2014 RUT Reports

[fishnfur]

My son saw two BT forkies chasing does in town last night.  Not as many road-kills this year though.  Seems a bit late in SW WA.

[huntnnw]

Yet to see anything chasing in 127

[Elkrunner]

I saw at least 10 bucks chasing does in the methow yesterday

[grundy53]

Hopefully the WT's in the lower panhandle hold off for another week and a half.

[Heavily Armed Hiker]

What does weather have to do w/ animals going into the rut?  I have read posts where people say a coming weather change should help get the deer into rut?  I am heading out for a late blacktail hunt this week and was trying to sound smart around the campfire when I get there   Thanks!

[lucky33]

Hit a buck chasing a doe with my camaro.  Hwy 231 south of springdale 

[blindluck]

Even though the rut is driven by light, I think weather and cold temps seem to help kick it off or ramp it up.

[Rainier10]

Lots of activity in 154 this weekend, muleys and whiteys chasing does.  Saw one group of 8 deer bed down in a field. We were looking for whitetail does.  They all looked like muleys but then I realized the buck was a whitetail.  Someone put the sneak on them and when they got up to run I saw that one of the does was a whitetail also.  8deer, 6 mule deer does, a whitetail buck and a whitetail doe all bed down with 15-20 yards of each other.  Weird.

Anyways lots of doe chasing going on and the bucks didn't seem to care about anything but the does.

[stigalla]

This will not help most but there is a question that id like answered..
The wife and I were heading home from date night Las night(Spokane valley) and three blocks from the house we have a guy that feeds deer/turkey.. We saw 10+does and a 4x4 about a hundred yards from the house.. He wasn't chasing does but his tongue was hanging out and panting like a hound.. Then he proceeded to rub the neighbors apple tree into splinters.. The question is, why wasn't he on the does? And why were they still with fawns? This buck was swollen and ready but didn't seem like he was all that interested in the doe herd just blocks away..

[grundy53]

He might have been ready but it doesn't sound like the does were.

[calebwhitworth5]

Saw a good BT buck dogging a doe pretty good on mcchord last night. Headed to 654 this week for the late hunt are they moving much out that way yet?

[jasnt]

What does weather have to do w/ animals going into the rut?  I have read posts where people say a coming weather change should help get the deer into rut?  I am heading out for a late blacktail hunt this week and was trying to sound smart around the campfire when I get there   Thanks!

when there's frost on the pumkin its time for..... I'm sure you've heard the rest. 

[Blacklab]

The cold snap coming should get things going better

 

That's what I'm betting on. Only seen a few deer nothing on the rut activity.

[PA BEN]

Anyone out today see any signs of the rut kicking in for whitetail?  Heading over next week!  Can't wait!

I'm seeing scrapes, don't think the does are in heat yet. Rattled in a w/t buck on Saturday. The bucks know it's on.

[Toptwo]

Hit a buck chasing a doe with my camaro.  Hwy 231 south of springdale 

  OUCH!!!!!   We have a 2014 Camaro, I would hate to see what a deer would do to it   Hope you are ok!