#1935787 - 05/23/10 09:35 AM
Re: Peak Rut
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I believe I have a good feel for peak chasing dates for Middle and West TN. I have some idea what is going on on the Plateau. But East of the Plateau, there seems to be almost no rhyme or reason to the dates I hear. I've never been able to get a handle on the I-75 corridor or mountain dates.
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#1936740 - 05/24/10 08:09 AM
Re: Peak Rut
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I believe I have a good feel for peak chasing dates for Middle and West TN. I have some idea what is going on on the Plateau. But East of the Plateau, there seems to be almost no rhyme or reason to the dates I hear. I've never been able to get a handle on the I-75 corridor or mountain dates.
It can be a little squirrely here BSK, but it is still pretty reliable, but like anywhere the weather plays a huge role in daytime movement!
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#1936756 - 05/24/10 08:23 AM
Re: Peak Rut
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Fayette and hardeman county, Thanksgiving week and the week after!This is when we always see the fully mature bucks up during daylight hours.
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#1936932 - 05/24/10 11:42 AM
Re: Peak Rut
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I just look for the first fawns and count backwards 200.That is when they were bred ,but the chase a week or two earlier
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#1937300 - 05/24/10 06:42 PM
Re: Peak Rut
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BGG,
I agree completely with that data from the 70s through 90s. However, I seem to be seeing a slight shift forward since the buck age structure has changed so dramatically in the last decade. I used to pick Nov. 17-18 as the peak dates in my area (Region 2), but now I would shift it forward about a week to Perhaps Nov. 11-12.
The coldest day during the week of Nov 12-18th in middle TN. Past two years, we've been screwed out of the best hunting by high temps. All the action was at night...
You all are dead on the money. In the last decade we have had our place, I have seen it move forward (earlier) by a week or so. And yes, these last couple of years have had stupid little heat spells for the 2 weeks it needed to be cold. All we can do is cross our fingers year after year that Mother Nature wants to play along
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#1937385 - 05/24/10 07:55 PM
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Leap year and how thanksgiving falls seems to affect it here in middle tennessee. I am convinced the chasing is usually in by opening day of deer season when it hits a round the 20th. i personally feel the first two weeks of december is the peak for us as far as effectiveness. after that it seems to be hit and miss . not doubt in my mind the seeking and just before the chasing phase seems to be when i get on the bigger bucks the best. by the time they are breeding it seems harder to find them on the move as much as they seem to get off in the thickets and are hard to see.
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#1937461 - 05/24/10 08:48 PM
Re: Peak Rut
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i personally feel the first two weeks of december is the peak for us as far as effectiveness. after that it seems to be hit and miss .
Last year, according to all my cameras, the deer were on the move BIG TIME the first 2 weeks in December....during daylight and everything. Thats a sure sign that its hot.
I tell ya what, cameras sure do help me in figuring out the time I'm gonna take off for future years to catch the "right time" of the rut. Now if the weather and temps cooperate, you should be seeing some action
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#1937523 - 05/24/10 09:20 PM
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I've always liked thanksgiving weekend. But, the farm I've been hunting (Hamblen co.) the last 5 years the week of Christmas has been best. I usually don't hunt the 24th or 25th but right before or after these dates I have seen several different bucks "cruising" or running with a doe. I know that about 10 miles from this place there are farms that are virtually dead at this time. According to some of the fawns I see in early bow season I think the does are bred predominately in this time. The fella that cuts the hay on the farm has yet to see any on the first cut. But usually his second cut is when he sees the newborns and has to be careful.
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#1937594 - 05/24/10 10:45 PM
Re: Peak Rut
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Nov. 14...
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#1942541 - 05/28/10 09:49 PM
Re: Peak Rut
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Boone 58
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Great clarification Wes! You are exactly right. I see more when the bucks are looking and anticipating the first does coming in......it can get crazy!
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