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Post by esshup on Jan 29, 2007 20:10:39 GMT -5
Has anybody noticed any breeding activity lately? I thought that December was the last that does came into estrus. I was cutting down some trees in the woods behind the house, and went by an old scrape that saw a lot of activity this Fall. I was surprised to see it freshened up since the snowfall, and a fresh licking branch broke off. Also, on the way home from work today I saw 3 nice bucks chasing a very small doe across the corn field near the house. This one, who I haven't seen since this pic was taken (roughly 140 Yds from the house), stopped about 30 Yds into the woods and looked back at me.   We eyeballed each other for a couple of minutes, and I noticed a couple more does in the woods, along with 2 of his buddies. He's even bigger in real life! Now that I know that he made it thru the Winter (so far) I plan on spending some serious scouting time this coming Fall, and making sure that my bow skills are up to the task. It'll be interesting to see what headgear he'll be sporting next Fall! esshup |
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Post by hunter480 on Jan 29, 2007 20:18:15 GMT -5
Beats me as to whether there`s still breeding activity going on-I`ve read that it cycles until all the gals have been bred.
You would think though, that they`d all be bred by now.
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Post by danf on Jan 29, 2007 22:57:07 GMT -5
You've got to wonder about fawn mortality on any fawns produced by any does that haven't been bred this late... Somehow I would imagine it's fairly high.
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Jan 30, 2007 7:16:59 GMT -5
I read in one of my Whitetail books that it's not uncommon for bucks to clean out certain scrapes year round. I have a scrape behind my home I find cleaned quite regularily.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Jan 30, 2007 9:19:08 GMT -5
I did notice this year that around the 2nd week of January there were an "above average" number of road kills along the road I live on.
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Post by tmarsh83 on Jan 30, 2007 9:49:58 GMT -5
too much is made of scraping activity. It goes on year round. Yes it does ramp up around the rut, but much of that is because of cruising bucks.
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Post by pbr on Jan 30, 2007 9:52:08 GMT -5
too much is made of scraping activity. It goes on year round. Yes it does ramp up around the rut, but much of that is because of cruising bucks. |
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Post by yaz on Jan 30, 2007 12:04:07 GMT -5
Boundary or territorial scrapes most likely. Seen them throughout the year.
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Post by esshup on Jan 30, 2007 20:25:57 GMT -5
Where this particular scrape is (it also happens to be the one in the above pics) is in a 1/2 ac. food plot under an apple tree. I don't see any scrape activity on this particular scrape until the 2nd week of October. This has happened the past 2 years since I cleared that particular patch out of the woods. It is about 100' inside of the edge of the woods. I'll keep an eye on it and see if they keep it up all year long.
esshup
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Post by raporter on Jan 30, 2007 23:34:24 GMT -5
It's definately over here. There were 9 bucks in the side yard this evening and they were getting along real well. A little while before they came in there were 12 does. What a day.
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Post by nodog on Feb 2, 2007 16:52:30 GMT -5
It only stands to reason that a buck is always horny, a dog is. LOL
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Post by Sleazy E on Feb 2, 2007 20:23:41 GMT -5
I have also read that a doe will cycle through estrus until she is bred...... that being said they should have all been bred by now..... I also agree with nodog...... I know 1 month a year would not be enough for me.....
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Post by tmarsh83 on Feb 3, 2007 1:01:25 GMT -5
Bucks only produce enough seman to be effective for a couple months a year. It is their cycle that actually times the rut, not the does.
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