RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

Saw a buck grunting and chasing after a doe around 4:30 today, lots of deer moving all afternooon.

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

Hey guys,

I just got home from Buffalo County again yesterday afternoon. I had a decent 8 pointer in by my
stand on friday night. I had him at 15 yards several times as he was scent checking an area around a water hole for does. Then on Sat. morning, I had a good buck running the side of the ridge I was sitting, again with his nose glued to the ground looking for does. Then on Saturday night I had a bruiser
10 pointer at about 25 yards. All this, and I still have not qualified for my Earn-A-Buck, so I still have my tag. (I'm not a big fan of the DNR right now) I normally never have any problem shooting a doe, but for some reason I haven't gottten a good clean shot at one yet! All in all, it was a decent weekend, but this warm-rainy weather we'll have this week is not going to help. Going back up on Tuesday to hunt the rest of the week/weekend anyway.

Anyone have any good/bad expierences with the rut and warm/rainy weather?

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

It was so warm today I just decided to stay out of the woods. On a separate note, when do you think its time to stop hunting scrape lines and move toward food sources??

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

Passed on a small 8 pt. last night, watched him chasea doe and her fawn around for 1/2 hour and when he walked by he gave me a 25 yard broadside pose for 10-15 seconds. Deer have been in the chase phase of the rut for a little over a week now and looks to be going strong. I would expect the breeding phase to start in about a week and activity should be slowing down from the mature bucks. I sure hope to see one this weekend but the barrometer is against it.

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

Its starting to rock! Saw 17 does and 4 bucks this morning, chasing grunting mouths wide open. GET IN THE TREE!!

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

HMMM, I dont get it....took 3 days of vacation thinking this would be the week, but the warmth did me wrong. Sat out this morning....nothing, havent seen a deer in 4 days.

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

They started lastnight in my area.

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

im heading up to my cabin in hatfield in jackson county this weekend...any action up that way?

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

I hear ya about the DNR. Luckily I got my EAB tag last year. Heading up to Trempealeau Co. (south of Arcadia) this weekend for a week of bowhunting and then gun season.

Where in Buffalo Co. do you hunt?

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

The light turned on starting this past Monday here in Kenosha County.

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

How is Lake Tomahawk in Oneida County doing? Heading up there for gun opener.

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

TJD,

I hunt about 10 miles to the southwest of Mondovi. Just off of Cty Hwy J. This is our
4th season there, and its been great.

Trust me, I've been kicking myself all fall for not taking care of my EAB last year. I really don't like to shoot does/fawns under any circumstances. So, i was trying to tell myself that our DNR wouldn't have us in EAB this year, so I stayed off the trigger. Then this year so far, I haven't had as much time to hunt as I'd like, so haven't had many opportunities to take a antlerless other than a few fawns. So, I guess I'll have to try to get it done during the gun season.

This whole EAB thing just stinks. We pay a lot of money each monthto make the payment on the land, we pay 2,400.00 for taxes, and spend a ton in
gas money to make the 3 1/2 hour drive to get there and back, and then after all that, we can't shoot
abuckbecause the trusty DNR says we can't untill we kill Bambi first? To me, that just stinks.

I'm still one of those guys who really believes that the DNR's population "goals" are way too low and
really wish they'd wake up and take the politics out of managing our natural resources.

DNR: Destroys Natural Resources


Anyway, I have a buddy that hunts in Buffalo and says that the rutting in the last week up there has been horrible. No chasing, no grunting, seeing deeract like its still early october. Wierd.

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

Rutting activity in Monroe Cty has been p#ss poor! Very little to mention of any activity including doe movement during daylight hours. The rut is certainly abnormal this year; at least where I hunt.

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

I hunted yesterday evening with a friend of mine and his son. The young man and myself saw nothing but birds and squirrels, my buddy kicked up a nice 10 pt with a doe walking to the stand and later saw a nice 8 pt with a doe just before it got to dark. Are the big boys hookedup with gals now? Is there usually rutting activity during the gun season?New to Wisconsin soI am just trying to learn.

Soup

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

Rut was pretty active near Black River Falls. I only hunted once this entire year (the last week of October). I saw 5 bucks within 2 hours of daybreak. Two were what I would consider shooters. I saw a really wide 8 pointer before taking the small 8 pointer in the attached photo. We own private property and it is relatively easy to get bucks of the quality I have attached in the photo. My biggest problem is that for some reason I can't seem to pass on them. I keep taking them year after year and I'm most definitely denying myself the opportunity at a big rack buck.

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

I was out today setting up my climber stand for Saturday's opener. I could not believe the number of new rubs on trees and the scrapes that I came across. I am kind of confused about the rubs. I was under the impression that rubs and scrapes are made during the pre-rut. What are your thoughts on this? Is the rut just messed up with the previous warm weather we had? Is this common? Do they continue do these things throughout the rut? Any information would be appreciated. I hunt in the Dells area.

Thanks- Soup

RE: Wisconsin Rut Reports 2008
 

I stand corrected, I guess we do have some bruisers! We got this guys sheds from last year and they were pretty big.