Butler County Rut

[scottga]

I have yet to see any signs of the rut in Butler County. I haven't got to hunt the last couple of weeks because I live in GA. Just wondering if I need to be headed that way soon? This is my first year hunting KY. I'm hunting outside of Morgantown. If you have any helpful info it will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott

[Wac'em]

Scott I don't know about Ga but here in Delaware the little guys are all hanging out with a few big boys chasing, I believe were are in pre rut stage right now..........good luck.........

[jr0914]

Scott,

I do not know how much time you are planning on devoting to hunting in Morgantown, but I would get out there soon. I lived in GA for 6.5 years and they are definately behind KY. I am currently living in Kansas and have been keeping the pressure low where I hunt. I have gone out twice. The first day was the October 1st and I harvested my early season doe. The second day was this past Saturday October 29th and I saw a good size 6 pointer (wide for a 6) and six does between 8:30 and 9:30 am. This was the first time I used estrous this season and I knew it would be a little early, but I also knew it was close enough that the deer would think it was a mature doe that had gone "in-heat" early. Sure enough, all seven deer were VERY INTERESTED in "her". THEY ALL LICKED THE TREE I WAS IN and circled the small clearing that I was hunting looking for her! Now, I knew that we were in the late pre-rut here in KS as I have been seeing a few, I mean VERY FEW, small rubs, the temps have finally been consistently dropping, and the second fall moon is approaching. (November 10th) I am going back out tomorrow as we are supposed to have an early morning snow and I would suspect that I will see something bigger! I would imagine that KY is on a similar timeline as they are close in lattitude to KS but maybe a little behind since they are closer to the coast. Bottom line, IT IS GAME-TIME! Get out there Bowhunters!

Good luck, man!

[scottga]

Hey Guys! Thanks for the input. I'm headed out in the morning and maybe I will see some action. We should be in the pre rut stages as well. I'm going to try the estrus scents and some rattling. The bucks should be ready to establish the pecking order. I will be posting a nice pic tomorrow hopfully....

Good luck to you both and thanks again.

nice buck wac'em

Scott

[jr0914]

Scott,

Best of Luck! May the best buck fall!

[scottga]

Well the weekend didn't go as planned but a weekend out in the deer woods is better than two weeks at work.... I saw alot more deer sign and that got me fired up! I found a heaivly used trail leading towards a bedding area. With rifle season opening this weekend I placed a stand about 150 yds across a CRP feild to hopfully catch the old boy crusing the bedding area for girls. Maybe I will have a nice ending to this story next week. I hope your hunt goes well in KS. Best of luck Jesse. U 2 wac'em

[ironhead]

I went out day before yesterday (Kansas City Mo area) to put my blinds out in my staging area to get any smell off, and made it about 30 yards from the truck and saw a LOT of buck rubs,,looks like a small young buck most likely. Will be heading out tomorrow to place the blinds in hunting locations for Saturday morning, getting leaves out of the stands. Good luck to you.