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Deer rut in Louisiana 2014
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:42 am
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:42 am
I'm hunting in North Grant Parish right at the Winn Parish line and it looks like the rut is wayyyy late. In my area it looks like its just started. Anyone else seeing this?
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Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:52 am to jorconalx
you are late in Winn and Grant according to this map.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:02 am to jorconalx
if the rut coincides with a full moon you will sometimes see less chasing and "miss the rut" per se
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:07 am to jorconalx
2nd rut?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:11 am to mylsuhat
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if the rut coincides with a full moon
Could be it. Seems like this year has been off or something. Started with squirrels and continued right on into deer season
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:12 am to AlxTgr
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2nd rut?
Whatchu talkin bout Willis?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:18 am to jorconalx
Does can come into estrus up to 3 times if they are not bred on the 1st or 2nd time. When they get "on the rag", the bucks will get in a frenzy and you can have a secondary rut. Usually the 3rd time in January or early February is too late.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:24 am to jorconalx
quote:Does not bred during primary rut come back into heat a month or so later. This was made obvious to me this season when I shot a doe whose yurlins were almost as big as she was while Mung had spotted fawns under his tree.
Whatchu talkin bout Willis?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:25 am to Motorboat
What website did you pull that map from Motorboat ?
TIA
TIA
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:28 am to jorconalx
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I'm hunting in North Grant Parish right at the Winn Parish line and it looks like the rut is wayyyy late
Rut was about a week and a half ago in northern Winn.
That said, I have had a 6 point on one of my food plots where every pic I have of him for the last month is him running behind a doe. I don't see how he is still walking.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:28 am to AlxTgr
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Does not bred during primary rut come back into heat a month or so later. This was made obvious to me this season when I shot a doe whose yurlins were almost as big as she was while Mung had spotted fawns under his tree
Got it. Guess I just missed the primary rut. Just havent seen evidence on camera or in woods that it had happened. Of course I have seen 1 deer during daylight hours all season and he didnt make it.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:31 am to reggierayreb
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:32 am to reggierayreb
quote:Wildlife and Fisheries
What website did you pull that map from Motorboat ?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:33 am to AlxTgr
Found MS's on MDWFP.com
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:38 am to jorconalx
secondary is usually about 18 days after primary.
but, keep in mind,,, deer, like all creatures, are similar to humans in that there are "individual and unique" characteristics.
but, keep in mind,,, deer, like all creatures, are similar to humans in that there are "individual and unique" characteristics.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:40 am to Ole Geauxt
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Ole Geauxt
Thanks. Your ears must have been burning 
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:44 am to jorconalx
bout wut? somebody gettin' on me somewhere,,,,,, AGAIN?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:46 am to Ole Geauxt
Nah, I responded to your buddy Paul in the is hunting a sport thread. Jenarboy and I were talking about that story lol
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:51 am to jorconalx
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your buddy Paul
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hayull no!
I love eatin' bacon, but not the same way that pawwwwl does.
RIP, PePie.
your buddy Paul
[/quote]
hayull no!
I love eatin' bacon, but not the same way that pawwwwl does.
RIP, PePie.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 10:05 am to jorconalx
The "rut" is determined by an average of when a sample population of does is bred. It is far from an exact science. They went out years ago and killed a bunch of pregnant does in the spring and measured the fetuses to see how many days old they were. There is a chart in a book I have at home that you can measure an unborn fetus and back date it to the day the doe got laid. Biologists then take the average date and call it the rut. It varies so much in different parts of the state because deer were brought in from all over the country during the 1950's and 60's for restocking purposes.
Also, bucks born to does that were bred on their 2nd or 3rd cycle are behind from the get go on antler development. There is still debate as to whether or not they will ever catch up to the earlier born bucks.
Also, bucks born to does that were bred on their 2nd or 3rd cycle are behind from the get go on antler development. There is still debate as to whether or not they will ever catch up to the earlier born bucks.
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