Anyone Seen any Rut activity?

[dndaughtery]

I know its a little early but just want to see whats going on

 

[tree_ghost]

The doe I killed Friday morning sure had some active tarsal glands. They were ripe! Closest thing to rut activity I've seen


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[Mission08]

My buddy had a young buck chasing a doe yesterday morning and I didn't think much of it, but he had a mature buck pushing does around yesterday afternoon.

 

[PillsburyDoughboy]

Seen a couple of scrapes forming and one 2.5 year old by himself cruising .


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[Luckybuck16]

Had smaller bucks running does all morning around me then I killed a decent 8 pt at 10 o'clock he was rubbing trees making scrapes sparring and pushing does hard for over an hr.. the cold weather had them ready lol

 

[catman529]

Scrapes everywhere, seen a bunch of fresh rubs too


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[Mike Belt]

I seldom find many rubs at Ames which is surprising under our buck management program. I do find scrapes and have started finding a few already. Rutting activity is staggered across the state but some bucks will start pestering does a month in advance. In SW Tn we won't see any potentially serious rutting action any earlier than the 3rd week of November. There are exceptions to the rule. I don't know how to describe the scrapes I find this early. They aren't breeding scrapes at least yet. They're more like a hormonal surge action by bucks wandering through their areas particularly from feeding to bedding areas. They may even serve as introductory sites for bucks that have already shifted into these areas from their summer ranges. Anyway, fun to find.

 

[Stykbow]

Had a 4 point trail some does thru this morning. He was grunting his head off.


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[Planking]

Saw a doe come up to a young buck yesterday afternoon and he just went back to acorns.

 

[TNhunter]

Found lots of fresh scrapes yesterday.

 

[Bone Collector]

The doe I killed Friday morning sure had some active tarsal glands. They were ripe! Closest thing to rut activity I've seen


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The one I killed this morning was ripe too.

Also noticed some of the mama does on my land are showing up on trail cam pics without their little ones, so it is probably getting ready to get ready to start.

 

[mattmillard510]

Had a young buck pushing two doe out in my plot on Saturday evening. Does still grouped up though. The last 7-10 days before the front had been really slow


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[KBotta]

Had 2 bucks sparing and chasing a few does Saturday. Figure one of them was going to go in early estrus (24 does)- maybe 28 days from now will be just right!
Giles county...Doe I killed tARSALs were yellow in color...

 

[Urban_Hunter]

Saw 10 does and buddy saw 3, not a single buck. They were stinking though

 

[ZachMarkus]

Still in bachelor groups where I am.

 

[MR Yote]

Seen a bunch of scrapes in a new area. I'd say probably around 15-20 in a 200 yds circle

 

[TnBullet]

Watched a small 8 hook some limbs and make a scrape Saturday evening. Nature is awesome......