Blacktail Rut

[AKBowman]

Has anyone been seeing any rut activity yet? I did see a couple small Doug fir trees with rubs on them and a hunting buddy said one of our spots was rubbed up good. Anyone seeing bucks moving on main trails on cams and acting rutty yet?

Pre rut should be kicking in heavy the next week or so. How is this the first dedicated BT rut thread?!?!

Interested to hear what everyone has been seeing.

[pd]

Bowman, my go-to hunting scout told me yesterday that he is starting to see rubbed trees.  I have not seen anything myself, but have not been out much recently.  I think it is still early, but anytime now, it should start.

[Old Man Yager]

We saw a couple rubs Sat, some of the pictures people have posted look like they got some swollen necks

[Vo2max]

Does are kicking their yearlings to the curb as we speak and that, to me, tells that the rut is about to being. No runs where I hunt yet but soon enough you'll see many trees thrashed as well as bucks dogging does aggressively and flat out "being dumb."

[wt]

I've seen some rubs in one of my spots. 

[redi]

I have seen quite a few rubs in several areas. A friend watched a 3x4 follow does all day in a private field and video taped the buck breed a doe this evening. The buck completely ignored the guys watching.

[JakeLand]

The blacktail I shot was shredding trees

[swwaoutdoorsman]

They're rutting. Got this guy this morning. Stinks and neck is swollen

[JakeLand]

  nice buck

[fishnfur]

DaveMonti has a nice four-point hangin' out in his driveway. (See thread).

I'd like to claim this was my early estrous/mini-rut predicted for a week ago.   I missed the date mark just like I miss my shots at deer.

Nothing moving in Ryderwood, but then there never is.

[TikkaT3-270Shortmag]

No signs of rut where i have been.  Seen a few spikes and does all by themselves

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[257 Wby Mag]

Yep beave, like every other year....

[fishnfur]

Hmmm....... behave?

[go4itlab]

Starting to get going in the lows of Whatcom county. Wife said she seen 2 nice bucks chasing does in the neighbors pasture the last couple days and I had a really thick neck BIG TOAD 4x step in front of me this morning around 5 o'clock on the Mt Baker Hwy while on my way home from work. He was lucky as it was my 7th 12hr night shift in a row so I was in auto pilot on the drive home, He had the look in his eyes, didn't even care about anything other than a hot doe. Dam near got hit,  the 1 ton mega cab dually would've made a mess of him.

[JDHasty]

Does are kicking their yearlings to the curb as we speak and that, to me, tells that the rut is about to being. No runs where I hunt yet but soon enough you'll see many trees thrashed as well as bucks dogging does aggressively and flat out "being dumb."

Same here regarding the fawns being kicked out.  Nothing much else though.  I think it was real close last weekend, but not quite in it yet.