2020 Whitetail Watch- pre-rut/rut activity

[buckfvr]

Decent 9pt on the falfa but checking each doe as they arrive, he was present at 230pm when I first checked, one other spike, but the 9 was eating and pretty mellow.  Lots of does.

[Bango skank]

Lasso him and tie him to a tree, ill cone stick an arrow in him and hang him in your shop.  You can cut him up and throw him in the pressure cooker for me if you like.

[buckfvr]

Forky with browtines is in my back yard right now grunting up a storm and messing with the does.  Focused on one doe in particular

Ya, mommy.

[SpurInSpokane]

A bit late, but had a decent buck scent checking a bedding area in my neighbor's back yard on Wednesday (11/25), around 3pm.
Was actually practicing with a new saddle setup, and had messed around w/ my grunt tube. Then just after I let my bow down to the ground, my daughter was yellin' at me from the deck, and starts pointing to this buck coming in!
Now if I could only replicate that on some huntable property...

[Mossy]

A bit late, but had a decent buck scent checking a bedding area in my neighbor's back yard on Wednesday (11/25), around 3pm.
Was actually practicing with a new saddle setup, and had messed around w/ my grunt tube. Then just after I let my bow down to the ground, my daughter was yellin' at me from the deck, and starts pointing to this buck coming in!
Now if I could only replicate that on some huntable property...

Yep, seems like the decent cruisers around here started about 2 weeks ago. I have multiple pictures and videos

[Rutnbuxnbulls]

Had this buck come in with a doe over feed, late yesterday. I drew back, he spooked. I grunted and he came back around to 30 yards. Let one fly and smoke the boiler room. Couldn’t help myself!  
Good luck tag holders.

[elkboy]

For late muzzleloader here in Unit 139, I put a friend of mine on a good field that always holds deer.  Yesterday (11/28), a buck was grunting, rubbing, and chasing does in the brushy draw below him for about 30 minutes before walking up into the field.  He presented a shot at 20 yards, and my friend put the buck down.  Nice 5x4!   

[Rutnbuxnbulls]

For late muzzleloader here in Unit 139, I put a friend of mine on a good field that always holds deer.  Yesterday (11/28), a buck was grunting, rubbing, and chasing does in the brushy draw below him for about 30 minutes before walking up into the field.  He presented a shot at 20 yards, and my friend put the buck down.  Nice 5x4!

Sounds like a great rut hunt, way to put your friend on the deer!

[jjhunter]

I probably saw 20 different bucks rutting today.  One was just about good enough.

[andersonjk4]

Not a lot of cruising bucks (except spikes and forks) over the weekend on the Palouse.  Saw one nice mature buck that was sticking close to a doe who must have been in heat, but I couldn't seal the deal. Called in an average 3x3 with a couple doe bleats followed by a few grunts.  He came right in on a string and I couldn't resist.  Definitely still some rut activity going on out there. 

[10thmountainarcher]

Bucks are really starting to move again in the NE. Appear to be coming out of lockdown and cruising.

[BULLBLASTER]

Bucks cruising around my neighborhood the last few days pretty good

[fishngamereaper]

Filled our last two tags in Idaho yesterday morning. Decent little basket 4 and 1x2 feeding together. Found a couple fresh scrapes but no sign of much chasing. Neither of the bucks my group got showed any sign of rutting and where more focused on calories.

We tried several rattling sets over the weekend and nothing came in.  Saw several groups of doe's that had no bucks with them.

[huntnnw]

Haven’t seen much rutting activity except 1 buck seems to be going strong. Brand new giant scrape yesterday and seems to be cruising around. He was number 2 on my list this year.

[buckfvr]

Nice old stud buck has run himself skinny.  Better change modes and start eating.