IM coming to visit some friends in young county, in Olney, december 7-10 , and was wandering if the rut has come and gone or is it gonna be happening when I visit.. Thanks for the info ! Also, do you recomend to bring a bow or the gun? Dont really know anything about the land or what...Thanks again..

I hunt just West of Olney, and this is the worst year of hunting in 3 years. We dont have a single oak tree on our place. I have not seen a mature deer chasing all year. So I cant answer the rut question, but if I had to guess, it is already over.

thank you so much sportsman, even though the rut may have passed I hope I really get to meet some new friends and have a wonderful time... Thanks again

For southeast Texas, the rut had already started in September.. Of course, there is more than one "rut" according to the professionals. If a doe does not get pregnant during the first "rut", she will come back into estrus 28 days later-just like human females. I would venture that by the time the 2nd "rut", or 3rd "rut" rolls around, the activity will have tapered off so much so that it would appear that there is no "rut". Especially considering that once gun season starts, most mature deer will be nocturnal, and probably breeding at night as well.

I had high hopes that this would be a better season than last year, but alas my hopes have been dashed. I've seen fewer deer this year, than last.

I hunt east of Olney just south of Bryson. I saw some chasing the first 2 weekends of gun season but not much since then. My dad said he saw 2 bucks doggin does saturday night. I think for the most part it is over but there should be some unbread does cycling again around the first of Dec.

It has come and gone where I hunt in central Texas... The woods are quiet with very low activity..

its over out there..you might catch a stray doe that didnt get bred..but we are in Throckmorton and its been dead for three weeks now..