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Apr 5, 2022 · Ideally, the shorter the time involved in actual breeding/conception, the better for the species. Average gestation from our data, covering almost 50 years, is 198 days. So, a doe conceiving on Nov. 15, 2021, will fawn around June 1, 2022. The tighter the fawning period, the less impact of predators, so we try to manage deer herds to have a ...
- Dr. James C. Kroll
- Find the Does. Your next move might not require a move at all if you have scouted well. During the breeding or lockdown phase, bucks relentlessly search for estrus females.
- Hunt the Downwind Sides. Keep in mind that during the breeding phase, bucks become highly efficient. Instead of boldly walking across a field, they might skirt the downwind edges or inside corners to scent-confirm any estrus females.
- Find a Love Nest. You do have another option and whether you make it your main play or a backup, consider looking for a buck love nest. Once bucks find a doe, do they want to parade it through a crowd of potential suitors, or spend more time alone?
- Find a Drifter. By scouting and setting up stands or blinds near highly visited food plots, agricultural fields or the routes in between, you stand a high chance of meeting up with a home territory buck.
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Nov 6, 2016 · 77. The rut for Blacktail in California is very weather dependent. If its an area that get hunted hard the bucks have a tendency to stay nocturnal. You will see the little ones running around bu the big ones still stay in there old habits at times. The cool wet weather will bring them out.
Nov 1, 2021 · The post-rut begins the last week of the month. Some big deer keep cruising and checking scrapes into the first week of December. Does and bucks congregate both morning and evening near the best late-season food sources—leftover mast, soybeans, corn, browse, forbs. Rut-thin deer feed like pigs to bulk back up before the cold, snowy winter.
Sep 30, 2023 · The Window: September 1 to October 20. The first weeks of deer season. That’s the favorite whitetail window for professional hunters. Bone Collector’s Nick Mundt is among them. “Hunting early season bucks has always been one of my favorites,” Mundt said. “It seems early season can be one of the best times to target an old, mature buck ...
A white-tailed buck in the post-rut is typically 20-25% lighter in weight than when he entered November. As a result, it’s not uncommon to see mature whitetail bucks at this time of the year on the verge of physical meltdown. Consequently, their priorities have changed from sex to survival, in spite of the fact that 10 to 15 percent of the ...
Nov 18, 2022 · The whitetail rut gives the best odds for putting your tag on a big woods buck. Once the rut ends, movement is at an all-time low, with deer trying to recover and hide from any human intrusion. I used to think that this time of year was nearly impossible to be consistent with killing mature bucks, other than the occasional luck from another ...
