Late rut activity

[woodyard]

Some rut activity still going on around here. Saw two bucks from our house late yesterday afternoon keeping close tabs on a couple of does. Riding around the farm this morning saw some saplings that had been trashed that were not the day before. Thought I had been seeing some new rubs scattered around over the farm the last couple of weeks. Last year saw some late activity but I believe this time is a couple of weeks later.

 

[TNTreeman]

I found a rub on a decent size tree a week or so ago that is new. I go by that tree several times a week and it wasn't there.

 

[BSK]

Riding around the farm this morning saw some saplings that had been trashed that were not the day before. Thought I had been seeing some new rubs scattered around over the farm the last couple of weeks.

I found a rub on a decent size tree a week or so ago that is new. I go by that tree several times a week and it wasn't there.

And this is why I would wait on conducting my annual rub density study each year until late February - to catch these later surges in rubbing.

 

[Ski]

Pretty normal in my experience. Lots of hunters don't see it because they're no longer in the woods after season closes. But just because season closes doesn't mean they quit being deer. In my experience they intermittently make rubs, scrapes, and chase does all the way into spring.

 

[jmoreland]

I saw some intense rut action when I was in the woods February 2. It was awesome.

 

[tellico4x4]

One of our guys got pic of buck breeding doe on 2/23