2016 whitetail rut

[northern_rednek]

It's wide open here now. Chasing, fighting.


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[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

Dam I wish I still had my game seal... lol

[Tune]

The " rut " has 3 different stages. Pre rut, rut and post rut. Pre rut, usually starts after the first full moon of fall, mid to late October. The actual " rut " ( when doe's starting to go into estrous ) usually starts the first 2 weeks of November. Post rut is everything after the doe's come out of estrous. Some people don't realize that there is actually a small second " rut " that comes around the first week of December. If doe's don't get pregnant the first time, they will come into heat again. I've shot many decent bucks during that time period. There can be some major factors that affect the " rut ". The most important is weather. If it's too warm, most of your activity will be in the dark. If you get a cold snap in the first 2 weeks in November, you better be in the woods because the action will pic up quick.

[northern_rednek]

Rut is wide open here. Took the day off work. Conditions are perfect, warm and very windy hahahahaha. Seen 2 nice 8's already. They're on the move big time. Just waiting for the big one to show.


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[Winterfisher]

any idea about the happenings on manitoulin right now? 43B?

[Oddmott]

Check out the neck on this guy I seen yesterday morning

Asking me to check out HIS neck... is like asking me to check out a gal's forearms...

[Ontario Hunter]

The Pre Rut Stage has just turned into the Early Rut stage.
First morning took this scrub buck calling it in with the new QB grunt tube

The second morning same stand I called again and after a few sequences I spot movement from the right of the stand.

I drop the camera after catching the rack coming and grabbed the 20 ga and get set. He catches me moving but leaves a direct shot for the neck and

a shot back towards the stand.
end result !

[waltman]

Nice deer!

[missy83]

What's the action like in wmu47?
Heading up there tomorrow for the second week of the rifle hunt

[Greenhorn]

Congrats Adrian.excellent hunt.