2009 Rut Survey-Info. & Details
10-26-2009, 07:49 AM
#71
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: St. Clair, Missouri
Posts: 174
Oct 24 - AM hunt
Moon 1st quarter
Barometric pressure steady
39 degrees
Wind 7 mph
1 Buck seen
4 Rubs/0 scrapes
Oct 24 PM hunt
Moon 1st quarter
Barometric pressure steady
60 degrees
Wind 5 mph
0 deer
0 rut activity
Oct 26 AM hunt
Moon 1st quarter
Barometric pressure steady
54 degrees
Wind 2-4 mph
0 deer
6 new rubs
Moon 1st quarter
Barometric pressure steady
39 degrees
Wind 7 mph
1 Buck seen
4 Rubs/0 scrapes
Oct 24 PM hunt
Moon 1st quarter
Barometric pressure steady
60 degrees
Wind 5 mph
0 deer
0 rut activity
Oct 26 AM hunt
Moon 1st quarter
Barometric pressure steady
54 degrees
Wind 2-4 mph
0 deer
6 new rubs
10-26-2009, 08:51 AM
#72
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Rochester NY
Posts: 654
Not sure if you tried this yet but, you may be able to copy and paste your XLS spreadsheet into a word document. Then copy it to your clip board and post it in this thread. You just need to make sure you format / size "width wise" the xls spreadsheet so all the data fits on one word document page. Shrink your columns to fit.
As the data becomes to large for one word doc. "length wise" copy it to a second , third, fourth and so on. Shrink the rows until "before" the data becomes unreasonably to small to read and move on to a second word document. You could also convert your xls. spreadsheet to a graph and copy it to a word doc then to the clipboard and post it in this thread.
Just something to try!
As the data becomes to large for one word doc. "length wise" copy it to a second , third, fourth and so on. Shrink the rows until "before" the data becomes unreasonably to small to read and move on to a second word document. You could also convert your xls. spreadsheet to a graph and copy it to a word doc then to the clipboard and post it in this thread.
Just something to try!
Mirza
10-26-2009, 09:34 AM
#73
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Western, NY
Posts: 167
dont know if i can jump in late..
10/25 AM
5MPH Westerdly
34degs
5 doe feeding before sunrise and through sunrise.
no bucks
10/25 PM
12MPH westerdly
54 degs
6:14 sunset. 6pm 7 doe and 2 bucks, bucks were chasing (very light) and feeding.
young doe were playing .
bigger buck was chasin the little fork horn around, but not away
7pm 5 more doe from another direction feeding, one POSSIBLE button or spike (very little light) attempted a mount on a doe, dont think it was an attempt to breed. not sure why he (or maybe she) did it..
location. Western NY, wyoming county
10/25 AM
5MPH Westerdly
34degs
5 doe feeding before sunrise and through sunrise.
no bucks
10/25 PM
12MPH westerdly
54 degs
6:14 sunset. 6pm 7 doe and 2 bucks, bucks were chasing (very light) and feeding.
young doe were playing .
bigger buck was chasin the little fork horn around, but not away
7pm 5 more doe from another direction feeding, one POSSIBLE button or spike (very little light) attempted a mount on a doe, dont think it was an attempt to breed. not sure why he (or maybe she) did it..
location. Western NY, wyoming county
10-26-2009, 12:49 PM
#74
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: NY
Posts: 549
dont know if i can jump in late..
10/25 AM
5MPH Westerdly
34degs
5 doe feeding before sunrise and through sunrise.
no bucks
10/25 PM
12MPH westerdly
54 degs
6:14 sunset. 6pm 7 doe and 2 bucks, bucks were chasing (very light) and feeding.
young doe were playing .
bigger buck was chasin the little fork horn around, but not away
7pm 5 more doe from another direction feeding, one POSSIBLE button or spike (very little light) attempted a mount on a doe, dont think it was an attempt to breed. not sure why he (or maybe she) did it..
location. Western NY, wyoming county
10/25 AM
5MPH Westerdly
34degs
5 doe feeding before sunrise and through sunrise.
no bucks
10/25 PM
12MPH westerdly
54 degs
6:14 sunset. 6pm 7 doe and 2 bucks, bucks were chasing (very light) and feeding.
young doe were playing .
bigger buck was chasin the little fork horn around, but not away
7pm 5 more doe from another direction feeding, one POSSIBLE button or spike (very little light) attempted a mount on a doe, dont think it was an attempt to breed. not sure why he (or maybe she) did it..
location. Western NY, wyoming county
- 10/25 pm hunt
- 59dgrs/barom. steady
- moon-first qtr.
- Now new rutting activity
- no deer seen
10-26-2009, 12:52 PM
#75
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: NY
Posts: 549
Guys please stick to the original sample post set up in the beginning of this thread. Simply use minor/major for rutting activity description. This will keep it easy for miz to collect, sort and record our data. TY!!
10-27-2009, 01:06 AM
#78
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southern New Hampshire
Posts: 190
TheMiz54, May I make a couple suggestions? I am not trying to highjack your thread, I just think maybe I can help.
In order for anyone who is contributing to this survey to make any real sense of the data you are collecting, I think you would need to put it in a more visual form, hence graphs. It is hard to make heads or tails of it in its raw form. I would think you would also need to break it down by geographical location in order to follow it through out the country. N. East, S. East, N. Central, S. Central, N. West, S. West would be a good way to interpret it in order for it to have any real meaning for anyone who has contributed their information. To me anyways, how the rut is doing in the S. West has no real barring on how it is doing in the N. East and so on.
You may want to consider adding another column to the spreadsheet. Separate the Bucks and the Doe's and make them their own data point so one could see when the Buck's "really" start to interact with the herd as the rut progresses. In a graph, this would really show up.
These are just a couple of suggestions if you’re interested. If this is something that your not real familiar with, I could help you with it if you like. A graph should be easier to post in this thread than a Excel spreadsheet and make it easier for everyone to interpret. At the very least you would be able to post them in your blog with out any problems.
Let me know!
In order for anyone who is contributing to this survey to make any real sense of the data you are collecting, I think you would need to put it in a more visual form, hence graphs. It is hard to make heads or tails of it in its raw form. I would think you would also need to break it down by geographical location in order to follow it through out the country. N. East, S. East, N. Central, S. Central, N. West, S. West would be a good way to interpret it in order for it to have any real meaning for anyone who has contributed their information. To me anyways, how the rut is doing in the S. West has no real barring on how it is doing in the N. East and so on.
You may want to consider adding another column to the spreadsheet. Separate the Bucks and the Doe's and make them their own data point so one could see when the Buck's "really" start to interact with the herd as the rut progresses. In a graph, this would really show up.
These are just a couple of suggestions if you’re interested. If this is something that your not real familiar with, I could help you with it if you like. A graph should be easier to post in this thread than a Excel spreadsheet and make it easier for everyone to interpret. At the very least you would be able to post them in your blog with out any problems.
Let me know!
Last edited by 7MMXBOLT; 10-28-2009 at 01:17 PM.
