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Nov 11, 2020 · Rut-crazed bucks don’t take a break and neither should you. November 11, 2021 By Bob Robb. Nobody ever accused me of being the sharpest knife in the drawer, but on this occasion I learned my lesson. My friend John Brown, as serious a buck hunter as you'll ever meet, was filming my hunt for a cable TV show.
- Bob Robb
- The peak rut is the best time to take a buck. It’s easy to have a Pavlovian response to the words “peak rut.” We can’t help it. Decades of magazine articles and deer-camp conversations have created a conditioned reaction that makes us take our vacations during the height of the whitetail breeding season.
- Rutting bucks are impossible to pattern. Deer hunters rarely complain about the rut, but when they do, this is usually their gripe. It happens because once does begin coming into estrus, bucks do indeed leave their home areas, abandon their rub lines and scrapes, and begin traipsing over the countryside in search of ready mates.
- When the action is over, the rut is over. Just about every serious whitetail hunter has spent days watching deerless woods in mid-November and thought, The rut must be over.
- You might as well stay home during the post-rut. Not if you want to tag a trophy. Although it’s almost certain that you’ll see fewer bucks immediately after peak breeding than you would during the seeking-and-chasing phase, research on Texas’ King Ranch by noted whitetail biologist Mickey Hellickson revealed an excellent reason to keep hunting—and to bring a set of rattling horns with you.
Buck 12775 (click the link to read the post with movie) Fifty-three people took the time to watch the movie and enter their guess on the website. Not a huge turnout, but hey, it was deer season. We get it. Here is the distribution of dates where you thought the buck began his rut movements. The consensus appears to be the 1st or 2nd of November.
If a buck is in rut and a doe is in heat, your buck will go to great lengths to get to her. Because of this, it is extremely important to house your buck in a secure and safe pen during buck breeding season.
Oct 26, 2022 · “Just because it’s the rut,” Campbell said, “doesn’t mean the bucks will come running when they hear antlers crack together or a bunch of grunts. I prefer to see a buck and then read his body language before calling. Tossing out Hail Mary calls just because it’s the rut is going to hurt most hunters.”
Nov 8, 2023 · #16 Maryland researchers monitored 20 radio-collared bucks and found they roamed 1.5 to 3 miles per day during the pre-rut and rut. Texas researchers found that some bucks moved 7 miles per day in the rut! Science reaffirms what we said back in tip #1: Stay on stand as many hours as you can hack it.
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Oct 22, 2017 · When a deer postures, it's saying to all of the other deer around it that it's the boss. It's the dominant deer in the area. And if one of the bucks doesn't back down, a fight will ensue. You'll recognize this behavior by the pinned ears, bristled hair, lowered head, rigged body and stiff-legged walking. Don't Miss: Reading Deer Body Language 101.
