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Odd rut timing western Middle TN?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lost Lake" data-source="post: 5508850" data-attributes="member: 12599"><p>Thanks for posting great info!</p><p></p><p>Our farm is right across the river in eastern Henry county. The drought really hammered the area, even more so than where I live in Middle.</p><p></p><p>I fully well expected limited sightings, delayed rut, and basically what most were seeing in western Middle. It turned out to be one of the best and short/intense ruts that I've hunted in years, with everything centering right around Thanksgiving weekend. Early harassing by young bucks, and scraping was right on time, but like you noticed, rubs are almost non existent. The lack of rubs is not unusual on our place since 2015 though.</p><p></p><p>We saw decent mature bucks this year, and buck and doe body weights appear normal.</p><p></p><p>But, our farm was heavily timbered/almost clearcut back in 2015, and it provides tons of cover and browse for deer. Surprisingly, what big mature oaks that are left around the pasture edges produced a decent acorn crop, and we jumped deer under them regularly. </p><p></p><p>Our pattern since 2015 has been very limited sightings and action in October, and my guess is that the row crop ground within a mile or so all around us holds the deer until November, then it's game on at our place.</p><p></p><p>I guess we were lucky, but I do wonder what'll happen in the next few years in Middle Tennessee on a few WMA's that I occasionally frequent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lost Lake, post: 5508850, member: 12599"] Thanks for posting great info! Our farm is right across the river in eastern Henry county. The drought really hammered the area, even more so than where I live in Middle. I fully well expected limited sightings, delayed rut, and basically what most were seeing in western Middle. It turned out to be one of the best and short/intense ruts that I’ve hunted in years, with everything centering right around Thanksgiving weekend. Early harassing by young bucks, and scraping was right on time, but like you noticed, rubs are almost non existent. The lack of rubs is not unusual on our place since 2015 though. We saw decent mature bucks this year, and buck and doe body weights appear normal. But, our farm was heavily timbered/almost clearcut back in 2015, and it provides tons of cover and browse for deer. Surprisingly, what big mature oaks that are left around the pasture edges produced a decent acorn crop, and we jumped deer under them regularly. Our pattern since 2015 has been very limited sightings and action in October, and my guess is that the row crop ground within a mile or so all around us holds the deer until November, then it’s game on at our place. I guess we were lucky, but I do wonder what’ll happen in the next few years in Middle Tennessee on a few WMA’s that I occasionally frequent. [/QUOTE]
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