Any SW Miss rut reports?

We’ve been getting new bucks the last 3 nights

Very close

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The weather forecast for the coming days is not ideal

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I’m out until the first weekend of January and the forecast looks great for
Wilkinson County by then! Near freezing overnight temps and not above mid-50’s during the days.

I would say it’s pre rut and just a matter of time. Next 2 weeks should be really good.

I'm a crows fly from there. I killed a big ten Saturday afternoon. I had a doe and two babies come out and feed in the food plot, and he showed up a few minutes later. He started tearing up trees and scraping. She left and he followed her. They were gone for 20 min and came back. He started scraping and hooking again, and I laid him to rest. Still prerut which is my favorite time of the season. We had a buck killed two weeks ago and his hocks were smelly, but another buck killed wasn't.

The Does are not ready to breed, it as simple as that. A few more days.
Normal Weather has little to do with rutting activity. It's just like humans, both sides have to agree, to have sex. Just like humans, the bucks are ready for sex and the does need a little more time. Be patient.

I have a pic of a young buck draped over the back of a doe...like sideways by a feeder lol

The bucks are trying for sure....mostly younger ones....if not all younger ones from what I've seen

I was up there this weekend and hunted hard. There are scrapes. Didnt see any chasing during daylight hours


We did kill four doe's though. One was killed right before that big front came through....found blood and I called the hunters into the camp. They all came inside with lightning in going crazy in the backround. You could hear trees and limbs falling everywhere.

Needless to say they made it back in the nick of time. We found the deer laying on the edge of the field about 2 hours after the storm

Fun weekend

Seen 3 chasing this morning but not fully engaged yet.

Maybe, just maybe, y'all are not good enough hunters to kill deer under warming conditions. Because if you think, 70 degree weather will "shut down the rut", ya'll need to start hunting squirrels.

Maybe the does have moved to a location with more cover.
Maybe the deer have changed to a totally nocturnal environment. I don't know. But I can tell yall with total confidence, that the big buck in my yard, who's nose has been up every does azz for the last week, is NOT "shutting down his rut", regardless of the temperature.
Get out that box stand and go find the deer.
God Bless and Happy New Year.