Cons of Mobile Hunting the Rut. As with all hunting strategies, mobile hunting during the rut does have some drawbacks as well. They include: Less comfortable than more “permanent” stands and blinds.

How to Stage a Peak-Rut Deer Drive. As good as stand hunting can be when bucks are searching for estrous does, it can be brutally slow once they find them.

But, by definition, it’s the two weeks leading up to the start of the rut (which is when bucks are seeking does in estrus and breeding them). Bucks typically move more during the pre-rut, but they are ...

Rut is a term used to describe the mating behavior of deer during the breeding season. The rut is triggered by hormonal changes that occur as daylight decreases in the fall.

Research by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Penn State University discovers the truth about deer movements during rut, ...

So this year’s rut forecast is based on what happened in the deer woods, not just 19 years ago, but 38 years ago, too, when November’s full moon landed on Nov. 4, having not only the exact ...

The deer will just move more during the cooler hours of night. So when will the rut occur this year? The same time it did last year, and the year before, and the year before that.

“The plan is to give hunters the maximum hunting time in their areas when the rut is on.” The map showing these 10 areas is in this year's Louisiana Hunting pamphlet.

Deer hunters get excited when they hear that the rut is at hand. That’s because of what the rut means to big bucks. Deer rut is great time to harvest trophy buck ...

During rut season, it’s not uncommon for a hunter in a deer blind to see 20 or more deer walking past in an hour. The deer, particularly males, are uninhibited and throw caution to the wind.

Stay alert as deer become more active 02:22. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pennsylvania drivers see a lot of deer on the road throughout the year. But the Pennsylvania Game Commission says now is the time ...

Alabama’s rut, however, tells a later story, with the rut picking up about two months after the holidays. According to Dr. Steve Ditchkoff, a wildlife professor at Auburn University, the peak ...