Awesome deer in the pic. I live in Mo, and watched a 6pt. trailing a doe yesterday. Grunted at him, he barely even noticed. He was following a good 80 yards behind her, but he was not veering off course. I wouldn't have shot him, but I like messing with em'.

thuroy, im stuck hunting up north on public land... can I come hunt with you??? LOL

Things are getting hot in Ohio. I'm seeing bigger antlers everyday. Saw one this morning tending a disinterested doe. My nephew shot a nice 10 point last night chasing does. It's not to the point where the big bucks are crazy but it's close.

no chasing... yet i would predict it to hit hard next week on the 11th when the temp drops here in wisconsin... i have a lone doe coming into 1 of my favorite stands without the buck fawn she previously had.

Northern_mi_hunter it had been quite frustrating until some of the corn in the area started to come down. Good luck I will be heading up to Kalkaska- Grayling area for Thanksgiving weekend to see a abundance of orange and few deer.

some rutting in central wi, small one's nothing big yet....as far as the pic of the young girl that's f'n awsome that what i like to see big bucks and young kids hunting or should i say young ladys...congrats

Oh, also, The deer in Northern MI are scraping like crazy but I havent seen any chasing yet...

I have a 1 acre winter wheat field and on Sunday night a large 8 point came in at about 10pm... there were already 6 does eating and he didnt seam interested in them at all... The does did give him a very wide berth, and left once he started eating... He made 3 scrapes on my field edge that night, and about 5 more over the next 400 yards or so untill he went down the hill into a cedar swamp...

My problem is that it is almost impossible to hunt bucks that use the swamp as a bedding area... it is bordered by a huge hill and in the evenings, no matter what direction the wind is coming from, my scent carries downhill... and the bucks always leave about a half hour after the does, so the does usually will bust me and then the bucks will just wait untill dark...

The only way I have been successful is to find the bucks actually bedding site right before rifle season opens, and then wait untill the very end of rifle season when the weather makes the bucks move before dark... Then i set up actually in the swamp within 100 yards of his bedding site in the very middle of the day, and only on a windy noisy day...

I got an 8 point doing this last Thanksgiving..

i'm going to put in for the very last season here in CO next year. it was 75 today and activity is just now heating up.

anyone have any info on deer in northern maine, haven't seen any bucks yet. have seen a few does but not much else

West Central Wisconsin...I would say its game time. Seen 3 bucks all nice ones behind a doe not really pushing her but they are following close. My dad had 4 bucks following one doe so they are up and moving. I would say sit all day if you could...

Here in central Iowa the chase explosion is on the brink. The 150" 8 point was chasing a doe at no end on Wednesday evening. Had to pass on the 60 yard shot. Other than him the other bucks have been for the most-part shadowing. Testing their behavior with a deep grunt call they are curious and look around for what the "bigger buck" has for does. Also, Starting to see new bucks. The does have been making contact calls among each other and the bucks are letting out short single grunts. A few other things to mention, The corn is still in all around, and i haven't noticed any scrape activity here yet.

went hunting on at the Burnsville WMA in WV yesterday and saw a 7 point chasing does around in a small field. Also after they went into the woods bordering the field I heard him great a few times. Also watched a larger buck rubbing some trees and checking his scrapes on the 5th. He seemed to be on the move looking for does.

Spent last week in Ohio, and it was slow. Saw a couple bucks chasing but not as i expected. Hope to get out at home Tues or Thurs, should be on by then if not already.

here in central NY alot of the doe are ready but the mature bucks arn't coming out until 2hrs after dark...ive already grunted or rattled in 4 bucks...how do you get those big ones out?

Here in Central N.C., been seeing a lot of deer since muzzleloader opened this past Saturday. Today was the first time i saw several bucks , one big one that i shot then had some house dogs come and chase him away and with the rain and fall leaves couldn't recover the blood trail to find him and he was a wall hanger. Every Doe i saw had a buck with her today, several small ones, and the big main frame 8 i shot then lost had 4 does with him. Also so lots of scrape activity and rubs today. Probaly not 20 yards from the edge of my yard, and dog pen.

Western Ky: Last Saturday (11/7) I saw two real solid bucks dogging does in a cut cornfield close to last light, just never got a shot. Gun season comes in this weekend, though and Im hoping theyll be at it again when i have a little longer shooting capability.

Here in the Charlotte NC area: Saw a 2 1/2 year old buck and a 1 1/2 year old buck grazing with 7 does this evening. The larger buck would intermittendly take after one of the does. The doe urinated and the larger buck had his nose in it for at least a minute. Almost seems like the very end of the seek and chase, not sure that any of those does, except maybe the one, are hot yet.

On another note: The Weekly Rut Report is a great idea. But it doesn't really work if it's not maintained. It's been 15 days since the last post. C'mon guys.

here in se outh dakota i have seen no sign of the rut eather its oct 22 09 i have saw lots of bucks but only 1 googley eyed all worked up, other than that ya grunt at them they keep walking ya bleat at them they run the other way, i have tried doe estress, buck p from code blue... nothing eather havent heard any other deer grunting or trailing eather , i scratch my head, this is my first yr really after to put on a good hunt,its really hard.

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The weather is changing, getting cooler after that big storm blew thru. The are on the move. Western KY.