Bucks grunting this late ,????

[gonehuntin68]

It has always been my understanding that when the rut starts it never stop until they are all bred. There are some high peak times but other than that, if a doe is in season becasue teh first one didn't take or she is late, she is getting chased. There is no specific date slot they adhere to once it gets rolling.

I agree with the above. Our rut starts right before opening of bow season but I've seen bucks chasing does all the way into January before. I also see fawns each year that are born about 4 months apart.

[RascalArms]

Last weekend the young bucks were hounding the does hard in Schleicher County. The bigger mature bucks were trailing further behind. Even saw 2 mature bucks still together while trailing and lip curling a doe. Had a nice young 8 lick my trail cam and make a scrape right next to my feeder....he was grunting the whole time.

[TopNoc]

It has always been my understanding that when the rut starts it never stop until they are all bred. There are some high peak times but other than that, if a doe is in season becasue teh first one didn't take or she is late, she is getting chased. There is no specific date slot they adhere to once it gets rolling.

Exactly right.

[legolas]

Dear Are like cattle they come in to heat approximately every 21 days so it's not really a first rut, second rut, the rut continues all the way from November to January, And in different regions particularly the south the rut is even longer sometimes year round.it is just the availability of the doe's coming into heat is what you're seeing, so the majority of the does come in that he does the sunlight changes, the sunlight is what affects the pituitary gland in the brain which causes the dough to come into heat therefore she start your cycle and the process continues. Books will talk all your room you just hear it more during the rut because they are much more sociable at this time.

[legolas]

Sorry for the auto talk accidentally hit the post while trying to correct it.

[Daniel75]

I missed a STUD last weekend in SE Oklahoma, he was trotting through, nose to the ground, grunting the whole time. I agree with Smart. There are 2 main breeding cycles, depending on your area but seems to peak usually around the second week of November and then peaking again 28-30 days later in December for the does that didn't get bred the first time around.

[DRT]

They have been rutting hard on our place since the last week of October. A lot of factors go into when and how intense rut activity takes place.

[WCB]

Imagine the rut as a bell shaped curve. A few does start going into heat then a few more, then more, then the peak, then a few less, and a few less and so on and so forth. The early doe that didn't get bred will start back up before the first go round is done so there is an overlap of first timers and second timers.

[Speedgoat]

Imagine the rut as a bell shaped curve. A few does start going into heat then a few more, then more, then the peak, then a few less, and a few less and so on and so forth. The early doe that didn't get bred will start back up before the first go round is done so there is an overlap of first timers and second timers.

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[courtatlawjudge]

The buck in my avatar shot was tending a doe yesterday. I couldn't run him off. Before that I hadn't seen or gotten but 3-4 daylight pics of him in 2 months. It's going strong in Hill County. Big bucks just now starting to chase does. The little guys have been going at it for 2 weeks, but the big guys don't get two excited until time is right. Kind like the old joke about the old bull and young bull up on the hill looking at all the cows....

[lovemylegacy]

Am pretty sure I heard a buck grunting like he was tending a doe about an hour ago. Isn't it a little late for the first rut and early for the second,??????

Naw, right on schedule

[Patton]

Been a little wierd this year, I've seen bucks chasing does every weekend since the rifle opener. Had a 3.5 year old burning up a doe and grunting the whole time on Friday morning.

We have seen the same thing I'm Blanco

[TTU TX Hunter]

Heavy action here in archer county all weekend.