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BowEd:
That makes it tough Pearly...I've had that too.Hard to figure what's going on.It was that way in the beginning here.No action whatsoever much but an occasional doe or two.I'm pissed off this year that I've shot 3 times and no deer.....lol.
I've got my .54 cal hawkin too....lol.
PEARL DRUMS:
Ed I have hunted this little 5 acre wood lot for 7-8 years now, very casually. Last year it was full of rutting deer and sign. Even had a true giant living in the area that I seen twice. This year the trails are fewer and smaller, the sign is much fewer and the sightings are very few. But when you hunt 5 acres you don't exactly have much room to go looking for em'!
osage outlaw:
It seems like our rut only lasted a few days. I only saw one good chase. Usually I'll see several in a day during the peak. I'm betting there will be a good second rut this year. I think the hot temperatures screwed things up this year.
bjrogg:
We finished harvest yesterday. I haven't had much time to go to the woods but usually I see signs of the rut from my tractor. I'd agree with Clint, it doesn't really seem like the full fledged rut has occurred yet and I have the feeling we will have a bigger than usual 2nd rut. I think we had a small rut 2 weeks ago a lot of bucks taken then and I've seen a few the last couple of days chasing doe. I think it's about to get interesting. Good Luck everyone
Bjrogg
Pat B:
I haven't hunted this year so my only observations have been while walking in our woods. I found one old(a few weeks old) rub in our woods and that is it. I'll check my game camera later today to see who's been around over the last week.
On Friday, while driving to town and within a few minutes of each other I saw 3 does(different ones each time) that looked like Momma, a yearling doe and this year's fawn busting out of the woods and bounding across fields with flags flying. In both cases this was from woods that don't get hunted so I assumed it was a buck chasing them although I never saw a buck either time.
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