North Idaho whitetail rut

[Machias]

No rutting activity, but the last three days I've suddenly got all kinds of bucks showing up on my cameras.  They seem to be coming out of the woodwork all of the sudden.

[dr.derek]

Had a buck chasing does at 3pm in glenrose neighborhood of Spokane

[TeacherMan]

Had a buck chasing does at 3pm in glenrose neighborhood of Spokane

That’s great to hear! Went out again tonight. Saw couple small bucks alone and around 20 doe with no bucks around them. Still doesn’t feel like it’s kicked in here.

[huntnnw]

I live on the edge of unit 5 and WA and its been quiet around my place

[hunter399]

No sign in my area ,NE.

[Rob]

None of the bucks in my area seem to be rutting (Just South of Sandpoint). 

I think it was still a couple weeks out from now last year.

[hunter399]

I had some moose rut activity on a camera.
Past few days.
No WT sign yet.

[Shooter4]

None of the bucks in my area seem to be rutting (Just South of Sandpoint). 

I think it was still a couple weeks out from now last year.

Usually 22nd on from what I’ve seen full swing around 24-26

[TeacherMan]

Saw 3 bucks last night, one with 5 doe out in a clearcut and the other nose down trotting along the edge of a field. Both smaller 4pta. 3rd buck was still by himself in timber.

With that said saw around 30 other deer and no activity with them.

[Shooter4]

Smaller bucks are looking like there beginning to be rutty

[ladder85]

Not Idaho but NE Washington is slow…

Opening day saw zero deer on private..

Had this on camera on public land day before season..

[Shooter4]

Not Idaho but NE Washington is slow…

Opening day saw zero deer on private..

Had this on camera on public land day before season..

Washington’s terrible peak rut I after season closes there in my opinion

[10thmountainarcher]

Not Idaho but NE Washington is slow…

Opening day saw zero deer on private..

Had this on camera on public land day before season..

Washington’s terrible peak rut I after season closes there in my opinion

It certainly seems like the last couple days of late modern the younger bucks are starting to get stupid. November 17 and 18 of 2021 and 2022 I killed two 3.5 ish yr olds with no neck swelling and they weren’t stinking at all. Last year I shot a same age class buck in Unit 1 on the 17th running with a forky, same story. They were however moving during the day. Seems like a lot of mature bucks get killed in late archery up there!

[addicted1]

 

Definitely depends, but would tend to agree with that based on my experience in the area.

[hunter399]

I'm not in Idaho.
But.....
NE WASHINGTON ....
I want to say we have definitely started into pre-rut.
Starting to see some tree scraping,bucks definitely have there nose to the wind.