 130" 8pt and a spiker cane in about 20-25 mins later. Seems a little early but I don't know if they were even responding or not.
The other night I did some light rattling and a 130" 8pt and a spiker cane in about 20-25 mins later. Seems a little early but I don't know if they were even responding or not.
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: illinois
Posts: 2,019
RE: Any pre rut activity in Illinois ?
i watched two bucks chase does back and forth across a bean field for about an hour saturday morning and was watching two different sets of bucks fighting in the same field tonight , the first two fought for about twenty minutes ,kicking up one hell of a dust cloud , till finally the one broke and ran away
#5
RE: Any pre rut activity in Illinois ?
Just got back from youth doe hunt in Willianson county and were in Johnson county, too. Didn't see deer physically doing anything, but did find a real good scape on edge of bean field in Johnson. Bucks are by themselves now though.
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: IL
Posts: 168
RE: Any pre rut activity in Illinois ?
Personally the scrapes on the field edges are more territorial than rutting scrapes...When you start finding them in the timber I would say your seeing some pre-rut activity....JMO and I have been wrong before and will be again....That I'm sure of!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't seen any type of activity...Mostly pattern activity...Feed and bed!!! Adams/Hancock Counties....
I haven't seen any type of activity...Mostly pattern activity...Feed and bed!!! Adams/Hancock Counties....
#7
RE: Any pre rut activity in Illinois ?
I've noticed the younger bucks scraping pretty good in my area. I found a good scrape line in my timber so I set up my cam for a week. I had all young bucks(about 10 diff.) hitting the scrapes regularly. The big ones are still pretty relaxed.
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: illinois
Posts: 2,019
RE: Any pre rut activity in Illinois ?
i was at a private nature preserve today lokking for mushrooms , ,no hunting is allowed there . i found an area probably 300 yards long that had more scrapes and rubs than i ever saw before in one area , found several scrapes that were still wet from being worked , and found several 8 to 10 inch trees that were tore up