Washington Whitetail Rut Report 2013

[Wapiti6-6]

I've been watching this post as a newbie hoping for some good news.
Now I am officially very excited to be heading to north Idaho for the next week or so.
Very cool forum!
Spirit of the Wild!

[Ibcnurun]

what area in 101 were u

West of Sherman Pass.

[boneaddict]

I saw one with a huge neck trailing.  He was full bore rut.  Nice 5x5, didn't wait for a pic.  Two small ones not even interested and a nice one that was with a doe but not rutting her.  Its on the brink.

[coop2424]

Here is a north idaho buck from this week..  He came in right after a doe.  Have not seen any actual chasing but have new deer cruising through the area.  Sorry for the crappy pic but he has a little bit of a neck going on.  I know the thread is wa but this buck is about 4 miles from the state line so it counts..

[PolarBear]

Talked to my buddy in Republic today.  He said that the rut is on like donkey schlong over there.

[PA BEN]

It's on big time. This storm did trick

[washingtonmuley]

It's on big time. This storm did trick

Are you getting snow?

[KFhunter]

Rut is on like donkey kong - snowing pretty hard over 4k and dropping down lower.
bucks are following does as of this morning, things shaping up nice out there.


get off the roads and away from all the road hunters and rattle - give it a good 20 minutes of solid rattling 

[actionshooter]

Just got home from Northern Idaho and it was dead. Lots of does and  no bucks trailing ( whiteys). I'm sure the storm coming will liven things up a bit. I heard 8" of white stuff in the lowlands.....wished I could have stayed.
 On the other hand the mulies were still ruttin like crazy.

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Kind of weird, just got home this evening, from SE WA.

I jumped 7 does last night without a buck near them. My brother shot a buck last night that was trying to round up a doe. Brothers buddy shot a buck last night that was on a does tail...
This morning i shot a buck that was chasing 2 does. But we saw a ton of does with no bucks in sight. I was jumping does on ridge tops that had no bucks in sight. But i would jump a buck at the bottom of the draws in the huckleberry brush all alone.

I don't really know whitetails but what i saw was early rut activity. They are still not rutting hard.

[bowhunterforever]

It's cranking pretty good in Lincoln county

[PA BEN]

It's on big time. This storm did trick

Are you getting snow?

The snow line is about 2k to 3k this morning. Nothing in the valley.

[daradke]

Checked trail cams yesterday for the first time in about a week.  Whitetail bucks with swollen necks but not one pic of buck and doe together.  All pics were either bucks only or does only.

[CJ1962]

Just wanted to thank this thread, my son had been bugging me all week to head over to the NE corner for late Whitetails, I didn't really feel like making the drive.  But after reading this thread I decided to go.  It was the right decision.  We shot two nice whitetails (see 2 for 2 on 5pt Whitetails), my sons had been rubbing, but it's neck wasn't swollen and he seemed to be ignoring the does that were close by.  Mine definitely was, his neck was swollen and I probably wouldn't of gotten him if a doe hadn't led him on a string right by me.

[bearpaw]

There's a foot of snow in higher elevations, nothing in the valley. We are seeing lots of rut activity and killing 1 to 3 bucks daily most of this week.