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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: PoWeRpOkEr83 on October 11, 2009, 07:53:08 PM

Title: Black tail rut
Post by: PoWeRpOkEr83 on October 11, 2009, 07:53:08 PM: When is peak black tail rut?
Thanks
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on October 11, 2009, 08:01:09 PM: varies a little but it used to be right during that late blacktail hunt Nov.17th time frame.
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Post by: Dmanmastertracker on October 11, 2009, 08:11:15 PM: Don't take this personally, but I really wish you hadn't posted this. This topic bring's more "experts" out of the woodwork every year who tell everyone else how dumb they are and how much more they know about it just by being in the woods in their little knothole.

The "peak" can vary by area and depending on the weather, but as Skyval said it seems to peak in November.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 11, 2009, 08:14:44 PM: we have the columbia cross mule deer black tail mix they seem to vary a bit end of oct threw mid novemeber depends on how cold it gets
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Post by: PolarBear on October 11, 2009, 08:16:06 PM: Second week in November around here usually depending on a bunch of stuff.
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Post by: halflife65 on October 11, 2009, 08:24:54 PM: Quote from: Dmanmastertracker on October 11, 2009, 08:11:15 PM
Don't take this personally, but I really wish you hadn't posted this. This topic bring's more "experts" out of the woodwork every year who tell everyone else how dumb they are and how much more they know about it just by being in the woods in their little knothole.

The "peak" can vary by area and depending on the weather, but as Skyval said it seems to peak in November.

ONLY Nov. 16. If anybody tells you anything different, they are WRONG. Just kidding. Dman's correct, somewhere around mid-Nov in my experience but I've definitely seen bucks with swollen necks in Oct. I talked to a Game Warden in MT once (about white tails) and he told me that he thought the peak was Nov. 11. Probably weather related and maybe day length.
Title: Re: Black tail rut
Post by: TheHunt on October 11, 2009, 08:28:17 PM: I do not know what the peak is... But last year on Oct 31, I saw many bucks with their noses up a doe's ass or on a trail of a doe.
Title: Re: Black tail rut
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on October 11, 2009, 08:43:32 PM: Quote from: halflife65 on October 11, 2009, 08:24:54 PM
Quote from: Dmanmastertracker on October 11, 2009, 08:11:15 PM
Don't take this personally, but I really wish you hadn't posted this. This topic bring's more "experts" out of the woodwork every year who tell everyone else how dumb they are and how much more they know about it just by being in the woods in their little knothole.

The "peak" can vary by area and depending on the weather, but as Skyval said it seems to peak in November.

ONLY Nov. 16. If anybody tells you anything different, they are WRONG. Just kidding. Dman's correct, somewhere around mid-Nov in my experience but I've definitely seen bucks with swollen necks in Oct. I talked to a Game Warden in MT once (about white tails) and he told me that he thought the peak was Nov. 11. Probably weather related and maybe day length.
:chuckle: :chuckle:
I agree, I have seen rut activity in early October, always worth getting out then.
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Post by: 7mag. on October 11, 2009, 09:48:36 PM: I also agree with Dman. It seems like it is usually in November sometime, but can vary by a couple of weeks. I've seen it as early as the last week in October and as late as Thanksgiving. I'm by no means an expert, but if you're in the woods when it peaks, you'll know it.
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Post by: bobcat on October 11, 2009, 09:52:53 PM: I asked a WDFW biologist about the timing of the rut in an email last year, and this was his response:

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The rut for westside blacktails is pretty
well documented to happen between October 25 and November 10.
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Post by: elkhunter1 on October 11, 2009, 09:53:20 PM: From my experience, i noticed that the blacktail rut is usually in full swing about the same time as modern firearm elk season is. But that could be because i'm hittin the brush more too. But its usually sometime in November.
Title: Re: Black tail rut
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on October 11, 2009, 09:57:54 PM: Quote from: bobcat on October 11, 2009, 09:52:53 PM
I asked a WDFW biologist about the timing of the rut in an email last year, and this was his response:

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The rut for westside blacktails is pretty
well documented to happen between October 25 and November 10.

Huh, who'd a thunk it.....
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Post by: Firstlight on October 11, 2009, 10:01:31 PM: The buck I shot last year was on Oct 20th. He was chasing a doe and was all swelled up and stinky. I love it when they get stupid. :chuckle:
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Post by: Dmanmastertracker on October 12, 2009, 08:10:26 AM: Buck on the left, October 17th, neck swelled to twice that size, stinking to high heavens.
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Post by: littlebuf on October 12, 2009, 09:57:24 AM: shot this one oct 28th i believe. pretty rutty
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Post by: halflife65 on October 12, 2009, 10:03:21 AM: Really nice buck, littlebuf. It looks like his neck is pretty fat.
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on October 12, 2009, 10:12:36 AM: I saw a bunch of blacktail bucks this weekend and none were close to rutting. They were still in summer mode munching in the morn and sleeping all day. I did see long guard hairs starting to grow for the winter coat though...
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Post by: AKBowman on October 12, 2009, 05:18:47 PM: I've hunted the Skokomish unit the past 2 years and the Blackies were peaking rut right around Halloween. They were completely done before late archery and nocturnal again. In fact, on the recommendation of some locals, I hunted the modern season with archery tackle and got into rutting bucks. Heard its that way all over the Olympics.
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Post by: Houndhunter on October 12, 2009, 05:53:04 PM: i like it when it snows and gets cold in mid nov in my hunting spots, seems like that is the best conditions for me
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Post by: PoWeRpOkEr83 on October 14, 2009, 08:21:55 PM: Thanks for all the info guys.......good luck this year!!
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Post by: Cylvertip on October 15, 2009, 09:52:51 AM: I have a bunch of does that hang out behind the house in the marsh. Never see a buck with them until the last couple of days of October - and guess what's on his mind... :drool:... Of course no seasons are open at that time :bash: :bash: and then he's gone.
Title: Re: Black tail rut
Post by: KimberRich on October 15, 2009, 09:59:13 AM: Quote from: halflife65 on October 12, 2009, 10:03:21 AM
Really nice buck, littlebuf. It looks like his neck is pretty fat.

Looks like he has a sore throat to me??

I agree with everyone. Late Oct.-mid Nov. for the rut. In my experiences I feel as if the BT rut is a little earlier that of WT and MD. I always did good the last weekend of the regular season.. Right around Halloween. :twocents: