Mule Deer RUT

[HoofsandWings]

When is peak mule deer rut?
Thanks

[elkaholic123]

For Wa. I think early to mid Nov.

[huntnphool]

Depends on the area of the state really. I know in the NE they start rutting in Oct. but in the Methow its generally around the first week in November.

[HuntingFanatic]

Id love to be hunting them in the rut! Hey phool when do they start rutting in montana?

[huntnphool]

 They start about the first week but by the third week they are so rut dumb you can go right up to them. We watched this guy come from a few hundred yards, walk right in front of us and just kept going. We could have slapped him on the ass, he didn't even care about us.

 You can see his tongue out licking the air, he had a hot doe somewhere up wind.

[HuntingFanatic]

Just how i like them....DUMB!

[HoofsandWings]

Depends on the area of the state really. I know in the NE they start rutting in Oct. but in the Methow its generally around the first week in November.

So by mid November, the rut in the south side of Washington would be over?

[Buschingc]

Thats a good looking buck..

[MtnMuley]

I've seen 2 muley bucks with swollen necks pushing does already.

[huntnphool]

So by mid November, the rut in the south side of Washington would be over?

 No, I said thats typically when they start. From my experience they are still rutting somewhat into December.

[kirkl]

the buck i shot last friday was following around 2 does and when the one would pee he was right there sniffing it and doing the ol lip curl.

[Pathfinder101]

Our grassland deer here in the Southeast don't usually start hitting it hard until the 2nd or 3rd week in Nov.  They are usually going hot and heavy around Thanksgiving.  You will still see them chasing late does into Dec.
Mountain bucks in the Blues are a little more difficult to pinpoint, they're so sparse it's hard to get a good reading.  The mountain buck I shot in mid-Oct last season was already pretty swelled up.  He was living at about 4,000 feet.

[JackOfAllTrades]

You can see his tongue out licking the air, he had a hot doe somewhere up wind.

Well, If I only got to pass on my seed once or twice a year, I'd get pretty darn dum with only one thing on my mind too!

The mountain buck I shot in mid-Oct last season was already pretty swelled up.  He was living at about 4,000 feet.

  I saw groups of doe's up round 5000 feet this weekend. I can tell you one thing.. There isn't any sort of rut going right now yet. The gurls could have cared less that I was there, and there certainly wasn't any boys chasing them.

-Steve

[Pathfinder101]

Well, If I only got to pass on my seed once or twice a year, I'd get pretty darn dum with only one thing on my mind too!

-Steve

shoot, I'm not limited to once a year and I can still do a pretty good impression of an idiot when my "neck" swells up....

[huntnphool]

LMAO