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11-15-2013, 08:14 AM
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White Tail Rut
I don't think the Whitetails are going yet. I have seen does all alone ( or are they bread and done ). The bucks seem to be alone as well - not sure. What are you guys seeing?
Caught a buck in game camera - was all alone
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11-15-2013, 08:16 AM
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11-15-2013, 08:18 AM
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id bet everything i own that somewhere right now in alberta...like this exact second....that there is buck nuts deep in a doe.....
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11-15-2013, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by ishootbambi
id bet everything i own that somewhere right now in alberta...like this exact second....that there is buck nuts deep in a doe.....
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Yup.
Last weekend in my area, they weren't really into it yet, but I think this weekend should be good. Too bad its supposed to be a fricken blizzard tomorrow, and the Western final on Sunday. I'm still going to try and squeeze in a few hours Sunday morning.
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11-15-2013, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by ishootbambi
id bet everything i own that somewhere right now in alberta...like this exact second....that there is buck nuts deep in a doe.....
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I saw chin deep yesterday. She musta been close to ready. Big 5x4 wouldn't let her get a hairs length away
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11-15-2013, 11:34 AM
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Excited to head out next week again.
Would see the odd buck but not as many as I would of liked.
With this cold snap and snow it just get things going.
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11-15-2013, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by bpallen
I don't think the Whitetails are going yet. I have seen does all alone ( or are they bread and done ). The bucks seem to be alone as well - not sure. What are you guys seeing?
Caught a buck in game camera - was all alone
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I dunno I have seen 3 or 4 pairs fighting. And chasing does
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11-15-2013, 11:39 AM
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Sounds like things are good where your hunting Ab Deer! You still filming hunts for wild tv?
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11-15-2013, 11:43 AM
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Sat in one area today....saw nine different bucks, two does in 3 hours on same 200 yard stretch of trail.
All but 2 bucks were nose to the ground dogging the trail of those 2 single does....
The does crossed at different spots and those were the ONLY spots the bucks were coming out....game on!
LC
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11-15-2013, 11:51 AM
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I think the rut is late this year. I am seeing deer all alone too. I would recommend to stay home for another week all.
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11-15-2013, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by BigRackLover
I think the rut is late this year. I am seeing deer all alone too. I would recommend to stay home for another week all.
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Agree....it is too warm and the moon is out if phase...we need a cold snap to get it rollin
LC
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11-15-2013, 12:49 PM
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heading out saturday morning for a week of hunting whitetails
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11-15-2013, 12:58 PM
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Ruts pretty dead in the area I'm hunting. Lots of does around and only one group had a buck with them. Lots of bucks still hanging together.
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11-15-2013, 01:15 PM
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seems everyone forgets that the rut for all of our game animals is dictated by photo period (amount of daylight). They 'rut' is during the exact same period every year. Yes, there is more visible activity if it is cold and snowy as the animals move more. However, the vast majority of does/cows/ewes etc. are bread during the same time frame EVERY year.
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11-15-2013, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Death
seems everyone forgets that the rut for all of our game animals is dictated by photo period (amount of daylight). They 'rut' is during the exact same period every year. Yes, there is more visible activity if it is cold and snowy as the animals move more. However, the vast majority of does/cows/ewes etc. are bread during the same time frame EVERY year.
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X100
I got a doe yesterday morning that a buck was near by and after the doe went down the buck sauntered over and was trying to breed her with me yelling at him to get the heck off!! I could not believe it. What a pig ! haha
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11-15-2013, 01:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Death
seems everyone forgets that the rut for all of our game animals is dictated by photo period (amount of daylight). They 'rut' is during the exact same period every year. Yes, there is more visible activity if it is cold and snowy as the animals move more. However, the vast majority of does/cows/ewes etc. are bread during the same time frame EVERY year.
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First frost and cold weather trumps evolution dontcha know!
LC
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11-15-2013, 02:12 PM
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I pulled a trailcam yesterday and all the bucks were still nocturnal hope fully this cold snap breaks em out of it for wen I hit the stand monday
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11-15-2013, 02:31 PM
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O.K guys the ruts over, you all stay in your warm beds this wk-end and I will recce out the areas and let you know what I see, promise to get back to all where all the 170 plus deer are if I see them...promise.
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11-15-2013, 03:28 PM
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Gone Hunting
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Seeing some big mule deer and whitetail bucks on college campus every night in Lethbridge running around. It was pretty entertaining last night seeing a 6x6 whitetail chasing a 4x4 mule deer down the street.
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11-15-2013, 04:42 PM
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WT bucks no longer go into thr rut. Much like the elk have stopped bugling because of hunting pressure, WT are now breeding mostly in late December. Last year, we had more than one incident in the neighborhood of a WT buck attempting to breed one of Santa's reindeer.
Bobby B.
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11-15-2013, 04:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby B.
WT bucks no longer go into thr rut. Much like the elk have stopped bugling because of hunting pressure, WT are now breeding mostly in late December. Last year, we had more than one incident in the neighborhood of a WT buck attempting to breed one of Santa's reindeer.
Bobby B.
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Stop baiting with eggnog
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11-15-2013, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck
Stop baiting with eggnog
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I just left his house. If he's drinking eggnog, it's red and in a wine glass. A big one!
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11-15-2013, 05:34 PM
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all does I've seen were with other does , bucks by themselves
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