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Re: Rut and daylight question
[Re: Gib]
#2719922
01/27/19 08:18 PM
01/27/19 08:18 PM
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Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 38,489 N. Bama
257wbymag
Boo Boo Head
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Boo Boo Head
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N. Bama
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Rut happened 60 days ago up here. Bucks are all grouped back up now. Saw a group of 8 together this pm. All ages 3 down to 1 yr olds.
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: Rut and daylight question
[Re: Gib]
#2720657
01/28/19 02:36 PM
01/28/19 02:36 PM
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Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,032 Kentucky
lances
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,032
Kentucky
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It’s been a mystery to me for years. Have seen great rut scenes before but mostly nothing Lol. It’s is calling hunting not killing though lol
Last edited by lances; 01/28/19 02:37 PM.
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Re: Rut and daylight question
[Re: Gib]
#2720897
01/28/19 06:49 PM
01/28/19 06:49 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 36
oldpro
spike
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spike
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Yes, the chasing activity seems to be different on every property. I have the benefit of hunting several different locations, in different areas. Some of the properties seem like the chasing, fighting, grunting etc is much more visible than others. Some I see very little chasing etc. others I see three chases a day and active rut behavior for 7-10 days straight. It's hard to figure out the reason. One property is only 5 miles form the other, with a fairly similar doe/buck ratio etc and we consistently have much better "rut" hunts on it. Last Saturday I saw three different racked bucks chasing, plus spikes getting in the mix, from 1 pm till dark, whereas the people that hunted the other property saw very little action. It seems to be this way every year, with one property being "hot" and the other much more sporadic in almost the same location and conditions, pressure , etc. Hard to figure out why
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Re: Rut and daylight question
[Re: Gib]
#2720941
01/28/19 07:37 PM
01/28/19 07:37 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 34,402 Boxes Cove
2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Posts: 34,402
Boxes Cove
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Shorting of daylight clicks the safety off, when fawns need to be born for optimum survival is what pulls the trigger.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Rut and daylight question
[Re: Gib]
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01/29/19 08:53 AM
01/29/19 08:53 AM
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Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 309 Rising Fawn, Ga
booth2
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4 point
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Posts: 309
Rising Fawn, Ga
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It's not that they didn't come in heat for round 1, its more likely they didn't get bred on round 1 and the does that don't get bred come back into estrus a month later. Yeah I've looked into that. Maybe I'm not wording this correctly. If there are two separate days with the same daylight length a month or so apart, why do the does not go into estrus on the first one. Maybe they've adapted to pass by the first one and goes on the second date. I just couldn't find anything on it and it had me wondering.
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Re: Rut and daylight question
[Re: Gib]
#2721753
01/29/19 12:31 PM
01/29/19 12:31 PM
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Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 146 Huntsville
Dave_H
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3 point
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Posts: 146
Huntsville
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True, but unless I'm mistaken that is triggered by daylight length. So wouldn't it have triggered at the first time it hit that length and not a month later when it hit again? I'm sure there is a simple answer I'm overlooking but just made me wonder. I always assumed that it had something to do with when they dropped their last fawn/were born. It seems to be about five-six months from dropping fawns to the rut. When the time approaches the light cycles trigger the doe estrous. But we have such a mix of deer genetics, who knows for certain.
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