NY rut activity?
11-15-2010, 03:16 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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NY rut activity?
I hunt in Sullivan county 3h area, so far up to this last weekend, i have seen 0 rutting activity, just rubs which ive been seeing since the start, also very very slow deer activity, only seen 3 deer this bow season... You guys seeing anything?
11-15-2010, 05:27 PM
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Typical Buck
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Same here except
I here some guys claim its on now and the big boys are locked down with the doe in heat ,
I dont believe this is true , espesialy in my area .
I see with no BS, on average 10 does and or fawns .
That means at times I see 4 or 5 and at times 25 plus ..
Only bucks I,ve seen are 2 or 3 different spike horns and on 2 different ocasions last week , they were chasing a doe around ,
With this many does around , if the does were in heat there would shorley be some bigger bucks around getting first dibs on them ..
I,m guessing this week it will pick up .
I admit I like the weather to be in the 20,s at night and 30,s in the day to keep them moving a little more .
Its warmed up again here and I think it slows them down ,,
I dont believe this is true , espesialy in my area .
I see with no BS, on average 10 does and or fawns .
That means at times I see 4 or 5 and at times 25 plus ..
Only bucks I,ve seen are 2 or 3 different spike horns and on 2 different ocasions last week , they were chasing a doe around ,
With this many does around , if the does were in heat there would shorley be some bigger bucks around getting first dibs on them ..
I,m guessing this week it will pick up .
I admit I like the weather to be in the 20,s at night and 30,s in the day to keep them moving a little more .
Its warmed up again here and I think it slows them down ,,
11-16-2010, 04:41 AM
#7
I've heard from numerous sources that the rut is a week late this year. Whether or not that's true, I don't know...
I'm down here in Richmond Virginia and haven't seen a freakin' thing - that's why I am heading back up to central New York (area 7M) in a few days to try hunting up there instead.
I'm down here in Richmond Virginia and haven't seen a freakin' thing - that's why I am heading back up to central New York (area 7M) in a few days to try hunting up there instead.
11-16-2010, 05:23 PM
#9
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 879
Finaly seen a rack
After all the does and small bucks , this morning I spotted a nice racked uck .
He was over 600 yards acroos a green field .
He came out exactly where a doe and fawn came out an hr earlier .
He ate very little melled the ground and looked like he was on a mission although he was not head to the ground and walking in a straight line .
I grunted a couple times and he looked and started heading in another direction .
I rattled my rattle bag a little and he started my way but not straight at me .
He got to abought 350 to 400 yards and was heading back in the woods traveling through some 3 foot high grass .
ell I tride a little more light rattling , it appeared to be working.
I tried ranging him one last time before he stepped into the woods but there was thick brush between us so I guesstimated 350 yards and NO shot ..AAArrrghh...
I figured he was comming right to me so I just patiently waited and watched and waited and waited and nothing .
I had some tinks 69 out so I,m sure the way the wind was blowing he originaly smelled it and thats what drew him out from the other side .
I staid another 3 hrs, Took a slooowww walk in the direction I last seen him and seen nothing ..
Went back a couple hrs later and made a scent drag a few hundred yards long , NO LUCK ,,,,
Well it suppose to rain heavy with high winds tonight until 7 am ..
I may or may not go in the morning depends on the wind ..
Heres to hoping...
He was over 600 yards acroos a green field .
He came out exactly where a doe and fawn came out an hr earlier .
He ate very little melled the ground and looked like he was on a mission although he was not head to the ground and walking in a straight line .
I grunted a couple times and he looked and started heading in another direction .
I rattled my rattle bag a little and he started my way but not straight at me .
He got to abought 350 to 400 yards and was heading back in the woods traveling through some 3 foot high grass .
ell I tride a little more light rattling , it appeared to be working.
I tried ranging him one last time before he stepped into the woods but there was thick brush between us so I guesstimated 350 yards and NO shot ..AAArrrghh...
I figured he was comming right to me so I just patiently waited and watched and waited and waited and nothing .
I had some tinks 69 out so I,m sure the way the wind was blowing he originaly smelled it and thats what drew him out from the other side .
I staid another 3 hrs, Took a slooowww walk in the direction I last seen him and seen nothing ..
Went back a couple hrs later and made a scent drag a few hundred yards long , NO LUCK ,,,,
Well it suppose to rain heavy with high winds tonight until 7 am ..
I may or may not go in the morning depends on the wind ..
Heres to hoping...
