2015 Rut thread....

[lokidog]

Might as well get it started.   

Watched a buck on a doe today, when I walked by the location, I could sure smell him.  Wonder if it will be noticably early this year?

[pd]

Hopefully it will be early.

[Turner89]

Im thinking it will be the same as every year

[lokidog]

Im thinking it will be the same as every year

I know, I know, it is mostly based on day length...    however, I have never noticed one so smelly this early in October.

[JimmyHoffa]

Hopefully it will be early.

It was, think it was the super-blood-moon lunar eclipse, WR-104 gamma ray burst that had them move it up a notch.

[bankwalker]

I've had a couple doe coming into the yard the last month. Over the last 4 days a decent 2pt and another bigger buck have been showing up every night. The 2pt is in the yard right now as I type and his neck is visibly alot more swollen than 4 days ago. 

[DoubleJ]

It is (was) noticeably early this year.  Just look, I found next years fawn in my yard this morning

[lokidog]

Anyone can tell that's a benchleg fawn and isn't from your yard......   

[deerhunter_98520]

The bucks  started showing up this week 

[JDHasty]

I posted in another thread last week that I was in my pickup a week ago and had a mature buck cross in front of me.  He was absolutely raunchy.  Even with the windows closed and cabin air filter he stunk up the cab of the truck to the degree that I had to open the windows. 

[Jonathan_S]

I have several aspen and fruit trees that are snapped in half and rubbed clean...stinking to high heaven.  There were three young mule deer bucks sparring at my tree line a few days ago.  This was not the typical click-clacking that you see from the little guys.  This was pretty significant fighting, the big fork and three point locked up and the three drove the other guy into the ground in a could of dust.  They were snapping big limbs and tearing up the ground.

The big fork had a split ear when I saw him this morning.  The three point was walking the ridgeline all stiff-legged and with his neck hairs standing up. 

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

The bucks  started showing up this week 

Same here! Out of the blue here come the bucks.. Funny how that works each year .

[bobcat]

Last year this would've been the 4th day of deer season.

[_TONY_]

Watched a mule deer buck dog a doe on Sunday and two other bucks spar.... It's almost time!!

[DoubleJ]

Anyone can tell that's a benchleg fawn and isn't from your yard......