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Nov 12, 2023 · The rut gets all of the love. Everyone wants to be in a tree when a hot doe could bring all of the neighborhood bucks into their lap. The truth is, that hot doe can just as easily pull all of the neighborhood bucks into someone else’s lap. Given this, rut hunting is a gamble. Pre-rut hunting isn’t...
Sep 20, 2019 · But, in the early 2000s, after University of Georgia researchers found that 85% of scrape activity takes place at night, hunting scrapes fell from grace in a big way. Since then, whitetail aficionados have mostly turned their fawning eyes to other crazes, such as food plots, trail cams, and buck beds.
Aug 15, 2022 · “For the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 hunting seasons, hunters from Indiana have recorded more Boone and Crockett bucks than from any other state, and (Indiana) has been one of the top producers for a decade,” he said.
Jan 1, 2024 · The deer rut, also known as the mating season, is a fascinating time in the life of deer. It is a period when deer engage in intense behaviors to find mates and procreate.
Dec 5, 2018 · I’m sure you’ve heard the term “second rut” during conversations with other hunters, while watching your favorite outdoor-TV show, by thumbing through hunting magazines or browsing online forums. Obviously, a second rut during a single season is too good to be true, isn’t it? Is There Actually a Second Rut? Does a second rut really ...
Nov 23, 2023 · I noticed this first as I was hunting my beloved oak flat, a four-acre flat bench, littered with old white oaks, with a giant community scrape right in the middle. During the two days I sat there, nearly every buck that passed through the oak flat traveled the edge of the oak flat that borders a neighbor’s 6-year-old clearcut.
Nov 6, 2023 · 72) Aging a buck before peak rut: Check stomach girth; the older a buck gets, the bigger his belly gets. If his stomach sags lower than the bottom of his brisket, the buck is 4.5 years old or older. 73) Aging a buck after peak rut: Forget girth because a buck can lose 25 percent of his body weight chasing and breeding does. Glass a buck’s ...
