Rut Report
Follow along as the Tecomate Pro-Staffers give you rut reports, deer movement and notes from the field in Tecomate's Rut Report.
Thursday, February 07, 2013
Tecomate Rut Report - SOUTH TX - February 7, 2013
Unbelievable as it may seem many sportsman are still pursuing the giant bucks of the fabled South Texas plains. Hunting is allow on certain well managed brush country lands until the end of February. I was fortunate to have participated in a week long late season trophy whitetail adventure in the Golden Triangle during the last week of January.
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David Shashy on 02/07 at 12:23 PM
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Tecomate Rut Report – SOUTH TEXAS – 1/17/13
As the Texas weather continues to send the mercury on a rollercoaster ride, such was not the case through much of December. South Texas can expect those does which were not bred in December to be receptive in late January but my observations are that hunters shouldn’t count on it to produce a noticeable increase in activity. The rut this year was pretty strong and I was able to rattle in at least one-half dozen bucks per sitting on open fields. Much needed rain has fallen across much of South Texas, but a continued pattern of increased rainfall is going to be necessary for a stronger fawn crop to begin making up for the impacts of the continued drought.
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Posted by Cody Zabransky on 01/16 at 04:37 PM
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Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Tecomate Rut Report – MISSISSIPPI – 1/9/2013
Well after hunting in four counties across the Magnolia State this past week I can definitely say that bucks are still in full rut. I saw bucks chasing in all four of the counties I hunted. Rutting activity was seen in the northeast county of Pontotoc to the southwest county of Claiborne. Unfortunately, only one mature buck gave me a good shot during the whole week, a mature 17½ inch wide eight point in Claiborne County. I was, however, fortunate enough to see a lot of cool rutting activity. My favorite observation was the show a young nine point put on in Kemper County. There was a smaller buck chasing two does when he walked out of the thick pines. His hair stood up on his back like a mohawk as he postured toward the other buck. The big young nine point never charged the smaller buck, but he circled the little guy as he made three large rubs. After the last rub was completed the nine gave the broke-up six point a death stare before he picked up the chase after the does. I saw many other good looking young bucks this past week chasing does or cruising by looking for does. I also was able to grunt up a few bucks this past week, which is always fun to do. In addition to this, many of the hunters that are in my hunting circle knocked down some big bucks this past week. January is always the time to be in the woods for most areas of Mississippi.
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Posted by
Mark Newell on 01/09 at 04:07 PM
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Tecomate Rut Report – MISSISSIPPI
Well the Mississippi rut if finally in full swing throughout the Magnolia State. The rut in the counties that boarder Tennessee, as well as the counties that boarder the mighty Mississippi River started a couple weeks or so ago. The mature bucks are really just now chasing does hard where I hunt mostly at in the northeast and central parts of the state. However, most of the rut activity seems to be at night; even more than usual this year. After 4 days of hunting hard this past week I never once saw a mature buck from the stand. I saw several mature deer on their feet cruising and chasing does at night on the way back to camp. Also my Reconyx cameras captured several pictures of big bucks chasing does. This is one of my favorite features of my Reconyx cameras. It captures a lot of buck pictures that most cameras don’t get when they are in hot pursuit of a hot doe.
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Mark Newell on 01/01 at 07:35 PM
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Tecomate Rut Report Week 16 – KANSAS – 12/2/12
“It ain’t over till it’s over”. I forget which movie that line is from but it fits perfectly for what is happening with the rut here in southwest Kansas. In normal times, not even sure what those are anymore, our rut would start around the 10th of November, peak about the 15th and by Thanksgiving you were hard pressed to find any rutting activity. This year however is different. As I write this, the bucks are actively pursuing the still numerous and very receptive does. This is great for the hunters but not so great for the antlers. It is becoming increasingly hard to find a mature buck that does not have at least one if not more broken tines. Several bucks have been seen with both main beams gone and there are more bucks than I have ever witnessed walking around lopsided with only one antler remaining.
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Posted by Ted Jaycox on 12/04 at 12:36 PM
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Tecomate Rut Report Week 15 – IOWA – 11/26/12
It’s the week after Thanksgiving and I hope you and your family had a blessed holiday. Now it’s time to get back in the woods. We saw a lot of changes the last couple weeks. Two weeks ago we saw rut hit full force here in Iowa that lasted for about 7 days. This last week the activity came to a screeching halt as we saw the bucks really locked down with does. This made it rather tough because it’s hard to get a good bow shot when they’re not moving.
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Posted by Terry Sedivec on 11/27 at 02:16 PM
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Tecomate Rut Report Week 15 – MIDDLE GA – 11/26/12
Primary rut has ended. Bucks are beginning to seek hot does and make scrapes again. Secondary rut should begin this week as young does come in heat and that were not bred in first cycle.
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Blaine Burley on 11/27 at 02:15 PM
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Tecomate Rut Report Week 14 – TENNESSEE – 11/19/12
I had a wonderful weekend hunting with a client of mine in Tennessee. We hunted on his dad’s property near Selmer Friday and Saturday evenings, and hunted his property near Columbia Saturday morning. We seen tons of deer, but it looks like the rut is still just a few days from busting wide open. There were lots of little bucks that were feeling their oats chasing pretty much any doe that they could get close to. We even saw two yearling bucks battle it out in the food plot just fifty yards in front of us. However, the big bucks were not yet chasing from what I saw in the field and from the game camera pictures I looked at. Even the big eight point I filmed Chris harvest that Saturday evening was not interested in any of the does that were in the field. As soon as he walked out into the food plot he put his head down and started eating. We watched him feed for several minutes before Chris put a bullet into the big 220lb. four-year-old.
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Mark Newell on 11/19 at 08:52 AM
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