Any Rut Activity east tn

[DRSJ35]

Anybody seeing any rut activity around.Doe's are still together.I dont have any bucks chasing doe's on camera.Also i havn't see any out in the woods either.But it seem's i see bigger bucks and more of a rut the 2nd week of December.More than i do thanksgiving week. Just wondering what others were seeing.I'm over in Greene county.thanks

 

[Big T]

In McMinn County, watched a buck breed a doe yesterday and after my buddy shot him, another bigger buck ran in and stopped by his body. I promptly killed him. They're in full rut here.


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[MUP]

I'm in Seq Co and I've only seen 3 bucks total so far, and only two tiny does that were running the whole time from when I first saw them till they were out of sight, and then one of the bucks I've seen came trailing behind them. Many 0 deer sits so far, and only a couple of rubs seen, and no scrapes at all.

 

[Winchester]

I've been hunting Roane and Anderson counties mostly with a lil in Loudon co. Rut has been great this yr overall with a couple of flurries lasting just a few days where it was really good. Mature bucks have been on their feet during daylight more than I can remember over a longer period than usual this yr. Lots of leaves still on trees especially undergrowth which has really hurt visibility but overall the hunting has been great here.

 

[CoolBreeze]

Saw my first buck yesterday in Franklin co. All by himself and walked right past my tree stand. I was hunting with my ML and fired at 20 yards. Could not miss! But I did. The primer fired and then a second later, the powder. Five seconds later when the smoke cleared, he was still standing looking right at me. A few seconds later he was gone. I reloaded and rattled and grunted but he never returned. probably left the county.
Still some fresh scrapes and rubs. will try again tomorrow. :?

 

[rooketnhunter]

Sevier County and Grainger are going on now

 

[nabowhunter]

I agree with you on the December hunting. In east Hamblen I believe now through the first 10 days of December are the best time to be in the woods. Funny though I hunt Jefferson county also and it's always the last two weeks of November when I see the most rut activity. I e seen bucks chasing for a week or so in Jefferson this year

 

[DRSJ35]

It's crazy how one county could differ from the other. I have tiny spotted fawns on camera the 13th of August. So wouldn't that put breeding of the doe's 6 months prior approxmently. I would say breeding to be in December or around it anyway. I'm not a biologist so that's my uneducated guess. Also Sunday seen a group of 5 doe's just walking a nibbling plants. Watched them with binoculars for an hour. Never the first buck to pester them.