sorry im stupid

[repoman]

so my next dumb question... when exactly is the rut and what can i do to get more activity...?

[BobW]

dress like a pretty deer.....

Rut is the mating season where it is rumored that typically cautious bucks loose all inhibitions and wanter the woods in search of does for procreation.

[SouthMDShooter]

the rut is when the bucks are chasin around the does in hopes of "gettin some" or as BobW says "procreation". Some use scents and attractions i really like to use the gunt when i feel its a good time to do so. But during this time the bucks are going to do whatever the does want. so find the does and theres a good chance there is a buck not to far behind...Curtis

[Bjorn]

2 AM club for bucks-they behave just like we do at that time.

[bjk]

He didn't ask what, but when...  

It (both ruts, mind you) falls sometime btwn Oct 15th and January 15th, give or take a week or two on either side.    

Plan on being out from sunup till sundown btwn these dates...everyday, all day.


To be more serious...in your neck of the woods, I might take my vacation btwn the very end of Oct and the middle of November...if you were forced, the first week of Nov.

Just a WAG, though.

[LV2HUNT]

Here is a thread that contains a poll dealing with the dates of the rut:

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=050931

[Grayishhues]

Ya know Kris, I may not be a veteran bowhunter, But you could have just asked me when/what the rut was.  

[Bob Morrison]

All I can tell you is to be in the woods or hunting as much as you can from Nov5 Nov15, Big bucks brains are dead....

[Shawn Leonard]

If forced to pick a date in your neck of the woods, I would say trhe second week of Nov. The rut varies year to year but it is a good bet it will be between Nov. 1st. and the 23rd. every year which two weeks varies. I have from Nov. 3rd. to the 19th. off this year, here where I live in NY I feel good about those dates. Shawn

[John Nail]

Set your clock: The rut in OH will be on the first full moon in November.