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Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« on: October 24, 2012, 12:43:16 PM »
Hey Guys,

I've got next to no experience hunting Blacktails but a ton hunting Whitetails so please forgive the noobie question...  What time of year do they generally rut around here and is it usually about 2 weeks long?

And... do the bucks leave sign similar to Whitetails, e.g. using scrapes etc.

Thanks for any insight!

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2012, 12:50:04 PM »
Blacktails don't make "scrapes" on the ground like whitetails, but they do make "rubs" on trees. The rut is generally about the first two weeks of November.

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2012, 01:09:04 PM »
Saw a buck glued to a doe this morning.

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2012, 01:10:17 PM »
Pre-rut is starting now and is what a lot of people refer to as the rut.  Bucks are starting to move around now. 

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2012, 01:34:15 PM »
They'll start pre rut activity roughly the last week of October. By the last few days of the month there should be a lot of roaming and tree rubbing.

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2012, 01:35:36 PM »
Pre-rut is starting now and is what a lot of people refer to as the rut.  Bucks are starting to move around now.

Pre-rut is better anyways since they are mostly not glued to a doe's butt, but are out cruising.

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2012, 01:38:25 PM »
It will all start November 1st.

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2012, 01:42:21 PM »
I find that it is heavily related to the weather, last year it started a full week and a half earlier here than the previous year. They are starting now, on Whidbey Island to follow the does. It seems to that the bigger bucks start first?
I am not an avid blacktail hunter per say, but I have never pulled a tag and not filled it.

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2012, 01:46:14 PM »
I agree, I think last year was a bit earlier as my buck was a bit "rutty" tasting taken early in the second week.

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2012, 01:49:50 PM »
Lokidog- one of these days we will have to get coffee or something.

Back on topic

It seems to me that when it starts getting cold they start?

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2012, 01:50:40 PM »
It will all start November 1st.
:(  The daylight rut!  Anything before that begins half hour after sunset and runs until a half hour before sunrise.  :chuckle:

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2012, 01:51:31 PM »
Lokidog- one of these days we will have to get coffee or something.


 :yeah:  Just stop by.....   :chuckle:

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2012, 01:56:59 PM »
It will all start November 1st.

Hmm, so once again someone leaked the reg's to them huh?  I've thought about altering a few copys and accidentally "dropping" them in the areas I hunt to throw them off.

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2012, 01:59:33 PM »
It will all start November 1st.

Hmm, so once again someone leaked the reg's to them huh?  I've thought about altering a few copys and accidentally "dropping" them in the areas I hunt to throw them off.

 :chuckle:  :chuckle:

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Re: Blacktail rut, when and how long?
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2012, 02:02:31 PM »
The rut is the same time every year, it doesn't change dates based on the weather. Although the weather may affect how much rutting activity we witness during the daylight hours.

 


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