South Carolina Rut
 

Do you guys know when the rut/ seek and chase might start in Williamsburg County SC?

Thanks:fighting0007:

end of October, 1st of Nov

Great question. SCDNR will tell you a bunch of crap like "our rut lasts from August to Januarary". Bull. Here is what I have gathered to be our rut over the years. Give or take a week on my dates for strange weather.

Oct 1-20 = pre-rut, chasing does

Oct 21-Nov 10 = rut, with the peak being right on Halloween

Nov 11 - 25 = post rut

Nov 26 - Dec 15 = second rut, all does that didn't get tended first time around go back into heat, Dec 5 is the peak of the second rut.

This is strictly the data I've come up with for myself.

Thanks guys.

I've never hunted SC, but might have a chance this year. I want to be there at the chase/ seek phase or peak. It's funny how the south has such different times of rutting. I'm in Central Florida and bow season starts Sep 18th and it will be on a week or two after the opener.

Good Luck to you!

I shot my 2008 South Carolina 9-pointer on Oct. 18. I shot my 2009 South Carolina 8-pointer on Oct. 25. I think mcraddock has it pretty figured out.

Don't see that here:
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/deer/...uctionmap.html

First time I've seen that map. Still way off IMHO.

The "rut lasts from August - January" came from a DNR officer that taught my son's Hunter's Ed class last year.

Again, as I stated at the bottom of my post that this is strictly the data that I've come up for myself. It's not the Gospel. Take or leave it. I don't care which.