2015 Deer season - Rut reports

[C5]

congrats to Birdie, Smitty nice write-up on the rut... cool to see an extensive review of the literature... thanks!

Ron

[banjo]

Didn't see any rut signs until Nov 9. Saw only does while hunting, and trail cams showed bucks going to my spots between 8 and 1130 at night. Hopefully one will trip up and pay a visit during the day.

[bradford2]

Been slow slow slow. Looking forward to some cold weather and some snow. If it ever gets here haha.

[Out4trout]

Two deer hanging after 3 days hunting in our group last week. Good start but slowed as the week progressed.
I had 3 deer within 60 yards solo hunting one afternoon this week, but no headgear on them so safety stayed on.

[MLR]

14 men and 1 13 year old apprentice through the camp over the two week rifle hunt
6 bucks and 2 does on the meat pole
Smallest buck a 3 pointer and the largest being a thick 12 pointer.
Highlight of the hunt was teaching / observing / coaching the apprentice to field dress a deer. He made the usuall begingers slip and cut the stomache, after puking up his breakfast, he soldiered on and completed the job. The rest of the week, he was disappointed if he didn't get in on field dressing a fresh kill.

While everyone was no successful in the group, a couple didn't see any deer and one lad shot the only deer he seen on the last Saturday of the hunt. Myself I seen over 30 deer and hammered an 8 pointer at 20 yard with the dogs catching up about 30 seconds later.

Already looking forward to our mid December bow hunt to see if we can get a migration monster.

Not a lot of scrapes or rubs seen, terrible year for oak nuts for us as well

[cgates]

No doe tags = no deer we seen 8 doe's for our group of 3. Not one buck on the trail cam, did have a big black bear and would love to get him biggest one I've seen on can going buy his back and tree next to him he's about 4 feet to the top of his back

[flewdoggII]

My group of four got skunked out near Toledo. Deer were feeding at night and the warm weather and rain didn't help. They were bedded down and couldn't get them to move even with the dogs. Going to have to hope for more luck with the black powder.

[CCLad]

Sorry for the delay in writing back, no access while I was hunting - Plus a few days to settle back into reality Smitty, great write up on the Rut. Thanks for taking the time to post the info. Thanks to all who took the time to post reports of what they were observing. The rut really turned on towards the end of the 2nd week in our area, pretty much within a day or two of what Smitty posted - Nice call lad - Sorry I forgot the name of the poster who asked where we were in 64A - South of Ashton, west side of Ashton station road. Not to far from where from where you were hunting.

I was luckey enough to take this buck opening morning, 15 minutes into the season!!! I had a pretty small window to squeeze the shot through, but it hit home!


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That was the only deer I saw this season. My two partners saw lots of does but no tags.... On Fri I check a trail cam and we see this:

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Needless to say we spent every minute we could in our stands. One of the lads bumped him on the way into his stand (5 min before legal) Nice buck!!! Im tagged out but my buddy is going to further pursue him with a bow. - No doubt!!!

[smitty55]

Way to go Tim. Nothing like the satisfaction of filling your tag opening day. That's a nice fork horn there.
That looks like a dandy ten you guys have hanging around. Not sure if you bow hunt but you could still party hunt for it with your bud. Good luck

Cheers

[Markus]

Good hunting folks. Always enjoy reading about the adventures in the bush! Congrats to those that have punched a tag.

[kingb_44]

RJ Congrats to Birdie. Is fresh deer bologna in the future?

[RJ]

RJ Congrats to Birdie. Is fresh deer bologna in the future?

Some Pepperoni for sure, likely some of that bologna too!

RJ