2015 Rut thread....

[Bango skank]

Just out checking a cam and came across 4 very fresh looking scrapes.  Added my own calling card to a couple of them just to give the bucks something to think about 
Handful of pretty new looking rubs in the area too.

[Jonathan_S]

  definitely something to think about

[Bango skank]

First thing this morning i caught this guy beating up a smaller buck, so i intervened.  Quite a bit of ground shrinkage, but im happy with him.

   I hear you on the ground shrinkage    I suffer from that every time I kill a buck in that range

Were they all-out brawling or just clickety-clicking?

Way to get it done early 

I would say it was somewhere between all out brawl and gentle love taps.  It was definitely a one sided deal.  Wouldnt say i got it done early, ive been hunting deer non stop since the 29th.

[Jonathan_S]

Good work anyway.     Good on you for intervening

[irish52084]

I'm getting real excited for Friday to get here! Hearing about whitetail rut activity starting is just making me go crazy at work.
This late tag is burning a hole in my pocket. My dad and hunting buddy are coming along to help out and see if we can't get a giant whitetail.
I've been packing my gear for 2 weeks now. Lol

[PolarBear]

I was out cutting up a monster maple that fell across the back fence line this morning and was almost overwhelmed by the stench that a buck had left on a rubbed on fir tree just up wind from me.  Man, that thing was fresh and super stinky!

[fishnfur]

Lots of fresh rubs and broken sapling alders and big poo in a 6 year old cut up here in Mason Co this AM.   No visuals or noise suggesting rutting activity - (story of my life).

[kodiak 907]

My spot is torn up. The big boys made it thru rifle season.

[calib]

Seen 4 bucks (3 spikes  and a 4 point)  this morning all together just find of feeding and movung together near deer lake

[PA BEN]

I saw a 3 year old chasing a doe today, she would run he would stop, she would pee, he go up to her she would run he would smell the pee, she would stop and look at him and pee some more and run off. It's started but not real hot yet. 

[Bango skank]

Well at 6 am i opened the drapes on one of my living room windows, and there was a big old 4x4 hitting the mock scrape i made about 30 yards from my house.  Then he walked around to the back of the house and started in rubbing about a 3 inch tree for a while.  Then i looked back out the other window again, and there on the scrape is a big old stud 5x5!  Not only that but another 4x4 is about 20 yards from him working over some brush until the 5x went over to stomp him, at which pointvthe 4x wisely got out of the way.  Then no **** 2 more decentv4x4s xame down my trail and pretty much took turns on the scrape.  5 bucks all within bow range of my living room window this morning acting rutty as hell, and two of them are bigger than the buck i hung my tag on saturday 

[calib]

Glad to here its kicking in

[Jonathan_S]

Well at 6 am i opened the drapes on one of my living room windows, and there was a big old 4x4 hitting the mock scrape i made about 30 yards from my house.  Then he walked around to the back of the house and started in rubbing about a 3 inch tree for a while.  Then i looked back out the other window again, and there on the scrape is a big old stud 5x5!  Not only that but another 4x4 is about 20 yards from him working over some brush until the 5x went over to stomp him, at which pointvthe 4x wisely got out of the way.  Then no **** 2 more decentv4x4s xame down my trail and pretty much took turns on the scrape.  5 bucks all within bow range of my living room window this morning acting rutty as hell, and two of them are bigger than the buck i hung my tag on saturday 

I guess my only question is...where do you live? 

[washingtonmuley]

Any snow in colville yet?

[The100Road]

Hows the rut in the SE for the foothill permits??