Virginia Rut Watch 2012
10-30-2012, 06:23 PM
#21
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 741
Saw a lot of midday activity today. 3 smaller sized bucks came by my stand between
9am-12pm. Only saw one doe after that.... right at 5pm. I personally think the break in this stormy weather will set the precedence for the next two weeks or so. Ten Day forecast looks absolutely outstanding for deer hunting in the rut. Good luck.
9am-12pm. Only saw one doe after that.... right at 5pm. I personally think the break in this stormy weather will set the precedence for the next two weeks or so. Ten Day forecast looks absolutely outstanding for deer hunting in the rut. Good luck.
10-30-2012, 07:23 PM
#22
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: VA
Posts: 34
Saw a lot of midday activity today. 3 smaller sized bucks came by my stand between
9am-12pm. Only saw one doe after that.... right at 5pm. I personally think the break in this stormy weather will set the precedence for the next two weeks or so. Ten Day forecast looks absolutely outstanding for deer hunting in the rut. Good luck.
9am-12pm. Only saw one doe after that.... right at 5pm. I personally think the break in this stormy weather will set the precedence for the next two weeks or so. Ten Day forecast looks absolutely outstanding for deer hunting in the rut. Good luck.
11-01-2012, 05:07 PM
#24
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 741
It's been windy right up until dark every afternoon this week. It hasn't calmed down before last shooting light once..... Typically, when it's windy, it'll settle down an hour or so before last light. I guess I'll attribute it to Sandy.....
Last edited by VA5326; 11-01-2012 at 05:13 PM.
11-01-2012, 05:27 PM
#25
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 590
I believe tomorrow may be my first full day sit. The temperature is down 10 degrees from last week. From what I've seen for the last two years, if chasing is just kicking off now it is a tad late compared to the last two years. I have not seen any chasing but that doesn't mean it isn't happening. I may be hunting directly over two big scrapes and a deer superhighway.
11-02-2012, 01:52 AM
#26
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 741
I believe tomorrow may be my first full day sit. The temperature is down 10 degrees from last week. From what I've seen for the last two years, if chasing is just kicking off now it is a tad late compared to the last two years. I have not seen any chasing but that doesn't mean it isn't happening. I may be hunting directly over two big scrapes and a deer superhighway.
11-02-2012, 06:22 AM
#27
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Orange County, Virginia....
Posts: 556
I saw two small bucks and a doe while out yesterday morning. The bucks were by themselves as was the doe. I shot the doe with my Xbow. That afternoon my friend shot a big eleven pointer on the same lease. He is the dominant buck of that area as we have had many pictures of him, and was following a doe when it was shot. He was shot at 5:00pm in the hardwoods.
11-02-2012, 06:04 PM
#29
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Manassas,VA
Posts: 301
I hunted Quantico on 11/2 and I saw steady deer movement from 8AM to 1:30PM I saw a total of 7 does I was very suprised but none of them had bucks chasing or even in the area I'm alittle confused becuase I even had a single doe come by and I was sure a big buck was going to be hot on her tail but nothing....
The deer seem to not be in the rut I have seen small bucks in the same stand but there just casually walking through the woods did I miss the seeking chasing phase ??
The deer seem to not be in the rut I have seen small bucks in the same stand but there just casually walking through the woods did I miss the seeking chasing phase ??
11-03-2012, 02:03 AM
#30
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 741
I shot a whopper 10 pt yesterday morning at 9am with the bow. Pics to come. Yesterday afternoon I hunted over an isolated clover plot. Bucks and does we're mixed in the field together. There was a little sniffing around going on but no dogging of does of any sort.