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Well? Well how bout it NY any signs of the madness yet?

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its on strong right now!!! headin to work today. but will be in a tree dark to dark tom.!!!

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As experienced hunters from NY, what weeksdo you guys usually experience heavy rutting activity, and whendo you believe the majority (say 60-80%), of the does get bred.
We were discussing this elsewhere and any input would be appreciated.

JC

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the little guys have been doing some chasing this past week,this morning saw three different bucks between 0640-0715 one being a wide eight,they were definitely seeking/looking for a hot doe but the does wont be ready till next week.went too a park where there is no hunting and the fields were loaded with does about fifty counted @3:30 till dark watched one eight and one big ten approach several different groups of does scent checking them and harassing them-the does are not ready they kept running from the bucks/so for the next week or so its gonna be hot!
all this taken place on long island Mike

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My core hutning area for bow season is littered with a bunch of good scrapes that were being freshened regularly until this week; now they're just running and bumping Does and freshening scrapes occasionally. This coming week should be smoking hot. I'd say Nov. 11-19th is the heaviest rutting / breeding period; with a lesser secondary phase of breeding taking place towards the middle of Dec. At least thats from my observations here in 4F. Find the Does and You'll be into the Bucks!! This morning I had a small 3pt come through and never stopped just scent checking the scrape line and boy did he look ragged. No doubt he's just running from doe to doe hopeing to get lucky. Tommorow I'm gonna start hunting food sources for the Does and the bucks won't be far behind.

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When you see a buck ontop of a doe getting laid then you'll know the rut is in full swing. ahahha

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I saw a few bucks this weekend, but none chasing doe. Still yet to see a scrape. Don't know what is going on.

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We are cetainly at peak rut stage. Last Wed saw a real nice 7 pointer giving it to a doe in the middle of a field around 4:30PM. Then Thursday saw a monster buckon a doe. He's the kind of buck you never see during the day light. Only wish I was in my stand and not walking towards it when I saw him.....

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Hey skidmark wish I was hunting near you seems like your the only one in the state to claim the rut is past peak/hate to say it but think your off a bit /the major chase phase will go down next week and the breeding phase about the 22 on its all about the moon(starts the estrous cycle)anyway hope you shoot a good one or two/my 2cents/PS most avid hunters will go a lifetime and never see a buck mount a doe

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Out this morning in northeren NY near Lake Ontario. SQUAT...one rub....too warm; winds near 20mph.

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Hey wamma, yeah that was the first time I saw a buck mount a doe.He was done in like 5 seconds. I learned an important thing that day. Isaw the buck and the doebed down in the thicket in the field so I went to try and sneak up and get a shot. The buck ran off into the woods(doe stayed)so I went back in my tree stand. 15 minutes later the buck went backinto the thicket. Lesson learned, if you ever seperate a buckon a hot doe stay by the doe because that buck will come back.

No man the rut is on here, when you see 150 class bucks running in the day time with does, IT'S ON..!!

Good luck.

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7m, Cortland county. Cortland Co. DEC office claimed 11/8 was time to be in the woods for the action to start. On 11/7 Mon. I was in my stand, and watched a small buck chase a doe around all through the woods. The doe escaped him, neared my stand, and squated to pee. I checked that spot once down, and no sign of any blood in her urine. On 11/11 I saw a small spike sniffing out a doe, and the doe was acting crazy. Running around him, kicking up her back legs, just acting all stupid & in heat. In my opinion anyways. I say its on NOW in my area.

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Skidmark I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN/ONLY SEEN IT ON TV.THE SEASON OPENS HERE ON LONG ISLAND OCT1 AND SINCE THEN IVE BEEN ON STAND 15 DAYS/MORE SO RECENTLY AND AT THE END OF OCTOBER SAW SOME SMALL BUCKS CHASING DOES AROUND THE WOODS /THEY SAY A SMALL MAJORITY OF DOES WILL COME INTO HEAT EARLY AFTER THE HARVEST MOON WHICH I BELIEVE THIS YEAR WAS OCT 15/SINCE AROUND NOV 9 IVE BEEN SEEING ALOT MORE MOVEMENT IN THE WOODS/SOME SMALL BUCKS ON THE MOVE SEARCHING/ON NOV 12 DID SEE A BIG BOY SEARCHING BUT THE SAME DAY SAW TWO GROUPS OF DOE WITH NOTHING IN TOW/YES THE RUT IS ON AND THIS WILL BE THE TIME TO BE IN THE WOODS/DOWN HERE THE DOES ARE NOT READY AND I DONT THINK WILL BE READY TILL NEXT WEEK/THIS INFO COMES FROM A SMALL GRUOP OF GUYS THAT HUNT HARD HERE ON LONG ISLAND/ANYWAY GOOD LUCK GO GET EM AND ESPECIALLY ALL YOU RIFLE FANS THE RUT IS GONNA BE IN FULL SWING MIKE