2014 RUT Reports

[bearpaw]

A fair number of whitetails are rutting now, but not all of them. Been seeing bucks chasing does and with does for a couple days now.

[Craig]

Hunting by lake Chelan. Today I Saw 35 doe in about 6 groups. Not a single buck. Where did they all go

[TommyH]

More than likely there locked down in some timber with a doe.

[bobcat]

I have a bad feeling that the peak of the rut was late last week into last weekend. There was alot of activity in those 4 or 5 days down here in the south sound. Seems like things have quieted down the last few days. Anyone else noticing that? Wondering if the colder weather that hit a week or so ago triggered it a little early?

That's normal for blacktails around here, in my experience. The rut is pretty much done by the 13th or 14th.

[redi]

Videotaped 2 nice bucks chasing a doe last Saturday. I saw 18 deer yesterday and 3 spike/fork horn bucks. Two kids and a lady shot all 3 as they worked does. One was shot at 7:30 one at 2:00 and one at 3:30. This morning we saw a nice buck cruising the jackfirs, went back tonight and saw another buck in the same area. The rut may be winding down but is still on.

[bearpaw]

Cold weather always seems to get the job done in late buck, it seems most of the whitetails are in full rut now, hunting is excellent.

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

Pic is bad but here's that buck in my yard a few days ago.

[jasnt]

I saw a bunch of new scrapes and young bucks chasing does yesterday.

[badgerman1130]

I'm just north of Spokane. Its tough to say out here, I've seen one buck with a real thick neck with some does last night. However, I haven't seen any bucks all day today and lots of does with their yearlings/fawns.

[deerhunter_98520]

The Blacktails are ruttin hard on the coast

[Band]

I walked to the patch of woods near my house late this afternoon and saw a buck sticking to a doe.  It was a little dark and I didn't have binoculars but it looked like a good 3-point. I'm going to go take another look tomorrow with binocs and a camera.  It was about 50 yards from where I shot my buck last year.

[stigalla]

No rubs, no scrapes and no chasing. However the does have dropped the fawns and the bucks are responding well to grunts and rattles

[Jonathan_S]

Whitetail bucks chasing in the NE.  Killed a 2.5 year old while he was checking scrapes this afternoon.  He was rutted up.

[stigalla]

I smoked one today too! Deer section under "crazy day"

[Jonathan_S]

I smoked one today too! Deer section under "crazy day"

I saw that, good shooting.

I was sharing in your misery in tree stand deepfreeze today