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re: 12/18 IST
Posted on 12/18/21 at 2:04 pm to Tigerpaw123
Posted on 12/18/21 at 2:04 pm to Tigerpaw123
I agree on the early part. We are at least a week early here in Jefferson County.
I can absolutely confirm we did have two ruts last year though. Scrapes everywhere between 12-29 and 1-3-21. It was full moon that week. Cell cameras show fresh fawns sucking the doe's tit at a feeder on July 20th. Gestation period for a whitetail is 201 days. July 20,2021 was the 201sy day of the year.
On January 17,2021, I watched the largest buck I've ever seen in the southern U.S. chase a doe around a cutover for over an hour. Unfortunately for me, I knew he was here. I set up in the woods that morning over an hour before daylight with my 20GA slug rifle. The wind changed unexpectedly and I decided to get into the cutover box. I am dialed in on a gnat's arse at 125 with the 20GA. It has 17 deer shots and 17 kills to date. None of them have taken another step. The best shot I had was at 245 yards after watching him for what seemed to be forever. I missed him three times that sit. I'm still sick about it.
We had fresh fawns with does August 18th-20th on camera. This is the best pic I have of him before that hunt.
LINK
I can absolutely confirm we did have two ruts last year though. Scrapes everywhere between 12-29 and 1-3-21. It was full moon that week. Cell cameras show fresh fawns sucking the doe's tit at a feeder on July 20th. Gestation period for a whitetail is 201 days. July 20,2021 was the 201sy day of the year.
On January 17,2021, I watched the largest buck I've ever seen in the southern U.S. chase a doe around a cutover for over an hour. Unfortunately for me, I knew he was here. I set up in the woods that morning over an hour before daylight with my 20GA slug rifle. The wind changed unexpectedly and I decided to get into the cutover box. I am dialed in on a gnat's arse at 125 with the 20GA. It has 17 deer shots and 17 kills to date. None of them have taken another step. The best shot I had was at 245 yards after watching him for what seemed to be forever. I missed him three times that sit. I'm still sick about it.
We had fresh fawns with does August 18th-20th on camera. This is the best pic I have of him before that hunt.
LINK
This post was edited on 12/18/21 at 2:10 pm
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Posted on 12/18/21 at 2:38 pm to 4LSU2
I be sick about that one, too. I sure wouldn’t limit myself to the range of a slug gun. A .308 can come in a compact size and still give you 300 yard reach.
Y’all get any pics of him this season?
Y’all get any pics of him this season?
Posted on 12/18/21 at 2:58 pm to 4LSU2
They rut very late here, Super Bowl Sunday big boy was running does in the backyard
We have spotted fawns into December
We have spotted fawns into December
Posted on 12/18/21 at 3:51 pm to 4LSU2
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I can absolutely confirm we did have two ruts last year though.
The rut is basically defined as the height of deer breeding season.
Does can come into estrous cycle 3 times every 21 days if they are not bred already. And a buck can breed with them as long as he has bony antlers on his head.
So it’s not so much that there is a “secondary” rut, but there are bucks trying to breed does late in the season.
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