Rut Progress Report in your neck of the woods!

[KentuckyTJ]

Pre-rut is under way here. Have been seeing many dead on the roads and saw a young buck just wandering through an open field during the middle of the day yesterday.

Gentlemen start your engines...ITS ON!

[Bob Baur]

Up here too. I was thinking the same thing last night.

[23feetupandhappy]

           

[A.S.]

Here too Tom. I spend a LOT of time on the roads, and have been seeing more and more bucks (mostly young ones so far) killed. I am always on the lookout for deer activity when I'm driving as well. I have noticed a few buck wandering out it the middle of the day within the past few days.    

[D.J. Carr]

The movement is way up here as well.  I've seen bucks every morning this week on my way to work, and there are deer out in the field behind my house when I get home at 3:45.
High of 45 on Sat. looks like a good day!

[VictoryHunter]

Oh yeah! It's almost time. The next cold front that hits will really kick it off. This is the best part of the season in my opinion because they really get to moving around good.

[DarkTimber]

[Littlejake]

Just starting to see some activity here. It's almost that magical time of the year.(And I don't mean Christmas.)

[KentuckyTJ]

Going to be 31 degrees here in the morning. That should get them up and at 'em.

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Found several big rubs and big scrapes not boundary scrapes and watched one doe work one of them and urinate through her hocks in one this morning. It's getting there!

Took my nephew out with me, there's two more big rubs behind him.

 

Good luck and shoot strait!

Tracy

[Cocklebur]

They are starting to move here also. I had a big mature buck come in to some does grunting his head off Tuesday evening. I thought I was going to get a shot but it didn't happen.

[recurvericky]

I have seen one rub in the area I hunt at Hillsdale Lake. I thick the deer population took a big hit from the Blue Tongue disease year before last.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

This gets me excited.  I have been seeing an increase in roadkills, Thats usually a good indicator of more movement.

[kbaknife]

Are you talking about the early-post-mid-season late pre-rut?
Or the pre-rut just before the latter segment of the middle pre-rut?
Just kidding.
I hope whatever it is - it gets started.

[4 point]

You need to keep an eye on your buddys during the prerut. When the ladies aren't receptive yet everything looks good.

[bluegrassbowhunter]

Come in from work at 6:45pm.Was eating supper & watched a 2 1/2 year old 8 point dog a doe around the fields here next to my house.Got a call right after dark to help neighbor get one out..He killed a 125" 9 point that I have at least 1000 pictures..Was one I was hoping would make it,oh well.He was working a scrape.Next 2 weeks should be intresting..

[KentuckyTJ]

I went into a thicket I had a stand in last night. Two days ago there was no scrapes in there. Last night there were 6 that I found. All small at this point but nevertheless its beginning. Wind was good so I climbed into the stand and at 4:30 saw two bucks. A two year old and a one year old. Both just passed through the thicket within bow range just milling and browsing on the honey suckle. They are beginning to feel a little frustrated.

Next step in the ladder as tensions rise is the bachelor groups breaking up and the less dominant bucks aimless wanderings.

I changed the title. Maybe we can keep this going with updated rut progress reports from across the country.

[Pat B.]

Ours is over with...

It starts the last week of September and goes into the first week or two of Oct.

Of course  you will see an occasional buck running a doe for a month after..

[centaur]

I haven't seen any activity in our area yet. I am impatiently waiting for the boys to start chasing the girls.

[LB_hntr]

I was on stand 3 days ago and saw a small 6 point chasing 3 does. he ran them past me and about 60 yards. then 15 minutes later I hear a bunch of grunting. that grunting they do when they grunt with every step. I thought "wow that like buck is all worked up" then to my surprise I saw that little 6 point of to my left staring in the direction the grunting was coming from. a couple minutes later the 3 does ran right under my tree. and following them was a huge 8 point grunting every step. but he gave up on them and angled  off to my side and passed at 35 yards then got downwind and took a few good hops to get out of dodge.
  It was snowing whne that happened. made for a great night on stand!