Idaho Rut

made it out today to try and find some rutting bucks, every buck we saw was either by itself or other bucks, and all the does didnt have a buck with them. is the rut winding down or what? any ideas why this is?

thanks
9er
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MuleyMadness
Yes, I assume the major chunk of the rut is over. I had similar experience down here Monday night.

Did you take the camera, get any pics?
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9er
ya got a few pics with the video camera, im still trying to figure out how to post clips of it

9er
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AGCHAWK
9er, the bucks around my neck of the woods (Northern Idaho) are still pushin' the does pretty hard. My brother and his son both filled thier tags with some bucks that were certainly still "doin' thier thing". Both bucks were pushin' does when they were harvested and had moss, bark, etc still stuck in thier burs and lower antlers when they were taken (Pictures are posted in the rifle forum).
In fact, it seems as if the rut was a week or two late this year. Once the snow started fallin' though it flipped that switch and they've been pushin' ever since.
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AGCHAWK
9er, where abouts in ID were you lookin'? We were East of Moscow and North of Lewiston.
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9er
we are in the southern part of the state!

9er
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killerbee
So im not looking for anyone's secrete spot but are these tags over - the - counter ? what would be a good unit to start out in ? i hunted the idaho border for a deer hunt last week
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AGCHAWK
KillerBee, check your PM.
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Hiker
When I was in Montana the week of November 15-22 they were rutting really strong, both Whitetails and Muleys.
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I finally found time to get out yesterday and around here (So. Utah) the deer seem to still be rutting. I watched a nice 4x6 run off a smaller 4 point and I saw another nice buck with a broken antler chasing right behind a doe. My darn camera only zooms so far so I couldn't get any good pictures. Maybe next time.
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