FLORIDA RUT
 

I am already seeing signs from rubs to scrapes. A few weeks ago my friend and i were scouting and we found a fresh scrape that was made the night before. Is it just the bucks rubbing velvet of or what and i know our rut doen't start till the last week of January. Have yall been seeing the same stuff

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Where in Florida are you at? Our rut in Taylor County(south of Tallahassee) is almost over.

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While sitting on the porch this morning drinking coffee a Buckwas tending3 Does in my front yard.....

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I'm a firm beleiver in the month of Dec,,;)

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I live in Pace by pensacola the panhandle and when i was hunting blackwater i didn't see any bucks chase does till late january

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It's getting ready to happen here around gainesville

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i was seeing more activity last month...I helped look for a buck on Mon., when he was found, his tarsal glands were clean, neck not swollen at all,pointy toes, not rubbeddown at all from scraping....but I am still seeing fresh rubs and scrapes, more scrapes than rubs though....so I don't know what's up with them...

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more scrapes than rubs though....so I don't know what's up with them...

Maybe looking for acorns..;)

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But I want them looking for Does, lol......:D

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I've been hunting Blackwater all year. I am starting to see some scrapes... I've been seeing rubs. The rut shouldn't be until middle to late January. I think they are just rubbing velvet off. The scrapes..... I'm not sure why they are doing that... I guess they are just checking out what is there... when they are rutting good there will be scrapes all over.... you'll see scrapes along ridges right along the swamps. Right now I am only seeing a couple here and there

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the 7 point i shot this last weekend was chasing a doe and a yearling

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Not sure if you are in North Central Florida near Gainsville but I whacked a buck on gun opener(lastweekend) that was in rut. Also over the past two weeks ALL my trail cam pics of deer are from 8'ish in the morning till 3ish p.m. The nocturnal bucks have switched. Knowing that changed the way I hunted this last weekend.

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i'm in Lake County and the 7 point i shot was at approximately 1110 hrs. he was grunting with every step trying to get the doe to stop.