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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #150 on: October 28, 2016, 06:53:37 AM »
You are all full of poo!  I moved North because of the poor hunting SW. 

Kitsap/Key Peninsula today - absolute pouring rain, no hunters in the field, not one deer in 'hood.  Perfect habitat, fresh sign at every step.  No deer chasing, no deer cruising, no deer anywhere.   A single buck chasing a doe is not a rut in full swing.  This is pissin' me off!  Freekin Blacktail!
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a couple years ago I was having the samev kind of season your having. Id go out every chance I got, and stare into the brush till my eyes were bleeding. I'd come home at night, get on huntwa, and look at the blacktails taken that day. When I would see a buck it would have already seen me.
 Then, on the last day, and the last 10 minutes of my season, I smelled a nasty rutted up buck. It stopped me in my tracks. Just then, 3 deer took off up the hill to my right. 1 stopped and looked back at me. He ended up being my second biggest buck to date. Don't quit until its over. :chuckle:

Thanks for the attitude check.  Watched a Steve Rinella show tonight where they were beat down in the rain In Alaska chasing Sitka's.  They were hating life.  I could totally relate. Been a long season already. It get hard to justify spending time away from the loved ones for nothing.  I've been working my tail off on stand, hitting cuts, and still hunting in downpours for weeks.  It's getting old.

This is where you need to change your thinking....it's never for nothing...the fun is getting out and enjoying the outdoors....I haven't got a deer yet but have helped 3 people get their deer and that in itself is just as satisfying as getting one myself....I know when your out there in the piss down rain and not seeing anything it can be a downer but you got to look at the bright side, your spending time doing what you love to do no matter the outcome...a day in the woods is a successful day to me...keep your head up and your hard work and persistence will pay off  :tup:
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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #151 on: October 28, 2016, 07:54:40 AM »
It's more than just being out in the woods for some people. Yea I love being out there and i get in my fair share throughout the year, but I'm not there to birdwatch. I have other things that also need tended to. I can go sit out in the wind and rain the other 54 weeks of the year but I only have 2 weeks to put meat in my freezer. It's not about a fancy wall hanger or "enjoying the outdoors" for some people.

Maybe I'm taking this too serious though
« Last Edit: October 28, 2016, 08:20:58 AM by Molon5labe »

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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #152 on: October 28, 2016, 08:28:47 AM »
Maybe I'm taking this too serious though

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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #153 on: October 28, 2016, 08:56:59 AM »
You are all full of poo!  I moved North because of the poor hunting SW. 

Kitsap/Key Peninsula today - absolute pouring rain, no hunters in the field, not one deer in 'hood.  Perfect habitat, fresh sign at every step.  No deer chasing, no deer cruising, no deer anywhere.   A single buck chasing a doe is not a rut in full swing.  This is pissin' me off!  Freekin Blacktail!
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a couple years ago I was having the samev kind of season your having. Id go out every chance I got, and stare into the brush till my eyes were bleeding. I'd come home at night, get on huntwa, and look at the blacktails taken that day. When I would see a buck it would have already seen me.
 Then, on the last day, and the last 10 minutes of my season, I smelled a nasty rutted up buck. It stopped me in my tracks. Just then, 3 deer took off up the hill to my right. 1 stopped and looked back at me. He ended up being my second biggest buck to date. Don't quit until its over. :chuckle:

Thanks for the attitude check.  Watched a Steve Rinella show tonight where they were beat down in the rain In Alaska chasing Sitka's.  They were hating life.  I could totally relate. Been a long season already.  It get hard to justify spending time away from the loved ones for nothing.  I've been working my tail off on stand, hitting cuts, and still hunting in downpours for weeks.  It's getting old.

I shot a common buck this year, about like the one I shot last year, but had what I consider a very successful season so far.  I learned a lot.  I was out a lot during archery and ML Seasons and the wife was getting kinda stompie foot.

I like to kill big bucks as well as the next guy, but I like to hunt them even more. If I had not been out so much early on I would have had a better chance, but I wanted to hunt with my bow a lot this year.

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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #154 on: October 28, 2016, 09:03:07 AM »
For the prices we pay I WANNA PUT MEAT IN THE FREEZER!

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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #155 on: October 28, 2016, 09:08:48 AM »
For the prices we pay I WANNA PUT MEAT IN THE FREEZER!

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We end up giving surplus meat away every year, and filling my antler less tag as soon as the General Season made that tag valid is what I should have done and then I would still have a buck tag.  Sometimes, in hindsight,I don't make the best decisions.

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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #156 on: October 28, 2016, 10:23:35 AM »
You are all full of poo!  I moved North because of the poor hunting SW. 

Kitsap/Key Peninsula today - absolute pouring rain, no hunters in the field, not one deer in 'hood.  Perfect habitat, fresh sign at every step.  No deer chasing, no deer cruising, no deer anywhere.   A single buck chasing a doe is not a rut in full swing.  This is pissin' me off!  Freekin Blacktail!
:chuckle:
a couple years ago I was having the samev kind of season your having. Id go out every chance I got, and stare into the brush till my eyes were bleeding. I'd come home at night, get on huntwa, and look at the blacktails taken that day. When I would see a buck it would have already seen me.
 Then, on the last day, and the last 10 minutes of my season, I smelled a nasty rutted up buck. It stopped me in my tracks. Just then, 3 deer took off up the hill to my right. 1 stopped and looked back at me. He ended up being my second biggest buck to date. Don't quit until its over. :chuckle:

Thanks for the attitude check.  Watched a Steve Rinella show tonight where they were beat down in the rain In Alaska chasing Sitka's.  They were hating life.  I could totally relate. Been a long season already.  It get hard to justify spending time away from the loved ones for nothing.  I've been working my tail off on stand, hitting cuts, and still hunting in downpours for weeks.  It's getting old.
I am right there with you, it has been a very frustrating year.  Thankfully while I did not get anything down, I had a very exciting elk season which lots of active elk almost daily.  Deer season, not so much I have seen ONE deer since modern season opened.  It is much more than being out there for some of us when it is hunting season, opportunities is what counts, even if we blow them.  We live in an incredible state in terms of being able to get out there into nature.  We do it these few weeks a year with a goal to fill the freezer.  Hell other times of the year are much more rewarding in terms of seeing and enjoying wildlife than a WA fall as the weather is better, the animals are relaxed and you do not have pumpkins walking by every 5-10minutes. :chuckle:

Someone mentioned they did not have one down, but had helped others.  I would take that any day as well, as much as I want my freezer full, at least being able to get into deer and help someone else would be better than how this year has been going.  At least in that situation you have some confirmation that they are there and you are doing it right.  This year the days on end seeing absolutely nothing has just been frustrating.  Last year the areas I am hunting were loaded with deer, and sign, this year all I want is to find a spike for my son to shoot and I might as well be hunting on the surface of the moon.  I am very much hoping that changes this weekend and the they are at least a little stirred up and moving.

One more weekend to git er done!  "Once more into the breech.."  Good luck all!
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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #157 on: October 28, 2016, 11:56:37 AM »
What kind of activity you guys seeing today?

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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #158 on: October 28, 2016, 12:28:12 PM »
You are all full of poo!  I moved North because of the poor hunting SW. 

Kitsap/Key Peninsula today - absolute pouring rain, no hunters in the field, not one deer in 'hood.  Perfect habitat, fresh sign at every step.  No deer chasing, no deer cruising, no deer anywhere.   A single buck chasing a doe is not a rut in full swing.  This is pissin' me off!  Freekin Blacktail!

They are not in "full rut" yet. Guys see a buck trailing a doe and think full rut which isn't correct. Cruise and seek phase is just starting, total lockdown/stupidity phase isn't going to happen for a few weeks yet. Thank god for my late tag, they are gonna be cranked up come second week of November
I'd say your either an idiot or just don't know about deer. Just FYI, I harvested over 300 deer before the age of 15. I've seen about everything when it comes to deer hunting. For you to tell other people that the deer aren't in rut just proves that you don't know deer. My family owns 14,000 acres, yes 14,000. I know that deer can be in full rut in one part of our land, and nothing in a different part not 5 miles away. It's all about the does and NO PERSON can tell you when a doe will go into her cycle. The deer on one part of my property ARE DEFINITELY in full rut!

 Now come back at me and tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. Another FYI, the state told use we have to take 350 does this year because we have to many deer.

In conclusion, don't tell people that say their deer, in their area aren't in full rut. It just makes you look like an idiot!
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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #159 on: October 28, 2016, 12:34:48 PM »
 :dunno: Based on Kodiaks pics in the past saying he doesn't know deer and using the "I" word certainly comes off as abrasive. Just saying.

If we could get a Websters definition of "full Rut" Then this may be worth arguing. But there is a lot of variations in definition of "full rut".

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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #160 on: October 28, 2016, 12:38:20 PM »
Quote from: Whitenuckles

 My family owns 14,000 acres, yes 14,000....... the state told use we have to take 350 does this year because we have too many deer.



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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #161 on: October 28, 2016, 12:40:31 PM »
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 My family owns 14,000 acres, yes 14,000....... the state told use we have to take 350 does this year because we have too many deer.



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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #162 on: October 28, 2016, 01:12:23 PM »
You are all full of poo!  I moved North because of the poor hunting SW. 

Kitsap/Key Peninsula today - absolute pouring rain, no hunters in the field, not one deer in 'hood.  Perfect habitat, fresh sign at every step.  No deer chasing, no deer cruising, no deer anywhere.   A single buck chasing a doe is not a rut in full swing.  This is pissin' me off!  Freekin Blacktail!

They are not in "full rut" yet. Guys see a buck trailing a doe and think full rut which isn't correct. Cruise and seek phase is just starting, total lockdown/stupidity phase isn't going to happen for a few weeks yet. Thank god for my late tag, they are gonna be cranked up come second week of November
I'd say your either an idiot or just don't know about deer. Just FYI, I harvested over 300 deer before the age of 15. I've seen about everything when it comes to deer hunting. For you to tell other people that the deer aren't in rut just proves that you don't know deer. My family owns 14,000 acres, yes 14,000. I know that deer can be in full rut in one part of our land, and nothing in a different part not 5 miles away. It's all about the does and NO PERSON can tell you when a doe will go into her cycle. The deer on one part of my property ARE DEFINITELY in full rut!

 Now come back at me and tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. Another FYI, the state told use we have to take 350 does this year because we have to many deer.

In conclusion, don't tell people that say their deer, in their area aren't in full rut. It just makes you look like an idiot!

Holy cow! It sounds like I made a bad mom joke or something.  There are several different stages of the rut as most everyone knows, the term "full rut" is a fairly broad stroke.
Different areas experience each stage of the rut at different times. Also, the blacktail rut is largely understudied and I seem to learn something new every year.
I only offer my observations as a contribution to the discussion. I'm not going to tell anyone what they do or don't know. congratulations on all of your success with your deer herd.
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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #163 on: October 28, 2016, 04:47:47 PM »
I rattled in a buck for a member's son this morning, first time for me.  Then, when we were taking photos, another, bigger boy came out and started walking up the road toward us, at least until he got a good view of us....   8)

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Re: Blacktail Rut
« Reply #164 on: October 28, 2016, 08:03:20 PM »
Not seeing much were I've been.  A youngster was still nursing off mom today and she didn't even think about kicking him away.

 


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