BT Rut

[spin05]

saw a nice 4x4 cross the road tonite on Camano. Neck all swollen up big time

[PolarBear]

Buddy got a 3x5 bt (not counting eyeguards) today that came in to a doe bleat.  He got it at 15 yards.

[kglacken]

We saw about 25 does today and no bucks! all from about 10pm until dark. hopefully tomorrow is the day! 

[jmx369]

I'm in the rut.

[singleshot12]

Heard they're ruttin hard at C-Post.. guess they got the C completely rubbed off the post
                                                     
                                               

[AKBowman]

We've seen NO activity in the sw areas yet.

I got a doe yesterday that had a lot of fat on her.

I haven't seen 1 buck all year.

They didnt rut in there until first week of late archery. Then they went bonkers.

[gasman]

No rutting activity for me today 

Did not see one animal at all. called and or rattled in several different locations with no luck.
 

[LincolnTWilliams]

If you still have a tag and are not in the woods rattling right now you are missing out! I've got a buddy up on a spot and told him to put some Moccasin Joes doe scent out and lightly rattle or doe call.  Got a text from him an hour ago that he is dragging out a monster.  He is not a member on here but I will see if I can post a pic when I get it.

I wish it would have been that easy/successful for me! Rattled grunted and bleeted all day to no avail. At 1545 they only checked 3 deer out of vail. I was really surprised I didn't see any deer today, it was nearly perfect weather!

[DoubleJ]

We've been out here in Shelton almost everyday.  The only sign at all that they are rutting is the fact that there are no deer out in the daylight at all.  The does have even disappeared.

[bobcat]

Here's proof that the rut is on:  my brother and I were sitting in my truck this morning, at a gate, just discussing the plan for the morning hunt. I had hunted this location several times in the last week, and our spot was about 1/2 mile walk into the timber from the gate. The only deer I had seen in here previously were in the evening when it was too dark to see well enough to shoot. But I did have pictures of at least three bucks from a trail camera I had set up in there. Problem is the pictures proved that they only moved in the dark. Oh, I almost forgot, we did rattle a buck in the day before, but didn't get a shot at it. We were going to try to rattle in the same location again to see if the same buck would fall for it twice.
 
Well, we didn't get a chance to do so. As we were sitting there in my truck, a buck walked out of the brush and walked down the road in front of us. This was right at 7:30. So I ended up with a nice 2x3, for no reason other than the luck of being at the right place at the right time. I do know there's no way this buck would have come out in the open during daylight hours if he wasn't thinking with the wrong head.
 
 

[DoubleJ]

Here's proof that the rut is on:  my brother and I were sitting in my truck this morning, at a gate, just discussing the plan for the morning hunt. I had hunted this location several times in the last week, and our spot was about 1/2 mile walk into the timber from the gate. The only deer I had seen in here previously were in the evening when it was too dark to see well enough to shoot. But I did have pictures of at least three bucks from a trail camera I had set up in there. Problem is the pictures proved that they only moved in the dark. Oh, I almost forgot, we did rattle a buck in the day before, but didn't get a shot at it. We were going to try to rattle in the same location again to see if the same buck would fall for it twice.
 
Well, we didn't get a chance to do so. As we were sitting there in my truck, a buck walked out of the brush and walked down the road in front of us. This was right at 7:30. So I ended up with a nice 2x3, for no reason other than the luck of being at the right place at the right time. I do know there's no way this buck would have come out in the open during daylight hours if he wasn't thinking with the wrong head.
 
 

 

Road Hunters 



















 

[fish vacuum]

I shot a 2-point yesterday in Skagit County and he showed no real signs of rutting. His neck wasn't big, he wasn't with any does, and he didn't stink. His tarsals looked like maybe they were started to get pissy but the smell was so weak you had to stick your nose right up to them to notice. Also, there were no rubs around where he was.

[GUscottie]

On my drive home (new home btw) I smelled something awfully familiar...I rolled down the window and sure as crap...there's a black tail buck 10 feet away from the road...Smelled like he was rutting something fierce!

This is down here near Orting...I'd say the rut is in full swing here!

[lokidog]

Saw three bucks on the 1/2 mile drive home from the dock this morning, including this one behind the house.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Rutting in my friends yard, 2 bucks with broken antlers.