How To Hunt The Second RUT
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- The second rut is in my experience the most missed opportunity during the entire deer hunting season, let alone during the entire annual rut. Hunting the secondary rut first takes understanding when exactly it begins. During the primary rut a portion of does are not bred. This is often the case when the bulk of the doe herd enters estrus, leaving some of the does without a buck. Also, well developed fawn does are often bred during the second rut. Here is when the secondary rut will begin in your area, where you should hunt the second rut, and what time of the day will be the best match for your favorite rut stand.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone ☺️ 🦃 Thank you so much for helping to explode the growth of the channel this year! My family and I greatly appreciate you all 🙏
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff. I have a question for u. The past week and half it's been dead in the woods. Barley even getting anything on the trailcams. I would usually have 8 big bucks a day and countless does everyday on my trailcams. But now it's dead. Im fortunate enough to hunt 500 acres of private land with no pressure at the Oakland/Lapeer county border. What do u think has happened. I'm planning on hitting it hard this week again. I've never encountered this lack of activity on this property before. Thanks for all your tips.
Whitetail Habitat Solutions not hard to do when you have a guy like you with such beneficial Info
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff. You put out so much content that I will have to review it all during the off season so that I can put it to use fine tuning the parcel in the spring. Until then, I will be out there in December.
@@davefazekas2344 hi John...just really a slow time right now...basically between the ruts. With a little colder weather coming and the 2nd rut, I bet things will pick up considerably during the first 10 days of December.
Thanks and good luck! 🦃
Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for all the great information.
you're such a genuine guy. the kind of hunter we need more of. in my hunting travels, i run into a lot of people that give hunters a bad name.
“If you put a search in on RUclips you’ll find my videos right up at the top” Jeff our hear flexin 😂
Ha, my private search engine, lol. It does work tho!
I'm aging myself a little but I can remember when you just gain knowledge experience Hunters in magazine articles and it's so convenient now you have gentleman like yourself who pass on your experience and knowledge and all the cost is a little time so thank you very much😉
I can watch your videos all day and just intake all your deer knowledge
Seems not legitimate though
Absolute best deer hunting site on the web. I have learned more from you over the past few weeks than all of the other sites combined. Thank you for all of the hard work and for helping me to get my biggest buck.
Man John, thanks so much for the feedback but most of all, CONGRATS!! Man, I love to hear that...thank YOU!
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff, I got my first deer ever this year and I watched your channel to pick up tips to do it . Thanks for your help ! I did it wearing my $20.00 battery operated vest .
That is awesome to hear Joe...man, CONGRATS!! And you were warm ☺️ Really appreciate you letting me know and I am very happy for you! Definately something to be thankful for...
Your content is changing my game completely and I’m looking forward to the secondary rut here in MN
I had a doe and fawn come out in the food plot on Tuesday Nov. 26 around 7:30am which was a cold , frosty morning with no wind. I didn’t use any doe in estrous urine since the peak rut is over. I still didn’t fill my buck tag. I only used my grunt call once that morning around 7:15am. I was taking pictures with my iPhone when a buck came running from the corner grunting as it entered the field. I dropped my iPhone and picked up my rifle and followed it waiting for the perfect shot. The first time I used the Model 70 Featherweight .270 Winchester loaded with Remington 130 grain Core Lokt . It was a solid hit watched it run in the woods hearing it crashing. Now I have venison for Thanksgiving!
Opening Day Pennsylvania is Saturday, I am blessed to have two opening day hunts this year!
Man that is outstanding...what a great Thanksgiving treat!! I can't wait for public land in PA this weekend 👍 congrats and good luck!
This information is spot on. I hunted November 15 to 22. And I have only seen does. The bucks are partnered up with does. I’m going to lay off my hunting until end of November
Thanks for the information.
In Dec., 2016, I had my very best encounter but my buck tags were filled.I was sitting at the bottom of a creek,on a rock for about 30 min.I was looking down the Creek then turned my head a little left and walking along side the Creek on the 5 ft.bluff was an awesome mature buck,amazingly,he never noticed me! I took my phone out as he past me and filmed him walking about 20 yards,crossing the river heading in my direction.He turned ,went up the trail on the bluff and into the woods.The footage looks much farther away than it actually was.
I was fortunate enough to take an awesome 8 pt on December 23rd 2 years ago chasing a yearling doe.
We just entered the primary breeding rut in Nova Scotia - saw a buck with mouth open lip curl chase a doe across my food plot this morning - crazy chasing - also our weather is just starting to cooperate and we got some good cold snaps coming up - we only have 2.5 weeks left of our season and the last week is a non traditional week (archery and muzzleloader) but I feel these are the best weeks - most guys are tagged out already - happy hunting !!!
Thanks, it's always good to listen to your knowledge. I like the last 10-15 days of deer season (December1-15) a lot. One reason is you see a lot less hunters in the woods. This time of year can be pretty crazy. I remember one year that I got between two bucks and a hot doe. This is a long story to type but believe me when I tell you one buck was really pist, actually a pretty scary situation when all you have is a bow and your on the ground. This time of year can get your heart pumping like know other. Thanks again.
What a great guy! Not often I hear a hunting video and put 2 & 2 together. This guy clearly has done his homework.
Keep it up 👍
I have been an Avid Hunter for years, but started my Journey only to fill the freezer I am still a meat Hunter 1st but I caught the fever this year & finally Harvested my 1st Buck of my Land( 80 class), then 2 weeks Later took a 100 down, best Season ever for me, & already taken a couple doe too, long story short I have never known much about hunting or what exactly I am doing, now I am trying to learn the do & donts, how to hold deer in a small area, strategies etc. SO glad I discovered your Channel, WONDERFUL videos & such a Natural Teacher! Cant wait to see them All Very Kind Regards, Merry Xmas & a Happy New Year to you & the Family! Lastly & certainly NOT least Thanks for what u do!
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Ha, pretty funny. Thanks Corey, have a happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you for sharing wisdom you've acquired over your many years in the woods.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours Jeff. Enjoyed the video as always. Here in Kansas we are just coming into the post rut. This is the time when I usually bag my critter as I have stands and blinds in those areas between feeding areas and bedding areas. These stands and blinds are also great for cruising bucks for the secondary rut. I have spent most of the season thus far just watching and evaluating as my land is more or less a pass through area. I have no place to put in a food plot that wouldn’t be disturbed by accessing a stand or blind....on 160 acres. And there is no need for a food plot because of the surrounding ag and the multitude of CRP. I do, however, mow small sections of the CRP and Pasturelands and I do have multiple bedding areas. Enjoy all the videos.
Thanks a lot Richard...happy Thanksgiving to you! Sounds like you are set up perfect for the second rut...good luck!!
Whitetail Habitat Solutions thank you Jeff. I invite you and yours to visit if you are ever in south central Kansas.
MI is very hard hunting after November 15th in my opinion. It can happen but it’s very tough 👍🏻 happy thanksgiving Jeff have a good one.
Aaron
Hi Aaron...so true, BUT, my largest MI bucks have been shot the 3rd day of MI rifle (148" public land), the last day of gun and the last day of ML. It can be done...so many areas over pressured, so the ones that aren't really stick out!
Whitetail Habitat Solutions definitely again with that Jeff. 100% it can be done. You lived in the thumb so you know the pain I am taking about lol.. all the very “serious” gun hunters opening week 🤣 pressure everywhere. I definitely will hunt the 2nd rut and hope for the best. Good luck the rest of your season.
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Down in Southern Maryland, after some nice rut activity around Halloween during some cold fronts, the action was completely dead the first 3 weeks of November... until November 21 when I had finally started seeing bucks and arrowed a beautiful 20" wide 8 pointer, the following frosty morning November 22, my buddy got a 22 inch wide giant heavy racked 8 point. I believe you are spot on. Thank you for sharing your knowledge-- for free! I always look forward to your video's.
Nice to see another southern or eastern shore marylander here.. good luck this year gonna be a good one
Jeff, thank you for putting such great informational videos on deer and deer hunting out there to the masses. I just read a blog from a well respected hunter in the whitetail woods stating that the secondary rut is a fallacy. Mainly because a buck's nose is so strong, any estrous doe would be winded and tracked down and bred during the primary rut. I'm going to take your advice in hopes that I can still fill my buck tag this season. Thanks again for the great content!
Kc mo,,my big bucks leave every year 1st week nov,diff bucks some big appear for couple weeks,then my big bucks comeback every thanxgiving like clockwork for last thirty years,,late season is my fav time,,last week nov/ first 10 days of December,,,knowing how good late season is has helped me be way more patient with my season
Happy Thanksgiving WHS Family, best deer season I’ve ever had thanks to this channel!!! Going to sit just off a food plot this evening,, haven’t hunted this property in over 3 weeks! Thanks again for everything you have shared with us...Keep your head up today Jeff, we are all thinking about you sir.
Thank you very much JJ...that really means a lot and happy Thanksgiving yourself!!
Good luck today...it's a good one around here!
I hunt for food not horns, but I noticed around me hard rut was November 14th, in St.Clair county Michigan. THAT DAY the bucks where breeding does in the middle of the field. The 16th I killed a heavy 6 point, 3 doe in heat calls, 45 minutes of sitting, and he come in to my 25 yard mark. There was 4 bucks in the same 40 acre field, cared not about each other, just the does around them.
Great video. Super helpful for someone who missed the 1st rut.
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff. I’m purchasing a small 23 acre parcel of land in the next month, I have been burning through all of your videos, the content is awesome. Thanks for giving me some great visions for what I want my land to become.
Happy Thanksgiving to you too ADK! Man I bet you are really excited, right!? Good luck and I hope all of the videos help you build your dream whitetail property!!
Thanks for all the work you put in educating. I have gathered so much knowledge watching all your videos. Got a nice 3.5 year old 7 pointer which is mature for around my parts. Over a scrape.
Home for Thanksgiving and heading back up near the UP for the rest of rifle after dinner. Had a lot of good fresh sign and seen 5 nice does so far. Really hoping they bring in a nice buck. Happy Thanksgiving Jeff! Thank you for the videos.
Nice...sounds like an awesome Thanksgiving!! Enjoy man...thank YOU! Good luck hunting 🦃
Great material Jeff, as always. Really appreciate you putting this stuff out there for us. I've been hunting deer for nearly 40 years, but still learning. You're opening my eyes to some new things and also confirming a lot of things I've developed my own theories on over the years. I just retired this spring and thought I'd be bowhunting much more, but accepted your advice to hunt when it's right rather than when I can, and put down my biggest archery buck so far.
Thanks Jeff! This is the first year since, well, my very first year as a hunter five years ago that I haven’t filled a tag yet. Your advice and content gives me hope for mid December despite the fact that shotgun will have been open for over a week by then. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks a lot Robert and you are very welcome! Yes, definately a ton of hope still lefft in the deer woods. I'm sitting with my bow tonight in WIs gun season...have seen 8 does and fawns so far. Great night...
Your videos have been very helpful havent tagged out this year but have seen many deer this season. Also hearing many deer vocals never heard before been great learning curve for me this season. Couple good encounters but no shot still very happy
Happy thanksgiving to you and your family and God bless you all
Thank you very much and happy Thanksgiving to you and your family as well!
Nov 4 was rut crazy in south mi, i think dec 1 or 2 they should be chasing the young does......the snow messed up the rut so I think there should be many left that are not breed yet...
Some great points John, I would fully agree! I believe there are always some missed does during that lockdown phase. If the weather is good for daylight cruising and breeding...should be perfect next weekend
Gonna be hard finding a place to hunt here in PA to see movement like that the second week of rifle season. I really need to find me a 20 acre lot to buy or lease. Happy Thanksgiving Jeff and thanks for the great videos.
So true...but I love finding remote little corners to hunt on public land in PA. I will be out there on Saturday and I can't wait!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Good luck Saturday. I'll be in the ANF in my own little corner. I put a lot of your wisdom to the test this archery season in PA public and had my best season. Clipped a twig so I'm still in the game. Keep those public land videos rolling!
Where in Pa are u?
I'm in NEPA
@@kenfletcher4010 SW PA 2C
@@MudMonsterRacing4 what part of 2C?
My favorite is when people say "rut hasn't started yet" I live in minnesota... I always chuckle about this because rut happens at the same time ever year because mother nature knows when they need to rut. Babies wont make it if does go into heat too late or too early.
Amen Spencer...great comment and Happy Thanksgiving!
Love your enthusiasm and intellect. Im a new hunter hoping to get my first buck yet. Im up in Northern Ontario, Canada. No luck during rifle season. 2nd rut is on and its all about blackpowder now. Im pumped to get out next week! :-) Blackpowder season here is from Dec 2-8th. You've earned a new subscriber! Thanks!
My dad just found your channel watch a few, got hook. Absolutely love your content. Thank you for connecting the hunting dots. Glad to hear that you're from Michigan to.
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff + family, I've never paid any attention to the 2nd rut, known about it. I will definitely be out here in western NY this season, thanks for all the great info.
Thank you and happy Thanksgiving to you and the family too! We really appreciate it and GOOD Luck during the second rut! Great time to be out hunting...
I’m on the eastern part of ny I’ll be doing the same thing! Good luck guys hope y’all get one!
Very thankful for your awesome content! Thanks for sharing your extensive experience and knowledge. You have helped thousands and soon hundreds of thousands. Unbelievable!
Awesome information as usual Jeff. I’m in NY my gut tells me the primary rut was some where around the 3 or 4 November. I’m off for 3 days next week the 2, 3 and 4. Hope you have a great thanksgiving.
Thanks Steve...I would bet that was when the activity was really ramping up! I bet there will be some decent secondary rut action for my PA public land hunt this weekend-cant wait! Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
The only chance I'm getting this year is next week in North Carolina. I'm hoping we hit the second rut there. Thanks for this video, it gives me hope!
You ever hunt Virginia public land? 20,000
plus acres. I got my first deer after using your tips.
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff, Diane and Family! Thank you for what you do!
Thank you Gene and Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours too! Really appreciate it too...I will do my best to keep them coming 👍
Enjoy your videos, the content is great and awesome presentations. Hope to learn from you for years! Happy Thanksgiving :)
Happy Thanksgiving John! Thanks so much...I hope that I can keep bringing it for many years ☺️
Took your advice and got a 5 1/2 year old 8 point on thanksgiving thanks for the advice we are in the middle of rut so post rut is coming
Happy thanksgiving to you & yours well it wasn’t quite the finish we wanted lots of changes to my land this year under the tutelage of yours truly lol guess takes time for the deer to get use to the changes on the land well they say patience is a virtue & lots of it is needed when hunting these suckers looking fwd to future indevours while continuing to make changes to accommodate the deer herd I hope to have there for a long time good luck in P A as always great video
Hi Paul...got to keep grinding! Should get a lot better every year for you guys ☺️ That being said ..make sure that you follow ALL of my tips in my Gun season hunting video ☺️ How you hunt the land is even more important than the habitat improvements that you make.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and Suzie ☺️
Happy thanksgiving Jeff. Yup, December 15-24 is a great time in the woods. I never knew this until I left a camera out year round with a good battery. I’m rearranging stands this weekend.
Hi Jeff, thanks for your vids! Yesterday had some chasing here in central Missouri. Also lots of trail cam buck pics trailing does. Seems early but definitely from 0 to 60 literally overnight!
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff. I hope you and the family have a great day. Much love from the Blood family.
Thank you Jason and Happy Thanksgiving to the blood family...have a great one 🦃☺️
I killed a monster 8 pointer here in MI. Field right behind my house during Oct was full of big and small bucks chasing does. Then nothing. But then, on 12/1/19. Massive bodied 8 point chasing a mature doe. Came across the field right on top of the doe. With that normal posture, head forward, smelling at her rear. He was a class 180 heavy mass 8 point with a 21" inside spread and tall tines. Here in Lenawee, county. Near MI, motor Speedway.
Happy Thanksgiving to you also Jeff. Last year on December 10th here in Pa l saw more chaseing than in November. Season starts Saturday here.Takeing my son in law out.Hopefully he can get a nice one.He is a meat hunter.Hr will shoot anything legal. Can't blame him .He has 3 carnivore sons. I have a young 10pt.I don't want him to shoot.Hopefully he doesn't see him??🤔.I will show him pictures of him.But sometimes excitment overtakes us.
Happy Thanksgiving to you guys D! I will be out in the PA public land woods on Saturday and I can't wait! Hope the 10 point lives 😁 Enjoy the time...
Belated, Happy thanksgiving Jeff. Can't wait for second rut to kick in here in Southern Illinois. I've got second season ready to rip!
Could you make a video related to neighbors entering your land, and/or poaching
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And a happy happy to you,thank god ya’ll get to experience a 2nd rut,unfortunately I live in money hungry gritty Tennessee and “ in CWD counties” and twra are clueless on how to handle it they think money and kill all bucks anyway that’s my rant...but no we close to early cause in south west tenn were just now in our chase phase for just to right to the 1st if December then we hit lock down and yea we close 1st of January then they have a stupid doe week that you can only kill doe,and about 80% the hunters are tired or have all there freezer meat and of course here we have late born fawn so yes there is some yearling doe still running around but “some of the weekend warriors couldn’t tell the difference in a 1.5 yo and 2.5 yo die so they shoot the doe that’s been bread not realizing there possibly shooting there next buck. But some of us travel north,I love Ohio Ky,by the way we live in a unit we’re you can kill 3 doe a day on private lands. I preach you teach,good work.
We should be thanking you Jeff
Happy Thanksgiving and thank you so much for all the great content you publish and spread!!!!
Thank you Doug...happy Thanksgiving to you too!
Hey Jeff, I would just like to thank you for all the extremely helpful video content you put out. Since finding your page, I now watch all of your content. I’m a Minnesota bow/gun hunter. This year, using your advice, during the secondary rut I was able to knock down my first buck with a bow (second biggest I’ve harvested) while he was chasing a group of does and I couldn’t be happier. Transitioning to bow hunting was a huge learning curve for me and I certainly had some failures before I was able to have success. I got my first deer with a bow and engaged all in one week. Overall it was a great season. Thanks again!
I love your content and you always do a great job. Unfortunately, I can’t do most of these techniques because I live on twenty acres in west Texas, where we raise sheep and a couple of steers. So I only get to have one stand to hunt all year.
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff to you and your family. Keep up the great work👍
Thanks man... happy Thanksgiving to you too! Will try to do my best for sure, really appreciate it!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! Very informative and I appreciate you sharing all your knowledge .
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family too Brian! You are very welcome...my pleasure!
Awesome content! I hunt with my best friend too, my wife.
I love to hear that J 😊 Personally never been a fan of sitting with the boys drinking beer and staring at each other for days on end. Diane has been by far my best hunting buddy ever. It's one thing of your spouse/significant other doesn't want to hunt but man if they WANT to hunt and a hunter doesn't want to include them in every way? Shame on them...
Awesome videos Jeff
Seeing lots of second rut in south west Iowa now shotgun season starts tomorrow.
You’re getting the followers and view because they/I like your stuff. Don’t make them any longer, please? Good work!
Videos are awesome. Here in Florida your videos are hard to follow due to our weather is pretty much still 75-80 going into December. Ant advice for the southern states?
My dad and I just bought a small 40 acre parcel in eastern Kansas. We hung three stands up and have been hunting pretty hard this year. We have seen some really nice bucks on camera but it has been difficult to get them out during the day. Only a few times have we seen the nice ones out during the day on camera. I know you talked about not pressuring stands and how you don’t even hunt specific stands until certain times of the year but I was wondering how not to put too much pressure on the deer when that’s the only land you have to hunt. Should we just hunt less? Could you maybe make a video on how to hunt small parcels without putting too much pressure on the deer.
We have exactly the same problem
From watching the videos here and my own experiences I've learned that one way to keep pressure low is to get into your stand/blind/etc as quietly as possible , with the wind working for you and some visual cover getting into your spot. It sounds simple but I set much of that up during the off season, cutting access paths, cleaning up noise makers, and stacking side screens to block my movement to and from. I also determine my best wind for making that happen and do not break that rule. If the wind is wrong I hunt another spot that does line up with wind, cover and stealth.
For one, I would put up several more stands on 40 ac. Hunting the same stand over and over is a sure way to put a lot of pressure on your land. Jeff talks a lot about having food sources, water holes, and mock scrapes that are relatable, meaning you have water holes and/or mock scrapes that are between bedding and food or between 2 food sources. You could have a blind/stand at each food source, scrape, or water hole. That's a lot of stand opportunities. He also has extensive content on hunting using the weather. I have followed his methods on that and making sure the wind is right for every spot I sit and I have seen a lot this year. Just spend some time watching all of his videos and you'll get an idea on how to hunt a small parcel. That's what his channel is all about!
Thank you sir love the Chanel
Thank you very much I really appreciate that!
Beautiful video with great advice and tips, THX! Happy Thanksgiving to you, Diane & Sam also. Family & health #1! Take care.
I enjoy your helpful video's.
Thank you
Happy thanksgiving brother. Hope you and your family have a great day. 👍🏻🦃
Thanks for the advanced tips!
You are very welcome...really hope they help you out!
This helps a lot thanks..what about NC though I don’t know if you ever Hunted down here but I’m trying to find a good Food source to grow and hunt on down here. But the weather is always iffy. But the Secondary rut is very great to know about..still have time to get a major buck.
Happy Thanksgiving awesome video is always keep up the good work your videos help out so much
Thanks you very much Jerry that really means a lot... happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
Great Stuff. Excited for the second rut!
Happy Thanksgiving!!! I'm going to hunt hard this weekend in central Minnesota, I can't wait
Happy Thanksgiving! Sounds great... enjoy your MN hunt this weekend! I will be on PA public land and I can't wait!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 shoot em dead!
Nice video:::)))
Here's a bit of info from me and my dads hunt. We hunt in northern Arizona. Coues. We hunted in late October so i believe its after the main rut.
Ok my dad got a decent 2x2. I got my 1st he was an older more mature 3x4.
My dads 2x2 was actually following a doe, he was using her as recon like the younger ones will do. Bad decision because she came within 15feet of our ground blind.
Anyway while gutting the younger one i noticed he had hardly any food or poop in his guts.
But while gutting the older one I noticed he was full of food both ends to, lol.
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff, thats for all the quality work you bring to us. Sorry in advance if youve been asked this 1000 times, what drone do you use in all your videos?
Thanks a lot Elijah...and happy Thanksgiving to you too! I actually haven't been asked that too much at all...but it's a Mavic Pro II. Love it!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge...happy Thanksgiving
You are very welcome Richard...Happy Thanksgiving!!
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and cant wait until the Second Rut!
What's funny about where I hunt (Eastern Long Island) there are so many does that the big guys don't chase hard in early November. It seems they work a little harder when it's late November early December.
Great video as always ! Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you Jonathan...happy Thanksgiving!!
Congratulations on the number of subscribers.
NY state shuts down late bow and muzzleloader season second week of December... an already high deer herd numbers and it's like DEC wants more bred and auto deer collisions up...?? What the heck? Happy thanksgiving to the Sturgis family and all viewers!! 🦃🦌
Could you do a video on pros/cons on hunting in a woods that has just been logged?
I talk about browse a lot in my videos...in my public land and bedding area playlists. Way better than hunting in a mature woods. Mature hardwoods are some of the worst locations to hunt deer. You can hunt clear-cuts on public land almost like a corn field.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 how does one become a client of yours
in my area it seems like the second week of novemeber is really good for the rut so im thinking secondary will be around the second week of December
You don’t make many mistakes in your videos. Caught one here. Hunting unthawed water holes. Haha . See I pay attention!!!
Great info ,thanks 👍🏻
Thank you very much...I truly hope that it helps!
Havent even hit our FIRST rut here in east Tx yet. 70 degrees tomorrow.
Great video brother be safe good luck and GOD BLESS you and your family Amen 🙏. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍽
Thank you Randle...Happy Thanksgiving to you too!!
The one at 3:11 on this video is like the 10 pointer I’m trying to see on my lease. I’ve not heard if anybody around here has killed him yet. I believe he’s still there just hid out. He will show up soon.
Good luck Randle...I hope that you get him! AND Happy Thanksgiving!!
Thier still rutting hard here in south Jersey I seen a buck November 9th chasing a doe he didn't present a shot so I took the doe but now there's scrapes everywhere and bigger bucks showing up I haven't seen so our first 2 days of muzzle loader should be good
The mature bucks are reopening scrapes now here in South Carolina...2nd rut coming
Will you be at the great American outdoor show in Harrisburg this year? I’m asking because after implementing some of your tips and tactics I was able to harvest a 4 year old 11 point this year and I honestly don’t think that saying thank you over the internet even begins to scratch the surface of how great full I am of your advice. Happy thanksgiving!
Hi Jeff i am a huge fan! So appreciative of your videos, i have learned so much over the last two years. Quick question does calling work in the secondary rut at all? Thanks Jeff
Thanks for all of the great content. There’s a wealth of information at our finger tips thanks to you!
Question: I’m hunting public land mountains in Virginia. Would you focus on terrain features to catch a cruising buck in the secondary rut or focus on food, whether it be acorns they haven’t cleaned up yet or 5-10 year old clear cuts?
I've never really noticed the second rut on the s.e. cause the primary rut is so stretched out. But I'm going Mon. And tues. cold front on the way!!!
Northwest Louisiana is where I hunt. 1 spike so far and few hogs
Hey Jeff thanks for the information. Always enjoy your videos. I have a buck on private property that I have not seen in 2 weeks after I spooked him walking into the stand . He shows up on trail cam late nights. Fresh scrapes just not seeing him hunting anymore. Will grunting post rut help out? Perhaps my food source is too pressured?
Happy Thanksgiving buddy!!!
Happy Thanksgiving Lou!!