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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 19:56:26 GMT -5
Here's a short (poor quality video I shot last Saturday mid day. Can't see the 130" 8 point in the corn stubble laying up with a doe, but you can see the 140" buck dogging a doe in the cut bean field. This was shot at 1 pm. This kind of chasing is routine where we hunt, in spite of what other say about Illinois not hunting the rut.  |
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Post by 3ptbuck on Nov 27, 2009 4:16:52 GMT -5
I was amazed at the rutting activity over there last weekend. Saw more chasing over there in 2 days than I had seen here in the last month.
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Post by racktracker on Nov 27, 2009 21:15:52 GMT -5
Looks like it is still going strong. This is what part of Illinois?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2009 8:31:26 GMT -5
On the Wabash R. near Saint Francisville
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Post by swilk on Nov 28, 2009 8:39:36 GMT -5
I have seen bucks chasing in mid October .... all the way to late December. So technically most every season in the midwest is during the rut.
Peak of the rut is a different story.
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Post by varmint101 on Nov 28, 2009 11:52:31 GMT -5
swilk, that's exactly what I was going to say.
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Post by racktracker on Nov 28, 2009 12:57:36 GMT -5
swilk, that's exactly what I was going to say. All one needs is one hot doe in their area and it will mimic "the peak of the rut". |
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Post by swilk on Nov 28, 2009 13:38:17 GMT -5
swilk, that's exactly what I was going to say. All one needs is one hot doe in their area and it will mimic "the peak of the rut". Might even say that a single hot doe is better ..... yesterday 2 different guys shot 2 different bucks running the same doe. There were 4 bucks total after her. First guy shot the biggest buck ..... the remaining 3 bucks and the doe went to the next cornfield and resumed the "chase". Second guy sneaks across the field and kills the second biggest buck in the group. |
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Post by ridgerunner on Nov 28, 2009 15:46:36 GMT -5
Been hunting in Illinois since Oct 1st..deer have been rutting for a good two weeks...things are winding down, but I did see a 6pt. trailing doe this weekend grunting all the way...Some of those late doe are coming in heat..If you ask me I agrre with swilk..the whole month of November is good hunting, deer pretty much rutting all month at one stage or the other..all it takes is one doe to come in estrus on your property and it's on, bucks everywhere...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2009 19:21:36 GMT -5
There are always two peaks of the rut, the first one is a bit better than the second except that a lot of the times the bigger bucks are spending more time in the daylight later in the year so the second one can be good too.
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Post by freedomhunter on Nov 28, 2009 21:23:24 GMT -5
There are always two peaks of the rut, the first one is a bit better than the second except that a lot of the times the bigger bucks are spending more time in the daylight later in the year so the second one can be good too. Can't be said enough, may not happen for you every year. But, the big boys come out to play later in the season quite a bit. I've seen it as late as late archery, but first week of ml is usually a good time. |
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Post by swilk on Nov 29, 2009 8:04:02 GMT -5
I would term it differently ....
there is the "primary" and "secondary" rut ..... and each will have its peak of activity.
When I use the words "peak of the rut" I am definitely talking about the peak of ALL rut activity ... which occurs sometime during the primary rut.
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Post by swilk on Nov 29, 2009 8:06:25 GMT -5
There are always two peaks of the rut, the first one is a bit better than the second except that a lot of the times the bigger bucks are spending more time in the daylight later in the year so the second one can be good too. I have not noticed the bigger bucks spending more time in the daylight hours ..... usually I notice the exact opposite. Older, mature bucks are usually nocturnal post-rut. You must hunt a very large and unpressured area. |
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Post by freedomhunter on Nov 29, 2009 8:25:07 GMT -5
The older bucks that have been bumped, shot at, and generally harassed go nocturnal, so yes, probably see it more in bigger, lower pressure areas.
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Post by steiny on Nov 29, 2009 10:21:36 GMT -5
I think the "second rut" is very over talked about and over rated.
You see a little of this activity occassionally, but it is nothing you can depend on like the Nov 5 - 20 time period. Visible rutting activity after late November is pretty rare in my neck of the woods.
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Post by mullis56 on Nov 29, 2009 12:20:45 GMT -5
2 years in a row at our SW Indiana farm we have (dad and I) seen some major rutting activity in Dec ML season. 3 bucks chasing 1 doe and mature bucks for 2 days last season and 4 bucks chasing a doe decent 1.5 and 2.5 year olds for 1 day 2 seasons ago. Our farm would fit into the category of low pressure area. This happened on the opening weekend of the ML season last 2 years. This past weekend my dad was hunting at our farm and had 2 1.5 years chasing a doe from 8:30am to 11am on Friday!
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