Tbone1187

When is the peek rut for your state.

andy da animal

for me im always in rut!but for the deer in illinois, or at least where i hunt it is right around first deer season for gun, first friday saturday and sunday before thanksgiving, probobly start going into it the monday before! at least thats what it seems like where i hunt, i shot a buck right after he finished his "business" with a hot doe! the buck didnt make it! at least he died happy!

Wingbone

Define "Peak of the rut". Are we talking the chasing part; the tending part; the breeding part; when the does come into heat? I have trouble understanding which phase of the rut people are referring to when they talk about the "Peak of the rut". All phases of the rut have peaks. If you are asking which week of the year I'd like to be in a stand all day would be the last week in Oct. and the first couple of days of Nov.

gallred

It starts very early here. I hunt mostly in Beaufort County South Carolina, and I've seen bucks chasing consistently in the last week of September. So the rut is rocking right now, and I threw my back out last week, so I won't be back in the woods until next week. I've seen4 nice bucks already, one of which I was fortunate enough to take, so I'll be mighty choosy before I take another one this year, time to focus on the does.

wis_bow_huntr

usually starts good in wisconsin the last week of october and run through mid-late nov.

K9 Cop

Here in northeast Arkansas it's usually peaking about the middle of November. By "peaking" I mean when the bucks are most active and the nocturnal bucks are finally seen in daylight.

ShatoDavis

The week before Halloween is the start of what I consider the best time to be in stand. It last for about 3 weeks.

Gundeck

I would say the first two weeks of November around here.

kingnn93

i say early to mid november here in new york

RugerM77.270

Here in South Alabama the rut doesn't hit until mid to late December. Much of the time hunting doesn't get good till mid January.