Washington Whitetail Rut Report 2013

[washingtonmuley]

A little snow today and temps are a little colder so hopefully this will help kick things into gear.

[SuperMag]

I checked some of my cams yesterday. found a couple fresh rubs and one scrape just starting. All of my mature deer are still in their nighttime patterns but hopefully that will change soon. I also hunt in Michigan and my dad had bucks bumping does and grunting, he said its just starting out there but no full blown chasing yet. I am going back to michigan this week and will be hunting for 12 days so i hope it turns on out there and waits for me to get back here for late archery.

[TommyH]

lots and lots of scrapes and rubs all over!

Neck is a bit swollen it looks like,

[Mr Mykiss]

Oh yeah!!

[jackelope]

That buck is a horse.

[Birdguy]

This is going to be an awesome thread! Bring on the reports and pictures  . I wish I was headed over this weekend just to watch the deer. Good luck to all with tags for the late season  .

[gonehuntin68]

My Dad and Grandpa are heading to unit 175 on Friday, hope there in the rut.

[curlewkiller]

No kidding, I bet that rack, that looks average, would score pretty well due to the fact that it is dwarfed by the moosetail.

That buck is a horse.

[hambone]

Well now I am wishing I didn't shoot my buck on opening day I drew the late Palouse tag it snowed in Spokane today I hunt around valleyford the whitetails are starting to go crazy haven't had snow for late buck down there for a lot of years the last time I hunted the late tag it was almost to warm the weather the last week of late buck was in the 50s still got a nice buck but there is nothing like hunting whitetails in the snow good luck to you guys with the late tags.

[actionshooter]

I'm getting kinda excited, headed to the panhandle next week.

[Seabass]

Tommy H,

              I have a picture from last year that looks a lot like your buck. I don't think they are the same but dang close. I suppose he could have declined form last year....?

[mdbuck5x5]

Tommy H,

              I have a picture from last year that looks a lot like your buck. I don't think they are the same but dang close. I suppose he could have declined form last year....?

Damn good looking buck there!

[TommyH]

PM me where that was at and I will let you know, I was wondering if he was older and regressing? His body is a lot bigger than another 4 point--- /5 point/10 point 

[boneaddict]

THey really started rubbing yesterday.  They are tearing up the woods.  Still almost 100% nocturnal. Probably start seeing them in about a week.

[TommyH]

I had 96 daylight photos over 4 days, about the same for the nighttime photos.