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Deer rut in Louisiana 2014

Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:42 am
Posted by jorconalx
alexandria
Member since Aug 2011
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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?
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
22976 posts
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:52 am to


you are late in Winn and Grant according to this map.
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
49008 posts
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:02 am to
if the rut coincides with a full moon you will sometimes see less chasing and "miss the rut" per se
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
82696 posts
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:07 am to
2nd rut?
Posted by TigerDeacon
West Monroe, LA
Member since Sep 2003
29586 posts
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:28 am to
quote:

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 by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 12/10/14 at 10:05 am to
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.
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