Anyone have a handle on the rut in upstate?
BT
Anyone have a handle on the rut in upstate?
BT
Bluetick
Not a handle, but what i have experienced so far. Have killed two bucks that were rank with dark tarsal glands in Lancaster County. Both came to does and the first, 10/28, was in full sneak and grunting. Watched a 2.5 yr old 4 pt chase does around a plot grunting and sniffing them for 20 minutes before the second one, 11/10, I killed came running into the plot. Have not seen a receptive doe, but I did not give the second one a chance to find one. Good luck.
Shot a buck before I killed the second two, 10/27, but never found him, must have pulled the shot. He was keeping tabs with a doe, but not chasing her.
Last edited by davisd9; 11-16-2017 at 03:18 PM.
Psalm 42:1 "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God."
hell no
Yes. Does will be bred from September to March. Good luck.
Carolina Counsel
passed up a 6 point running a doe 2 days ago outside Charleston
Peak buck activity was 3rd week of October.
Yep. I actually saw more big ones in person and on camera in daylight the first week of October, but the second and third week were solid too. The big ones I haven’t killed have disappeared from my cameras the past two weeks. I believe they may be locked down with does right now but they should loosen up a little over the next few days if they follow the same script from years past. Going to pull about 8 cameras in the morning and find out.
Last edited by SCSwitchback; 11-16-2017 at 10:02 PM.
Just got rolling down here about 10 days ago....
\"I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A small bird will drop dead frozen from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.\" <br />D.H. LAWRENCE
I wasnt being completely serious. Carolina counsel is pretty spot on. I killed a 9pt chasing a doe on Oct. 11th last year and then an 8 on Nov. 4th. In Anderson Co. I see most of my chasing the last week of Oct. into the first couple days in Nov. The Property in Mccormick I hunt I see most my chasing the first week and a half, two weeks in November.
Last edited by SCswampCAT; 11-17-2017 at 07:32 AM.
Carolina Counsel
All this being said, I have seen them flowing does in late February
"They are who we thought they were"
You can dress a fat chick up, but you cant fix stupid
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