is the rut on??
10-03-2008, 07:14 PM
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Fork Horn
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is the rut on??
so i was out hunting today and checked my trail camera on the farm on my way back in and got these 2 photos. notice that they are right around a 10 minute time frame. that is between the buck and the doe. does this mean that they are possibly entering rut or just a freak accident??
notice the time
what do you think??
notice the time
what do you think??
10-03-2008, 07:26 PM
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Fork Horn
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RE: is the rut on??
what state are you in? I would have to say for the first week in October there is nothing happing with the rut yet. that is more likely to be a travle corridor where you will see deer following the same path. Here in NY the rut won't start till late October early November. Not a bad buck though.
10-03-2008, 08:27 PM
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RE: is the rut on??
yes i have recorded severly deer passing on the same trail farther up. about 200yrd's or so. i have several feeding area's there along this trail. thinking it is a path from the thick brushy wood's to a large open alfalfa field.
10-04-2008, 06:34 AM
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RE: is the rut on??
According to the scientific definition of "rut", any activity associated with therut (shedding velvet, rubbing, scraping,chasing, breeding) is "in the rut". In many northern areas shedding velvet occurs as early as thefirst week of September, earlier thefarther south you go, and earlier in Canada.
IN this case it might be just coincidence. You can find out when the breeding season occurs by Googling "Peak Whitetail Rut Dates".
IN this case it might be just coincidence. You can find out when the breeding season occurs by Googling "Peak Whitetail Rut Dates".
