Kat,i want you to know that it is possible to know when the rut is in your area,if you keep up with the rub,scrape sightings every year and make a log of it. it will usually happen around the same time every year,or at least it does where i hunt. start rutting late January and into most of February. and as for the comment about not being able to kill 3 bucks within the season we have now,well it sounds like to me that you are an excellent hunter,hell anyone can go out and shoot 3 small bucks a year,but why would you want to do that? if people would let the little ones walk for a year or two,then you would have something to shoot and be proud of to hang on your wall. if ya want meat.........shoot a doe!


Rifle....not in my hunting vocabulary!