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Nov 4, 2021 · Blog. Rut Tips from Hunters That You Don’t See on TV. The whitetail rut is a challenging, fast-paced, narrow-window of chance. This annual fall phenomenon is a time that big bucks throw caution to the wind and open the door of opportunity that deer hunters live for! When the rut starts to heat up mature bucks are on the prowl.
- Tracking The Mating Season
- Understanding Rut Timing
- What Else Affects Rut Timing?
- Real World Examples
For years, it has been frustrating to hear so many erroneous perceptions of what constitutes the rut, so let’s begin with a brief primer on what the rut really is! According to Wikipedia: “The rut is the mating season of certain mammals, which includes ruminants such as deer, sheep, camels, goats, pronghorns, bison, giraffes and antelopes, and exte...
Why do whitetails have a rut? The first obvious answer is that they need one to reproduce! A precisely timed breeding season guarantees the production of fawns at a time of the year that will maximize recruitment. In reality, it is more the timing of weaning that affects when deer breed than any other factor. Once weaned, fawns are virtually on the...
The melatonin/sex hormone control of whitetail breeding is one thing, but there are confounding factors that can frustrate this system. These include the physiological condition of the deer coming into fall, moon phase timing and demographics of the herd. Temperatures play a role in affecting whether or not deer move in daylight hours. You may have...
We work and have worked with many landowners over the range of the whitetails. We not only advise these landowners, but also conduct research on their properties. Two of these are perhaps the best managed properties in the U.S., Turtle Lake Club and Grand Rack Club in the northern portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Turtle Lake has been man...
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Oct 19, 2023 · Here comes the rut! Welcome to our annual Regional Rut Update, our weekly reports on whitetail activity from experts in the field. From pre-rut to post-rut, we’ll help you harvest the buck of a lifetime. This is the first of seven weekly reports from whitetail contributors Doug Howlett (East), Darron McDougal (Midwest) and Josh Honeycutt (South).
Nov 7, 2023 · 5 Times for All-Day Sits in the Deer Woods. Mark Kayser returned to a great stand and put in his time during the lockdown to tag this mature buck in mid-November. 7. Be a Team Player. Sharing is caring and one of the best things to share during the lockdown is information with your hunting partners and neighbors.
Nov 6, 2021 · RUT REPORT 2021: Virginia Piedmont. My buddy Frankie just shot this 9-point buck in Fauquier County with a muzzleloader, deer “had a swollen neck and started to stink,” he said. Frankie saw several little bucks pushing does earlier in the morning. Getting multiple reports of small and medium-size bucks pushing/chasing, which indicates the ...
Dec 3, 2020 · Tagging a big buck in the late season is a proud experience and represents loads of patience. The reward for taking a nice buck and sharing your story with family and friends is most gratifying. ©Virginia Deer Hunters Association. For attribution information and reprint rights, contact Denny Quaiff, Executive Director, VDHA. December 3, 2020
Nov 3, 2022 · Simple, the rut. The peak of the rut and breeding in Virginia is, as a general rule, in mid-November and just a little earlier as you move east and a little later as you move west. As the rut builds through late October and the first two weeks of November, bucks are steadily increasing their movements in search of does coming into estrus.
