Did some ice fishing at Roche area this weekend. Saw a fair amount of mule deer and a handful of whitetail in one group. A few smaller mulie bucks. The whitetail were all skin heads. Rut is winding down I’d say
Just a quick question. I went out for one last hurrah on the season this morning, sat dec 7. I was looking for a 4 pt mule but managed to bump a whitey doe with a youngster. It was in prime whitetail habitat. I was able to stop them in their tracks at 45 yards with my doe can. As hard as I tried, I couldn't grow antlers on them. The question is, If I went back tomorrow morning and sat and rattled, would that have any affect on a curious buck? Or are they not at all responsive to rattling any more? Kamloops location.
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I have seen wt fawns born in July so what does that tell you mule deer rut earlier then wt deer ,,believe me i see it i am out there in the mountains for 6 months from june till late Nov ,,I see..
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Im local, put a lot of time out there and I’d say that you’re beyond rattling, all the big guys have rounded up their girls and any bucks that still have the energy to breed are going to be looking for lone females going back into estrus and not a fight. But, anywhere. Anytime.
Absolutely!
I rattle in deer from Sept. through March.
Rattling can work anytime bucks are in hard antler.
The key is How you rattle.... subdued before the pre-rut, Gentle and/or Real hard early rut to early post rut (Nov/Dec), then gently only again after that.
Bucks will rarely have a serious battle outside of the mating season, but they will spar with each other as long has they have "hard horns".