Charles Alsheimer's 2012 Rut Predictions - Ohio Edition
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Ricer2231
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Just got my vacation schedule locked in and I am off November 6th through November 18th. Yea baby!!!! I'm putting something big on the ground!
Ohiobowhunter1
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Make sure you remember that the 17th and 18th you will need orange on as that is youth week-end.
Ricer2231
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Yep had to two years ago too. Didn't have to last year I had killed my buck and was setting at the house watching the Buckeyes youth weekend.
Ricer2231
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My observations don't jive well with Charlie right now. I think we are still in the early seeking phase here. It's been awful slow that's for sure...
blemas
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I am with you Jesse. I am hoping that he is about a week behind. I am glad though, previous commitments and grad school have left me with yesterday as my only day out in the woods till the 17th. I saw nothing but does yesterday and the only buck my wife saw was a first year buck with some promise.
I don't buy being in lock down already, but it sure feels like it. I leaning towards a bad moon as much as anything. Weather is perfect other than being windy. It's strange though because I'm not even seeing little bucks chase and the does I see are alone.
Wednesday and Thursday was busy. I don't think the wind would keep me from getting down if I only got to do it once a year.
Gordo
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Saw 4 doe early. No buck around. Saw 3 more little after. No buck around. Then 1 doe with big boy close by. Im not sold he was hooked up with her though. She seemed fidgety around him and he wasn't pushing her.
I changed my vacation to this week from next week. Due to the prediction and the weather forecast. So far my woods are slow and all my buddies are reporting the same. Saturday morning had young 8 chase a doe and grunt and really put on show. Then a 4 point cruising around 1030 and that was all I seen that morning. Today I only got to hunt the evening and i jumped 2 bucks and doe bedded to together. Then had doe enter the field about 430 then I seen nothing till last light. Not sure I could even shoot that how dark it was getting. I will say the field lit up with deer and the bucks were chasing but they were young bucks.
So yeah as of right now I am kicking my self in the ass for switching weeks but then again 7-11 is uaually pretty good.
So yeah as of right now I am kicking my self in the ass for switching weeks but then again 7-11 is uaually pretty good.
Alphamax10
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We can think its slow, not happening etc. but look at all the bucks hitting the ground the past three days. They are on their feet during daylight. They may still be seeking and the chase hasn't peeked but it's on it's way. It'll happen sometime this week IMO.
I agree. I think the encounter I had Thursday evening just happened to be a doe that was possibly coming in early. Haven't seen anything since then to prove it's time.
