Eastside Rut Activity

[hunter399]

I got to agree .
Definitely hit or miss depending on the area.
I would call it pre-rut activities at best.

[WoodHacker]

I get photos of does every day but haven't seen a buck on camera in at least a month. (East of Colville)

[mcrawfordaf]

So as far as my cams go:  The does have been out more during the day in the past week. Had a big buck on a finger ridge cam the last week of October. Was at 8pm though. Most recent pictures had deer activity during the day. Where as all of October I only had night time activities on this cam.

[buckfvr]

With the low, low overall number of deer (north east wa.), this years rut will NOT resemble the rut of past years, not even recent past years.  Except for a few random areas, we are in a new, maybe even all time low.   

[bb76]

Just got back and only saw a couple does and lots of road hunters.

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[dr.derek]

25 does yesterday 1 buck. Nothing chasing around my place but does seem to be out during the day

[snake]

what dates do you guys consider the "Peak" of the rut for NE WA an Idaho?  If you had 1 week to hunt, what dates would it be?

[hunter399]

With the low, low overall number of deer (north east wa.), this years rut will NOT resemble the rut of past years, not even recent past years.  Except for a few random areas, we are in a new, maybe even all time low.   

Totally agree

[boneaddict]

what dates do you guys consider the "Peak" of the rut for NE WA an Idaho?  If you had 1 week to hunt, what dates would it be?

Thanksgiving week, starting about the 19th.

[hunter399]

I could tell ya what I'm seeing boots on the ground stuff.
But the "peak" of the rut will be right after modern closes.
That's not to say that little bits and pieces that lead up to the peak are happening right now.

[rasbo]

nice muley at 330 am chasing  one tired doe in town

[morgan]

Where I hunt in ne Washington the muleys are hot and heavy during late buck. Whitetail I see no evidence of rutting behavior. So I will have to agree on after late buck for the whiteys

[elkboy]

what dates do you guys consider the "Peak" of the rut for NE WA an Idaho?  If you had 1 week to hunt, what dates would it be?

Thanksgiving week, starting about the 19th.

Agreed. Sometimes even gets better over the course of that week (for whitetails).

[nwwanderer]

Several little WT bucks on the hunt the last few days, will take time to find the ladies, few and far between

[bmc02]

113 - had a couple spikes moving in daytime on my cam ealier last week. ALSO had a couple cougars... Also had a cougar and lone wolf pass by within 3 hours of each other, 2 hours before I got there... not looking good out there.