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Oct 25, 2023 · Both experts say moon phases and temperatures don’t play a role in buck behavior during rut. She said some hunters may think the weather is too warm for deer to move or they wait for a certain ...
- The Pennsylvania Experiment
- Can Older Bucks Affect The Rut?
- What About The Moon?
- Conclusion
In 2002 the Pennsylvania Game Commission implemented new Antler Point Restrictions (APRs). Traditionally if a deer grew at least one antler longer than three inches, or had at least one antler with two or more points, it was defined as an antlered deer and legal for harvest. For decades, 80 percent of antlered deer harvested each year in Pennsylvan...
What effect did this change in the age structure have on the timing of breeding behavior? This is a question we posed before APRs were implemented. Because the rut is about breeding, we can determine when the rut occurs by determining when fawns are born. The way we did this was to check road-killed does for embryos in late winter and early spring....
If APRs did not affect the breeding dates, what about other environmental factors? Does the moon phase affect breeding date? Specifically, how well did the rutting moon—the second full moon after the autumn equinox—predict the rut in Pennsylvania? We can use our data from 1999-2006 to answer this question as well. In the table below we list the dat...
Should we be surprised that timing of the rut was not influenced by changes in the age structure of the population or moon phase? We probably shouldn’t be surprised and for a couple of reasons. First and most importantly, for deer in more northern latitudes, birth date of fawns is timed to maximize ideal rearing conditions. The earlier in the year ...
Oct 6, 2022 · The craziness of the rut offers some of the best big-buck hunting of the season. Here's a video crash course.
- Josh Honeycutt
Nov 15, 2021 · Big Game Hunting. Deer Hunting. Whitetail Hunting. How to Hunt Whitetail Buck Rubs During the Rut. Most hunters ignore this sign during the heart of the rut. But finding the right rubs now can...
- Gerald Almy
The bucks and does will be getting back together in larger groups, and even bucks looking for love will be doing their looking in the larger doe groups. (Keep in mind that peak rut activity doesn't occur at the same time across the country, so use this tip based on the timing of rut activity where you live).
Nov 14, 2014 · The rut is when bucks go crazy trying to breed. A single buck can breed several doe, so all the more reason for them to go crazy! Bucks need to first find a doe who is ready to be bred – the reason why they run (literally!) all over the place during the rut – and then defend that receptive female from other males.
The first part of the post rut can be as action packed as the prerut and chase phases. Bucks are on the move trying to find any slow-cycling does and refreshing prerut buck sign. Hunting your prerut stand sites can be awesome. Using doe-in-estrous lure will bring in the still sex-crazed bucks by means of a trail drag or scent bomb.
