mahoningbuck

We should be getting close to the second rut in the midwest, if not right now! Does anyone have any ideas/tactics I should follow? This has been a strange year and I have never had to bow hunt this late in the season. I look forward to it because it is new but I will be freezing my can off! What can I expect, how should I prepare, and what should I do?

deernutz

What state and how much snow you got, and terrain?

mahoningbuck

Ohio and we have about two to three inches right now with more expected by this weekend

bassfisherman711

since its a rut, use a drag rag and walk it right to your stand, that will get a buck on line for your stand. also you some grunt calls or rattles to see if there are any agressive, dominant bucks in the area.

MN_Deerman

I was hunting in Minnesota this weekend, where the second rut was supposed to be happening. All I did was short grunts with a mature buck call every 30 min. or so and I brought in 3 decent buckstogether, which confused me because I thought the second rut was going on here too. Seeing them grouped together like that was the last thing I thought I would see.

NEB.BuckHunter

Tinks 69 sounds like it's working great around here. This morning on my way to work, I saw a nice buck running a doe, so it must still be on here.

Scott/IL

Have see a real nice 8 pointer the past few nights in a food plot with some does, so it might be kicking in a little here.