By the HermitageAnd where is your house?
Ok thanks any chance could be 3nd rut?By the Hermitage
How would anybody know when to say ruts on? is it when the first doe comes in heat or 30% or what? I'm no scientist but common sense sez when the first 1 is bred it's on and when the last 1 is bred it's done, all this talk of 1 2 3 is just a guess imo. ymmv a buck will keep looking for doe in heat and he plays a part in the rut also?
How would anybody know when to say ruts on? is it when the first doe comes in heat or 30% or what? I'm no scientist but common sense sez when the first 1 is bred it's on and when the last 1 is bred it's done, all this talk of 1 2 3 is just a guess imo. ymmv a buck will keep looking for doe in heat and he plays a part in the rut also?
When you look at new fawns well into July you know the rut goes for months. These two buck were active before a storm. The 6 point didn't slow down with lightning going off not far. The 8 was a day before the big front that just went through. No movement today. The bucks have been beamed back up.That would put rut from October to March! I've always defined rut as when the bucks are all running around crazy in daylight chasing does, making scrapes, rubs, etc. Although that stuff can happen anytime bucks are hard horned, there's a few week span of time where it's greatly amplified. That's how I've always seen it at least.