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Something to talk about. Do we over think the rut.
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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5763851" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>BSK has posted charts of rut timing that show a bell curve peaking mid November but lasting all season into spring. So yes rut is given maybe too much credit, but it does deserve a lot. Look no further than almost every thread on the front page plus the mill thread to see all the great bucks being harvested in the span of just a few days. That is why rut is given so much credit. </p><p></p><p>That said, we hunters do tend to think too much in absolutes when we should be thinking more in tendencies. Yes bucks tend to be more visible and less cautious in rut but they still have to eat 365 days per year. I kill about a third of my bucks outside rut, sometimes tagging out before November even rolls around. </p><p></p><p>I like stacking odds. Every little nugget of absolution or high tendency that repeats can be assembled to see a pattern. No one thing guarantees a kill but an assemblage of things sure increases my odds. And that's really all any of us can do. It's impossible to peg the mind of a wild animal. But being perceptive of their habits and tendencies is as close as we can get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5763851, member: 20583"] BSK has posted charts of rut timing that show a bell curve peaking mid November but lasting all season into spring. So yes rut is given maybe too much credit, but it does deserve a lot. Look no further than almost every thread on the front page plus the mill thread to see all the great bucks being harvested in the span of just a few days. That is why rut is given so much credit. That said, we hunters do tend to think too much in absolutes when we should be thinking more in tendencies. Yes bucks tend to be more visible and less cautious in rut but they still have to eat 365 days per year. I kill about a third of my bucks outside rut, sometimes tagging out before November even rolls around. I like stacking odds. Every little nugget of absolution or high tendency that repeats can be assembled to see a pattern. No one thing guarantees a kill but an assemblage of things sure increases my odds. And that's really all any of us can do. It's impossible to peg the mind of a wild animal. But being perceptive of their habits and tendencies is as close as we can get. [/QUOTE]
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