North Idaho whitetail rut

[fowl smacker]

Unit 5 has been DEAD. Seeing way less deer than normal.  One in our group did get an ok buck, but other than that it's been slim picking compared to the last 7 years.  Not even seeing does in the usual spots.  It snowed last night and we're fairly certain we found wolf tracks today.  Not saying that's the reason for it being slow, but we haven't seen their tracks in the past here.

[TeacherMan]

Unit 5 has been DEAD. Seeing way less dear than normal.  One in our group did get an ok buck, but other than that it's been slim picking compared to the last 7 years.  Not even seeing does in the usual spots.  It snowed last night and we're fairly certain we found wolf tracks today.  Not saying that's the reason for it being slow, but we haven't seen their tracks in the past here.

Move to a different area of 5, it’s on fire in some areas! In the last 3 days I’ve seen over 20 bucks, put my crosshairs on 4 of them and wished I could’ve on 2 others 😂🤙🏼

[fowl smacker]

Unit 5 has been DEAD. Seeing way less dear than normal.  One in our group did get an ok buck, but other than that it's been slim picking compared to the last 7 years.  Not even seeing does in the usual spots.  It snowed last night and we're fairly certain we found wolf tracks today.  Not saying that's the reason for it being slow, but we haven't seen their tracks in the past here.

Move to a different area of 5, it’s on fire in some areas! In the last 3 days I’ve seen over 20 bucks, put my crosshairs on 4 of them and wished I could’ve on 2 others 😂🤙🏼

Sheesh! I don't have a quad and I'm having trouble finding public drive in access points.  I did move to a different spot today for a bit, but still only 1 doe there.  Never had a reason to hunt elsewhere til now lol.

[TeacherMan]

Unit 5 has been DEAD. Seeing way less dear than normal.  One in our group did get an ok buck, but other than that it's been slim picking compared to the last 7 years.  Not even seeing does in the usual spots.  It snowed last night and we're fairly certain we found wolf tracks today.  Not saying that's the reason for it being slow, but we haven't seen their tracks in the past here.

Move to a different area of 5, it’s on fire in some areas! In the last 3 days I’ve seen over 20 bucks, put my crosshairs on 4 of them and wished I could’ve on 2 others 😂🤙🏼

Sheesh! I don't have a quad and I'm having trouble finding public drive in access points.  I did move to a different spot today for a bit, but still only 1 doe there.  Never had a reason to hunt elsewhere til now lol.

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[fishngamereaper]

South of 5 but they are cruising all day right now for us ..
The last couple days allot to good bucks running around.
Couple might be in the cooler ...

[Shooter4]

0 movement yesterday in 1 idk if when that snow flys its locks them up or what? Sun up to sun down 0 deer movement

[Rob]

The bucks that had been cruising around my place seem to have disappeared.  I would have expected more activity with the nasty weather we have had recently but it seems to be the opposite.

[Shooter4]

The bucks that had been cruising around my place seem to have disappeared.  I would have expected more activity with the nasty weather we have had recently but it seems to be the opposite.

  Yeah pretty wild conditions were perfect

[addicted1]

I saw a group of does yesterday,  figured a buck would show, no such luck. This morning was a different story, told my wife I shot the first deer I could since she is sick and I missed the wind storm from hell and need to go back to repair. Took a spike, but let me tell you it’s about as cool as a spike can be.

[elkhunter00]

This was on the 19th and they seemed to be rutting.

[jrebel]

Absolutely nothing on my cameras but does and small bucks for the last 3 weeks.  Prior to that, had lots of decent bucks on camera.  Fast forward to the 20th......that's right, the day after the season closed....Two of the bigger bucks show up on camera.   

I could have filled my tag a couple days with a 2x3 and a spike I named "Wrecking Ball".  Wrecking Ball would have scored in at a might 6" (1.5" symmetric spikes with an approx. 3" inside spread.      He was all kinds of horny and would run into the middle of 5-10 does and it would look like a bomb went off.....does running every which direction.      I imagine all us guys acted like him at one point in our life....and got the same response.   

With full freezers, I had told myself I wouldn't shoot a buck unless it was a nice one.  I still have archery season if I really want to get after it.  My experience is the Archery season is the time to be in the stand anyway.  Now that the bucks are showing on my cams, they will be visible for the next month, all hours of the day.  Decisions, decisions....

[Shooter4]

Absolutely nothing on my cameras but does and small bucks for the last 3 weeks.  Prior to that, had lots of decent bucks on camera.  Fast forward to the 20th......that's right, the day after the season closed....Two of the bigger bucks show up on camera.   

I could have filled my tag a couple days with a 2x3 and a spike I named "Wrecking Ball".  Wrecking Ball would have scored in at a might 6" (1.5" symmetric spikes with an approx. 3" inside spread.      He was all kinds of horny and would run into the middle of 5-10 does and it would look like a bomb went off.....does running every which direction.      I imagine all us guys acted like him at one point in our life....and got the same response.   

With full freezers, I had told myself I wouldn't shoot a buck unless it was a nice one.  I still have archery season if I really want to get after it.  My experience is the Archery season is the time to be in the stand anyway.  Now that the bucks are showing on my cams, they will be visible for the next month, all hours of the day.  Decisions, decisions....

Almost like the state knows 😂 haha i dont hit it hard in idaho u til right about now when season in washington closes.. the 19th was dead in my area buck i got last year was the 26th hot in a doe

[Shooter4]

All does seen are solo looks like yearlings are kicked though unit 1 seems to be behind 

[addicted1]

I don’t know WT well enough to have a good time frame, but I think this time of year you just have to find the right pocket. A doe will be hot somewhere, and it will be popping there. This is where having multiple people hunting and looking probably helps tremendously. Unfortunately if your solo, that could consume a ton of time. I didn’t see any rutting behavior where I was, but for all I know it was hot a mile away. Based on others reports they were rutting near where I was.

[boneaddict]

Whitetail are going nuts right at the moment.   I am kicking myself for choosing muleys the last three days of my vaca instead of whities