Rut Activity?

[peterson99]

Rest of the video? The video is on the right hand side of the screen.

[Farley]

Made a mock scrape and the next day there was a nice scrape and a rub on a tree that was about 6 inches in diameter about 50 feet away from my mock scrape. Saw one buck come in after some does but he was small. Didnt see any does getting chased, saw a couple nicer bucks with single does but I'm guessing theyre just waiting for their favorite doe to come into heat. I think there is another week yet before full on chasing. Had a 7 come in last night and looked like he was heading right for the mock scrape, I dont know if he was going to check it or not, I didnt let him make it that far.

[Gordie]

all the bucks that I have seen in the last three days were chasing does and the woods where I hunt atre full and I mean full of scrapes and rubs since yesturday I have counted 6 new rubs alone and 4 new scrapes and its all on puplic land

[cupper]

I logged about 36 hours on stand from Friday through Sunday between bow and gun hunting. I did not see one doe being chased. The bucks I saw were checking trails, but they weren't overly active IMO. I only saw one deer between Sat. and Sun. It was VERY slow for our group and I cannot figure out why. I hunt in Houston County.

[Lipriper84]

Seen a Big Buck chasing 2 does on Saturday morning while I was walking around. Couldn't get a shot off. This was about 20 miles north of Hincley.

[harvey lee]

The rut must be a Minnesota thing so far as there are no bucks running from what we have noticed yet.

[james_walleye]

I did not gun hunt this weekend as i shot a buck with the bow Halloween weekend. I did however drive around both mornings this weekend just to see what was around. I saw 14 bucks between 2 mornings. All were tending does. I saw bucks laying in farmers yards with does. I watched a 140" 10 pointer warding off younger bucks because he had a doe in a thicket. Bucks laying on fencelines with does. Bucks birddogging does. This goes right along with alot of poor reports i've heard from opening weekend reguarding rut activity. Alot of people arent going to see many bucks cruising when they are all pinned down with does already.

[hunter322]

THE RUT IS ON!!!! I have never seen anything like i had this morning except on movies or tv! i get shaky thinkin about it. i was sittin in stand and about 5 minutes to 8 i herd a branch break. and im like oh yeah here we go. i see a doe come toward me so im thinkin sweet ill take her then i see a lil fork horn chasin her and im think what the heck ill take him too. then i hear, grrr grrr grrr, and i see horns comein through the trees and i just start shakin and hyperventalating. the big guy chases the little one away from the doe and stands between em. i take a shot at the big guy he runs and i shoot again and he goes down so swing over to the doe and shoot and drop her and the buck gets back up and walks off. my hear sank!!! then i see a big red spot on his side and im like "thank you lord!" my dad comes over and we follow a not so good blood trail. little spots and drops here and there, we both thought we were in for one heck of an afternoon. then we find him 75 yards from where he first fell. its my biggest buck to date and im on cloud nine right now.

[Meat-Run]

hunter322,

congrats sounds like one interesting morning........PICTURES PLEASE!!!

[MUSKY18]

Our group had one of the worst years in a long time this past weekend. Went 1 for 12. In all the woods we covered, we didn't see once scrape or rub. Saw some does, but they were still with fawns. First time in 5 years I have failed to even see a deer from my stand. We have taken 7 deer off that stand in the last two years, so I know I am in a good spot. Another guy in our party shoots a nice buck every year and this year only saw two doe fawns. Believe the weather had a part in it, but didn't seem like the rut activity was on up by Hackensack, or at least in our area.

[NEUT6899]

Musky18,

We hunt not to far you and had the same luck... Very quiet in the woods this weekend. I didnt see a single deer the whole weekend and my hunting partner at least was able to watch a doe on Sat afternoon but no doe permits so all he could do is watch and wish...Going to give it a try again this weekend. Hopefully the deer will be moving...

[SETDAHOOK]

I think it varies from area to area in the state. This time last week in the Willmar area, on my way to work I witnessed two different bucks dogging does. It was to the point where the bucks had there tongues hanging out the side of their mouth, and you could see the steam coming from their mouth. In my opinion, the rut was in full force.

However, over the weekend, near Crookston, I witnessed 3 bucks together at one time and multiple does and fawns together. Usually the does will kick the fawns aside. Also, bucks and does were feeding together in our food plot. This does not happen when the rut is on. Also, the tarsal glands on the 3 young bucks where as white as snow. They normally turn black when the rut is on.

[HunterLee]

The rut here has been pretty good starting last weds. Bucks were cruising most of the day. Today the bucks are all locked up with does out in the middle of farm fields.

[Sutty]

I saw a lot of does with fawns this weekend out west. Some in small groups with immature bucks.

[harvey lee]

In North Dakota, I have noticed a huge increase in scrapes and rubs. The 2 bucks we got last weekend were nowhere close to rut. I am leavibng tomorrow am for 5 days and I do believe this trip it will be game time.

[hunter322]

if they are not rutting now i dont have a clue as to when they will! my dad is hunting over a picked corn field and he has 3 decoys up, once the sun came up he turned around and was like "where the hell are my decoys?" then he looks one is at a 45 degree angle and the other the body was lifted off the feet and layin on the ground with the feet stick still in the ground.

[Pinusbanksiana]

Here is what I have seen so far this year. The area I am hunting is north of deer river. I have never seen so many scrapes. Everywhere you go there are scrapes. But as soon as deer season opened, no bucks. Actually, no deer either. Not sure where they all went, no one is shooting, but the woods are tore up with scrapes. There was a virtual army of orange out there, on or two shots and I saw no dead deer at all come out.

[gatorslayer]

[gatorslayer]

oops

[gatorslayer]

I'd say he's in rut

[fr0sty]

Still seeing scrapes in ottertail county. The does I saw this week were not being followed by bucks and were still had their fawns with.

I saw one yearling buck slowly following a fawn on Thursday night.

[matchset]

GATORSLAYER! is that a college campus??? cuz i think i might have played on that course!

[koonie]

I saw a nice 8 pointer chasing a doe Friday afternoon at 2:30. He's hanging in the garage now.

[gatorslayer]

UMD, matchset