Louisiana/ Mississippi Rut: 2019/ 2020

Wanted to start a thread so people can provide information or get information regarding the rut.

I have 2 places I hunt:

I’ll be spending 5 out of the next 6 weeks hunting at our place in Tensas. This is a large piece private property my brothers and I own. The bucks are getting at it right now up here. Saw some nice looking bucks that aren’t quite mature enough chasing does the last few days, especially this morning. Historically, our bigger bucks have been taken the next 11-12 days. Are some of you that hunt Tensas Parish seeing the same thing right now?

The other area I hunt is 300 acres I bought last year closer to home in SELA along the Amite River literally a couple miles from the SWMS border. I bought that place because it’s closer to home and work and makes it easier to get hunts in when I’m super busy at work. It’s obviously nowhere near as good as our place up north but it has a good deer herd and it’s an ideal habitat for whitetail. 73 acres is 6 year cutover and the rest is primarily hardwoods in the river bottom. Judging from what I saw last year and what I’ve seen this year, I don’t think the rut kicks into full gear until after January 1st.

I’ve looked at some sites that use data from over the years and it says about the same thing for that area. I cannot remember the name of the website that had that rut map but it was linked on the OB earlier in the year. If anyone remembers what site it is and can post a link it’d be greatly appreciated.


Curious to see what the deer are doing in other parishes/ counties.

Good luck everyone and please be safe over the holidays. As most of you know this is the time of year the woods are filled with hunters and not all of them hunt safe or ethical. Just watch out for the idiots.