so......is the rut over?

we hunt in coryell county about 3 miles from the Lampasas county line. (izoro) i was wondering if anyone in this part of the country thinks the rut is over? I am betting so. we never really saw anything and im sure it happened at night because of the STUPID hot weather.

??? any thoughts

Ours is just beginning to start in Duval co. Brother saw 8 bucks this morning and only 2 does... they are thinking about food not arse. The buck I shot 2 weeks ago down theres hocks were dry and puffy like coton balls. They are starting to spar quite a bit and my brother said the deer are acting like its getting close for us.

Alot of it depends on where in the state you are though.

i have like 6 does on camera in fayette.. ..got like 6 different bucks.. but all will not meet AR.....no rutting that i can see.. or chasing yet.....bucks are still hanging together at my place....its a weird yr..

Rut is pretty much over in Freestone County. No new scrapes or rut activity. Saw a group of 5 bucks come to my feeder together this weekend, i was surprised because it usually lasts longer than what it did this year.

Up in Jones county north of Abilene, our rut is either in full swing or on its 2nd go around. I've hunted every weekend this season and I've just now been seeing (in the last week) crazy activity with multiple bucks chasing doe. I know it's different everywhere but up here in west Texas its prime time for me.

Doc, my friends that hunted near Haskell last weekend saw much the same as you.

I've had a lot of friends and other hunters from Jones/Throckmorton/Stonewall counties say that it's just now kicking off in these areas.

Our deer are completely nocturnal right now. Haven't seen any chasing since opening week of gun season.

I would say its over in hopkins co.

We seem to be on the tail end of the heavy rut here in Mills. Typically we will have a few late comers thru January.

Usually the most does are in heat around early November in North Texas/Southern Oklahoma, but I bet there will be more activity in December this year with the warmer temps. I saw lots of bucks chasing does in SE Ks last week.

So far from what I have sen it is the same thing here in Howard county

Hunt rite around the corner in kempner and they were during Thanksgiving week and then just shut down.Next week new moon and cooler temps mite get them moving again

The rut is gonna happen when the rut is gonna happen no matter what phase the moon is or what the temperatures are. What the moon and temps decides if we will see the rutting or if it will be happening at midnight while your in bed rutting at home.

If the does come into heat they dont go out just because the temps warm up, if they are still in heat the bucks are not gonna stop chasing.

Rut or Ruts...we have deer here in the Hill Country that were born in Nov,Dec, Jan, Feb, March, April, Aug, Sept...ect..now I don't think the does had a delayed birth, but we had babies that
had spots until the first wk of Oct..South Texas usually has a good Rut from Xmas day thru the 31st of Jan..or longer..DD

Yep

Does go in heat in Oct, then in Nov if not "poked", then Dec if not "poked".....IMO the heat does make a difference because they don't run as hard in the heat, so more does don't get "poked" in Oct. Then, since it was real warm in Nov, even more does than average still didn't get "poked".......again, JMO and what I havfe observed. I am sure I am wrong to some degree and it is different in other areas of the state.

In Hamilton about 8 miles from Star saw some good rutting going on this past weekend! Funky looking 8 was limping bad and following around a Doe! The saw a monster nose down strutting hard for a big doe! But why I love to hate the rut... He never stopped stayed around long enough to get a shot! Seein em early morning! So this weekend... I'm rattling!!

I have to agree with Pittstate, I think that with the heat and the drought the bucks have a hard time running down all the does and some don't get bred until several cycles later. just my opinion, ur mileage may vary.....

Just kicked off this past weekend in Hill Co.

Im sure I can safely say that you have seen far more deer seasons than I have; however, IF you saw fawns being born in Novcember December and January in the hill country that means they were bread in late April through july. Those are either exotics, some really jacked up pened or hi fence deer or the crazy exception to the rule.

It seems to have started again here. Saw a couple of bucks after does this morning.

really? come on know

I have seen bucks chasing does in April, so is the rut really ever over? Mother Nature is one place where it is not easy to put everything in its own little category and expect it to fit there every time the topic comes up.

Been having the same question here in N Kaufman area. Yet to see a buck after a doe and does still moving in groups.

The rut is in the lockdown phase right now. bucks wnt leave does sight and the doe will be coming into standing heat soon so they arnt moving much either

Taxidermy by fort worth says we got about a week left of the first rut

And the next phase after the lockdown phase is the eating phase right?

I think at my place the first rut is over. I saw some mild chasing (a single spike buck) before Thanksgiving and then this past weekend I saw a pack of 7 doe at the feeder and they moved around the property together that morning. There were no bucks chasing the does at all, so I have to imagine at least that pack of does had none in estrous.

Maybe catch another mini-rut in about 2 weeks or so...

The rut is over in some areas of Texas, and is just beginning in others. It all depends on where you're located.

Saw a nice 8 chasing a doe yesterday outside of Dripping Springs!

nope, at least not here is W TX....daughter saw two bucks fighting in the bar ditch on the way home from work last night...and another buck was chasing the doe they were fighting over...they didn't seem to mind cars passing by at 70...