#2045911 - 08/25/10 08:58 PM
Re: Middle TN RUT Period
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Tree Tramp
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thats what i have been told but i really dont ever see much rutting at all in my area i only see small bucks pestering does never really chasing or nothing like that
The ruts always stale around here too. Never pay that much attention to when its supposed to be anymore, see very little rut activity anyway so why worry when its here or when its not not,i just hunt.
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#2045923 - 08/25/10 09:01 PM
Re: Middle TN RUT Period
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I saw bucks chasing last year in late October early November in Mid TN last season, but it was just the little guys. Just 45 miles west of Nashville in Hickman Co it was around the second weekend of ML and they were just getting started.
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#2046342 - 08/26/10 07:37 AM
Re: Middle TN RUT Period
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BSK
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I saw bucks chasing last year in late October early November in Mid TN last season, but it was just the little guys. Just 45 miles west of Nashville in Hickman Co it was around the second weekend of ML and they were just getting started. Yup, its always a little later in Hickman County  . I have found that the best times to be in the woods at our place is November 8th - 20th.....Kinda broad, but if I had to guess a couple of days, I'd say Nov 10th-15th (6 day period). Then again in mid-late December.
What's really strange about Hickman County is how different peak dates can be in the northern part of the county than the southern.
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#2046343 - 08/26/10 07:39 AM
Re: Middle TN RUT Period
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That's very interesting, BSK. I've looked at that chart before, but not from this perspective. Its interesting that there's that green pocket in NE MS on the AL line that doesn't hit until January -the same as the Gulf Coast.
Poser,
I have a client in far southern TN just across the line from that part of MS. He actually sees a double rut, probably due to the mixing of genetics from north and south. He will see a rut in late November (TN genetic influence) and then another rut in January (MS genetic influence).
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#2046345 - 08/26/10 07:40 AM
Re: Middle TN RUT Period
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BSK
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That map is cool BSK. Do you know if there is one made like that for TN? (I'm sure if there was, we would be talkin about that a WHOLE LOT on here )
Nope, none exists. But I could create a generic version, at least from the Plateau and to the west. Breeding dates in Eastern TN are a mystery to me.
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#2046360 - 08/26/10 07:54 AM
Re: Middle TN RUT Period
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wlf89
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thats what i have been told but i really dont ever see much rutting at all in my area i only see small bucks pestering does never really chasing or nothing like that
bsk do you know why this is for me over the past 6 yrs i have seen maybe 2 or 3 bucks actually chasing does very rarely do i go and not see does but never bucks with them exept maybe a couple young ones and they just following them not really bothering them or nothing. i see a couple good bucks so i know they there but when i see them there usually by there self or see them early in season in the bacelor groups
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#2046394 - 08/26/10 08:19 AM
Re: Middle TN RUT Period
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BSK
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wlf89,
The intensity of daylight rutting activity is usually driven by two factors: 1) the adult sex ratio; and 2) the buck age structure.
The closer the adult sex ratio is to being balanced, the more intense the daylight rutting activity will be. More competition between bucks for available does forces more daylight chasing. Having a fair number of older to mature bucks also increases competition and daylight chasing.
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"There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into." --Clive James
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#2046448 - 08/26/10 09:09 AM
Re: Middle TN RUT Period
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Don'tDrinkTinks
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lots of good info in this thread!
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#2046561 - 08/26/10 11:17 AM
Re: Middle TN RUT Period
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Longhunter
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I would like to see that generic version! In Scott County, the week of Thanksgiving is when I have seen the most rut activity.
BSK, what info do you have concerning the plateau?
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