2023 Blacktail Rut Thread

[bowNarrow]

Found a good one today with 5 does

[WapitiTalk1]

Yes, yes you did…..

[Spuddieselwwu]

Took the rest of this week off - hitting it hard weds-fri before the weekend traffic picks up.  Good luck out there, all!  Had a buck I haven't seen before in the yard at dusk chasing the local girls around. 

[kramman]

Headed out.in the a.m... drove around tonight on the pavement saw 6 deer. They were moving at dusk. Hopefully this front will kick them into gear. Good luck everyone

[dilleytech]

I haven’t seen any bucks with does from the road or in the woods yet in souther wa. But the wife and I have the last 5 days off and have high hopes.

[Pacific Ghost]

Lots of fresh new rub lines showing up in my area. Passed up a decent two last night while setting up a camera. First buck of the season except for the one my son got. He was out just before dark in the pouring rain.

[dylanb]

hunted dark to dark yesterday and seen 2 small bucks and lots of does and does with fawns. 0 rut activity. cowlitz county,

[pickardjw]

Thinking about doing a bit of a bonzai blacktail/bear hunt this weekend. Would y'all recommend focusing on lower elevation and timber cuts or higher elevation and natural clearings?

[GOcougsHunter]

Thinking about doing a bit of a bonzai blacktail/bear hunt this weekend. Would y'all recommend focusing on lower elevation and timber cuts or higher elevation and natural clearings?

  Find snow.  Hunt the snow line.

[pickardjw]

Thinking about doing a bit of a bonzai blacktail/bear hunt this weekend. Would y'all recommend focusing on lower elevation and timber cuts or higher elevation and natural clearings?

  Find snow.  Hunt the snow line.

That definitely works better for the area I'm looking at. Probably worse for bears but I can drop down in the afternoon and try calling in a few spots I've marked.

[kramman]

Hunted grays harbor county this a.m. saw 7 deer all does feeding in clearings no sign of any rut activity.

[RobinHoodlum]

Bunch of tracks heading down from the snow line today - 2,500' elevation. I know where I'm going to be spending some time in the next few days. And, a co-worker had a face off with a heavy horned bruiser in the woods today. Different location, but still has fueled the obsession

[swanderek]

Got a stinky young one today.
Came into rattling fast.

[PNWheckle]

The buck I tagged out on was peeing on his tarsal glands and chasing a doe for a few days starting on the 19th


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[HntnFsh]

Some dandies around work all swelled up and following does. Videoed a nice 3x4 and small forked horn sparring today.