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Offline fishnfur

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Re: Blacktail Rut Thread - Post updates here
« Reply #165 on: November 19, 2021, 10:36:35 AM »
Went out yesterday morning just for fun.. already tagged out..
Didn't see anyone hunting the spots I checked.
Saw a doe chasing a spike ... guessing it was momma opening up a can for bad behavior :chuckle:
And saw a three generation group of doe's feeding without a care in the world...not much for active buck tracks on the normal roads.

I went out Monday to my property in Willipa Hills to see if I could find any action.  Zip!  A few rubs but nothing moving.

In the backyard, the bucks recorded on 05 and 08 Nov. were the last ones moving that I caught.  Strangely, one of the bucks decided to rip up my Orcas Pear tree.  Damn near girdled/killed it.  The second week of November seems really late for rubbing.  Sadly, the cam covering than angle had dead batteries for four days.  I didn't catch that action. 
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Re: Blacktail Rut Thread - Post updates here
« Reply #166 on: November 19, 2021, 10:41:21 AM »
Rub on the pear tree - can't capture all the damage 'cause it wraps around 270 degrees around the five-inch diameter stem. 


Just in time for Late Buck - last night, the four point returned a full 14 days after his last visit.  He checked out a doe and a fawn for a minute or two and apparently unsatisfied, moved on to greener pastures. 



« Last Edit: November 19, 2021, 01:43:28 PM by fishnfur »
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Re: Blacktail Rut Thread - Post updates here
« Reply #167 on: November 19, 2021, 11:11:48 PM »
Seen several doe alone the past few days. No bucks except for the one that I shot. But he wasn't chasing a doe.
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Re: Blacktail Rut Thread - Post updates here
« Reply #168 on: November 22, 2021, 08:54:13 AM »
Buck I shot on Friday was grunting pushing a doe and fawn through the reprod, not smelly or swollen but it was the first time I've heard a blacktail grunting.

 


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