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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5760234" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Lockdown is the peak of the bell shaped curve distribution of when does come into estrous. Nov 20 thru 24 there are so many does in heat, the mature bucks don't have to look long and hard to find the next receptive doe, so they just lockdown with does in thickets and don't travel. Terrible hunting for mature bucks.</p><p></p><p>Nov 10th is the very first start of the bell shaped curve of the entire rut cycle. The very first doe comes into heat, which subsequently flips the switch for mature bucks to actively and desperately try to find the next one. If you get lucky and find that first doe in heat, she usually will have 4 to 8 bucks following her.</p><p></p><p>Now after the peak breeding (Nov 20 thru 24 on my places), the few mature bucks that didn't get shot already are back to desperately searching for the last few does to come into heat. Hunting for the leftovers is good Nov 25 thru 28th.</p><p></p><p>By Dec 1, hunting is the worst it will be the entire season. Deer have been pressured hard for 2.5 weeks, and virtually no does in estrous, so daytime sightings of mature bucks falls through the floor.</p><p></p><p>But the cycle repeats itself Dec 14th or so, and hunting is good again Dec 18 thru 23rd for 2nd rut. Since there are many fewer does coming onto estrous for 2nd rut, the actual peak breeding is the best hunting because there isn't a 'lockdown' phase with over a dozen does in heat at the same time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5760234, member: 2805"] Lockdown is the peak of the bell shaped curve distribution of when does come into estrous. Nov 20 thru 24 there are so many does in heat, the mature bucks don't have to look long and hard to find the next receptive doe, so they just lockdown with does in thickets and don't travel. Terrible hunting for mature bucks. Nov 10th is the very first start of the bell shaped curve of the entire rut cycle. The very first doe comes into heat, which subsequently flips the switch for mature bucks to actively and desperately try to find the next one. If you get lucky and find that first doe in heat, she usually will have 4 to 8 bucks following her. Now after the peak breeding (Nov 20 thru 24 on my places), the few mature bucks that didn't get shot already are back to desperately searching for the last few does to come into heat. Hunting for the leftovers is good Nov 25 thru 28th. By Dec 1, hunting is the worst it will be the entire season. Deer have been pressured hard for 2.5 weeks, and virtually no does in estrous, so daytime sightings of mature bucks falls through the floor. But the cycle repeats itself Dec 14th or so, and hunting is good again Dec 18 thru 23rd for 2nd rut. Since there are many fewer does coming onto estrous for 2nd rut, the actual peak breeding is the best hunting because there isn't a 'lockdown' phase with over a dozen does in heat at the same time. [/QUOTE]
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