Could the rut be on here in PA
10-22-2003, 06:14 PM
#1
Thread Starter
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Location: New Philadelphia, PA
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Could the rut be on here in PA
I drive 68 miles one way to work, and all of a sudden in the last 3 days there have been 15 road kills[
] Most of which were during the day. Looks like the deer activity is up... could the rut be on?
] Most of which were during the day. Looks like the deer activity is up... could the rut be on?
10-22-2003, 11:15 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Spring Grove, Pa. USA
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RE: Could the rut be on here in PA
Most of the bucks I' m seeeing are still in their bachelor groups,scrapes are just starting to appear.The sudden increase in activity could be due to alot more hunters in the woods-squirrel hunters and muzzleloaders.
10-23-2003, 05:25 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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RE: Could the rut be on here in PA
I watched 4pt and spike chase around some does last night. Looked like they were in pursuit but at the same time it looked like the does weren' t interested. They kept running away.
10-23-2003, 07:00 AM
#6
Giant Nontypical
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RE: Could the rut be on here in PA
i think there rutting pretty good...i watched a nice sized basket racker for over a minute...it looked like he was rutting hard core...nose to the ground moving fast...and he tore the crap out of a sapling to take out some anger...it was great to watch......i think the weather change set them off...mihgt not be full swing but it looked like rutting to me
10-23-2003, 11:05 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: Could the rut be on here in PA
This brings up a Question?? I always heard as a youth from the old timers. It got to get cold to make the deer breed. Well it never worked that way for me.the colder it was out side , shrinkage occurred. Anyway is it not a biologic clock in the deer rather then the weather??? If it never got cold and we had a mild fall ,does that mean the deer would not breed? I lived in South Texas near the Mexican border.Always hot. Them buck still sowed there oats
10-23-2003, 11:16 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Could the rut be on here in PA
I was told it was a time frame not a wether thing also, it just happens about the same time as the weather change. I have not seen any signs yet but the time is near.
10-23-2003, 08:40 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rural Valley PA USA
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RE: Could the rut be on here in PA
I think it is beginning...
This morning I watched a six-point with the tiniest rack chasing a small doe. His head was to the ground and he was charging. The poor doe finally ran off and the buck bedded down about 35 yards away. He sure had a dejected look about him.
Here is what the PA game commission says about the rut:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/wildlife/deer/rut.asp
This morning I watched a six-point with the tiniest rack chasing a small doe. His head was to the ground and he was charging. The poor doe finally ran off and the buck bedded down about 35 yards away. He sure had a dejected look about him.
Here is what the PA game commission says about the rut:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/wildlife/deer/rut.asp