Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: DBHAWTHORNE on November 11, 2010, 09:09:29 PM
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Just returned from GMU 101. The bucks in my area have been rubbing and scraping heavily for the past two weeks. Up until 7 Nov. they only passed the cameras at night. Starting 7 Nov. the daylight movement has picked up daily. This evening I had a 2 1/2 year old and 1 1/2 year old buck come in at the same time as some does. There was a little posturing from the bucks and they scent checked the does but found them wanting.
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They'll be done by the time I get there. Oh well, I usually hunt after the rut anyway.
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I'm sitting in my blind on Sherman as we speak. Don't ask me how I have cell service up here when I don't have it in kettle falls. Wish I had realized this morning, would have made the five hour sit without seeing anything go by quicker. I've got scrapes and rubs all over the place but haven't seen a buck/heard a grunt etc. Does aren't even doing anything pretty dead. Wondering if with this mild weather down low they are nocturnal. I've seen 3 Mulie bucks and they r rutting hard.
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I finally saw a whitetail buck chase a doe this morning. I'm at 2000'.
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On saturday I had a 135 class 5x5 and spike cruising for does. My hunting buddy had a spike come in after some does and left in the direction they departed grunting the entire way. Beyond that not much rut action observed.
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I got back last night and Sherman was a ghost town. Mulies were moving but whiteys weren't doing anything. I saw lots of sign but nothing doing. Talked to two guys that were hunting the same area down low as me and they said the same thing. Also know 7 or 8 people hunting the ione area that haven't seen much deer activity at all and no bucks.
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I have a friend hunting in Ione also. He also hasn't witnessed any rut activity. He had this buck appear during daylight twice. Once on 7 Nov and once today at 1207...he made it to his blind at 1233.
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Wow.
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D'OH! As Homer S. would say. I think I would have slept in that blind tonight and sat there all day tomorrow!
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That's a bruiser. My grandpa ran into a warden in the hills. Warden told him they tagged 4 pups and a momma wolf right out of ione this summer. Bad news
