CAelknuts
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It sure looks like the rut is kicking in good all of a sudden. My son and I hunt some private ranches in the foothills of D5. Last weekend, I got out both evenings, and saw 6-8 deer, only a buck or two each time and nothing big.
This morning, my son and I went out at first light. I could only hunt till 8:30 as I had to get to work, and by then we saw over 20 deer, with 7 of them being bucks. Nothing we wanted to shoot, but they were walking around with no concern other than following the does they were behind.
My son hunted all day, and ended up seeing over 30 deer with a total of a dozen bucks. He passed up a couple big forkie bucks that were 20"+ wide, as well as a couple nice 3x3 bucks. He wasn't able to get a shot at a big buck he saw, but we plan to be right back in there tomorrow morning.
All of a sudden, bucks are visible all over the place, and acting really rutty. The next 5 days are gonna be fun!
This morning, my son and I went out at first light. I could only hunt till 8:30 as I had to get to work, and by then we saw over 20 deer, with 7 of them being bucks. Nothing we wanted to shoot, but they were walking around with no concern other than following the does they were behind.
My son hunted all day, and ended up seeing over 30 deer with a total of a dozen bucks. He passed up a couple big forkie bucks that were 20"+ wide, as well as a couple nice 3x3 bucks. He wasn't able to get a shot at a big buck he saw, but we plan to be right back in there tomorrow morning.
All of a sudden, bucks are visible all over the place, and acting really rutty. The next 5 days are gonna be fun!