Primary Rut dates?

[landman]

In the recent Hot Topic on here the rut dates are popping up.

In Montgomery and Stewart County's and Western KY that I hunt you usually
see the 2nd week on November starting prime time

I know further south you go it actually drops into December, I've never hunted
on the TN line counties except Fayettee and it wasn't any of those times
BSK had once stated you see it later the further South you go

So for your Counties you hunt what do you see?

 

[Grnwing]

In Fayette, I usually see good activity during the first week of November, but have seen bucks chasing into late December. In Arkansas(Woodruff County) second week seems like clock work, very consistent activity year over year. In South Florida, July/August and February/March.

 

[FARMTOFIELD]

In extreme southern Lawrence I see rut activity from opening weekend of ML until the last say of season and even after season but the Hot time is around the Last week of November and the first 2 weeks of December.

45 min. North it's hot around Thanksgiving.

I think my area is blessed the way it falls we see estrous cycles fron 2 different genetics I guess you could say?

 

[8 POINTS OR BETTER]

NE Hardin peak of rut around Nov. 23 to 26.

 

[TDW05]

Last year for me in grundy it was last week of bow and first week of muzzy season. Killed 2 personal best a week apart from each other. :super:

 

[AT Hiker]

NW Dickson Co usually seems to be good around Nov5-10, depending when mzl opens the action drops off drastically.




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[Vermin93]

Last year for me in grundy it was last week of bow and first week of muzzy season.

Agreed. First week of muzzleloader was awesome. :tu:

 

[Jmed]

The two weeks of MZL rock in western Putnam co. First and second week of gun in Hamilton

 

[ZachMarkus]

First two weeks of December are prime on my farm in southern Lawrence county but we see rutting activity from opening day of muzzleloader to the end of season.


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[bandit3]

Second week of November in Grundy & Marion on the plateau.

 

[Huntseverything22]

Saw a lot of rutting activity from November 8th through the 20th in northern middle TN. They were rutting hard at LBL during the the 14th thought the 16th.

 

[AlabamaSwamper]

I'm only a few miles from the state line in Wayne Co. Chasing starts end of November and is over by December 10, usually sooner. For dates, I'd say November 25-December 10.

By December 15, bucks are in feed patterns again.

 

[Boll Weevil]

Where I hunt in Hardeman, if I only had one week to hunt it'd be the first 7 days of December.

 

[muddyboots]

NE Hardin peak of rut around Nov. 23 to 26.

What makes this weird is I hunt this area 8's is talking about and a lease in southeast Hardin County. The rut there is right around Christmas. Probably 25 miles further south.

 

[teryx800]

In southern Franklin County on the Cumberland plateau it runs about 4 days before Christmas through the end of season. I have seen a few deer chase through February.

 

[Hunter 257W]

Middle Franklin county I've seen bucks chasing does hard from opening day of ML to late December. There seems to be an increase in the intensity around mid December until the end of the month.

 

[landman]

We still see that late activity in Dec and Jan.
many times it's early born fawns

 

[hitek7]

If I had to pick a 7 day period for our place in Marshall county I would say November 18-25. We used to hunt in Lincoln county about 30 miles southeast and it was the first week of December.

 

[Bone Collector]

At my brothers place in Wilson, it is around the second week of Nov.

At my place in Rutherford, it is around the 3rd week in Nov.

 

[tn droptine]

Most activity we see in southern Chester Co is usually the last week of Nov/first week of Dec

 

[smalljawbasser]

"Rut" means different things to different people. I like field and streams rut reporter because it defines observed activity by different rut behaviors. You can get the free app, and look at past years to see the observed activity, and it was an eye-opener for me as to how the observed activity levels and rut stages ebb and flow.

 

[catman529]

Second week in November is usually hot around Williamson. About the same or a week later in Maury.


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[gator-n-buck]

East TN, I normally see it from the 3rd week in Nov. Through the first week of Dec. Normally catch the cruising in early Nov. and that's my favorite time to hunt the mountains.

 

[Mike Belt]

I have become a believer in that there's a difference in "observed" beginning of the rut and the actual rut. In part, that's because in some years the day time temperatures are warm and most movement is reserved for night time. Other than that, I think the rut begins sooner than most believe it does and we start seeing signs of it later.

 

[bucksnort68]

In southern Franklin County on the Cumberland plateau it runs about 4 days before Christmas through the end of season. I have seen a few deer chase through February.

That is true week of Christmas thru February nothing sooner that's why I take my vacation the last week of season. Wished they would run season dates same as Alabama

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

Humphreys County second week of muzzle loader to first week of rifle. If I had to pick one day November 20th.

 

[KP Outdoors]

Loudon County, rut really starts up Thanksgiving timeframe and goes into the first week or 2 of December.

 

[MUP]

Man, this is an old thread, with a couple of well respected members that have passed on in recent years.