Ohio 2013 Rut Report.
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dante322
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Made a big figure eight through my hunting spot today looking for sign. The rubs I noticed a few weeks ago haven't been touched, and the half assed scrapes I found a few weeks ago haven't been freshened up. I just don't get it.
Mao
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Good luck this weekend boys. Personally, I feel like this weekend is the 4th quarter of the rut.
I seen a buck chase a doe Sunday. Monday I shot my first deer ever a nice 8...I figured it was a good first deer. Found blood then the rain and snow kicked in...lost trail looked everyday this week but thursday and today..bummed out....
Should I hunt evening or morning tomorrow?
Should I hunt evening or morning tomorrow?
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first day in Warren county today that I saw signs of the rut. Saw a bit of chasing by 1.5 year olds and saw 3 other bucks cruising. total i saw 5 does and 5 bucks. Best day i have had all season. saw them all time of the day from 7 am until 330 pm. got me pumped a bit. havent seen much scrapes but rubs are around. getting better trail cam pics too. wooo hooo 
I caught my first look of the deer I have my heart set on tonite. It was 500 when I heard the brush crack and a doe popped out in the field on a dead sprint and then the grunt, of a buck after a doe. I pulled the binos up to see him for the first time at 200 yards nose to ass on a hot doe. Im excited and hope this is not my last look at him. Back at it again in the morning.
Tuesday bucks fighting and chasing next two days dead.Yesterday sat all dat saw 9 bucks out cruising saw one doe with a bb.Passed on 5 of the bucks.Today so far nothing.I agree with Brock.Over the years we see some of our biggest bucks out searching.Killed one of my biggest the monday of that week.Dont give up yet guys.
Saw good chasing this morning by two solid bucks. One was 120" 9 point. The other was bigger but bit sure how much. They busted up a few doe and ran them in circles.
Gordo
Senior Member
Popped in on another property today cause i was drivin right by it. 12 scrapes that had to have been freshened upin last 12 hours. 5 right around my stand and 5 more 100 yards away. That place looks to b jammin. Popped two cams up. Already excited to check them
I believe thy are locked down in my area. o deer sightings the last 3 days, neighbors reporting the same thing.
blemas
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ImpalaSSpeed96
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Far as the SS, I have been taking scent free showers, scent free deodorant, scent free clothes wash. Boots do touch the truck floor, but I always have deer walk right over my trail with no ill effects. I use no other scents normally, sometimes I put out the trophyblend evercalm equivalent, but no real effects I've seen from that. I have been smoking up prior to every hunt. I'm thinking about smoking my clothes every few days and then just a quick minute smoke to get some on my body/pores. I have been using the hickory chips. Before I secured the chips, I was using leaves. I don't like the leaf smell, it stinks, but the hickory smell smells like I just left a BBQ joint. Most every deer reacts to it, most just continue on about their business, just knowing they smell something. I had one doe that wouldn't cross where I walked in. Her fawns didn't react at all, no surprise. When she finally decided to cross my path, she bolted across it and walked on about her business after a 20 yard sprint. The buck that blew out stopped and angled off after catching my scent. He didn't blow until he was probably 80 or more yards out, more so in the wind stream. The different buck who caught me stopped as soon as he got into my stream. He didn't bolt, but stood there for a bit. Finally decided nope, turned around and went off another way. I've had other deer downwind that didn't even offer up the slightest notion they smelled anything, and they were definitely downwind at some point. Can't say for sure what the instances are from, I'm going to keep using it. Just changing up useage tactics a bit to experiment.
Far as the rut, I've skipped four planned hunts since I got back to NJ. I can't talk myself into sitting in a tree here to in the slim hopes I have a maturish 80-100 inch deer come by I want to shoot, which I really don't want to shoot. Especially after I logged about 80 hours in a tree in Ohio and didn't see a deer over 100 inches. A friend saw a buck breed a doe last night, couldn't see how big, just saw the humping going on. Finally talked myself into jumping in the shower and heading out for one last hunt on public before I head back to work on Monday. I doubt I'll get out tomorrow.
Far as the rut, I've skipped four planned hunts since I got back to NJ. I can't talk myself into sitting in a tree here to in the slim hopes I have a maturish 80-100 inch deer come by I want to shoot, which I really don't want to shoot. Especially after I logged about 80 hours in a tree in Ohio and didn't see a deer over 100 inches. A friend saw a buck breed a doe last night, couldn't see how big, just saw the humping going on. Finally talked myself into jumping in the shower and heading out for one last hunt on public before I head back to work on Monday. I doubt I'll get out tomorrow.
That's awesome Zack! Down here in Warren, I've yet to see any chasing or heard grunting. The only shooter buck I've seen all season is the one I shot on October 21st.
Deer sign and movement are scarce and I attribute it to just having very low deer numbers.
Deer sign and movement are scarce and I attribute it to just having very low deer numbers.