Great "Reduction" of what goes on with older bucks during the Rut...especially around the 45 to 50 degree parallel here in Michigan. I have for a while now, adopted Nov 1 to Nov 10th as "my spot" on the calendar to be in the woods seeking the oldest buck in my area. Great work! I believe that this data is a reflection of "Testosterone Flow" ( and estrus) and herd dynamics...animal husbandry, if you will... as it pertains to ( local) Photoperiodism. Love your stuff!!!
Great work. A lot of time and dedication put into this. I can agree though, that last week of October kind of starting around 21st there is an increase in daylight movement. I hunt Western Wisconsin.
Good stuff. I'm beginning to like last week of October . The older I get, the less I like sitting in cold temp. I'm hunting 2 older bucks now and they have been cruising in the daylight lately.
Thanks for the data, now are you hunting all day sits in the core areas "same stand", or hunting all day but moving around the area trying not to blow out the core areas like hunting the fringe/ transitions.
Great video, we hunt east central Minnesota, I agree with your analysis. Thanks for sharing. Now if there was something that could be done with the wolf population. Good luck hunting!
Here in Missouri, (St. Louis Co.) I’m seeing pretty much what you’re saying. This week I’ll be hitting it harder, morning and afternoon hunts. Typically here 💩really hits the fan on Halloween. A big plus, our morning temps are around 43*. Good luck all.
I know this to be true also here in WV. Our peak rut is between November 10-15, and slows down drastically by the 22nd. Right around December 1, new rubs pop up and the most mature and biggest bucks are on their feet during the day and covering a lot of ground. It happens every year, and when I take my biggest bucks.
I’m from the northernmost part of Maine and I see the same patterns as well. It’s very interesting to see the same thing happening in Northern Minnesota, although I’m not super surprised as it’s big woods public land much like it is here.
Have you seen the study done in New Brunswick where they took all the road killed does and looked the fetus development which shows the exact date of conception? I did a quick search and couldn't find it but this link shows a graph of the findings. It shows most of the breeding take place around Nov 23, which makes sense here in New Brunswick. The latitude is about the same as Minnesota. As you say it's a bellcurve but IMO the peak is later as the study indicates, and yes your sample size may be too small. ruclips.net/video/R2w-kNI29k0/видео.html&ab_channel=StevenCain
Most of my big bucks have been killed between Nov 14 and 18th when they are searching hard. Then the lockdown occurs when the big boys are in the thickets with hot does.
@@mikesmith6838 yeah I wish I had more but that’s just the reality when you pare it back to daylight only and that age class. I agree that we need to be careful drawing conclusions from a small sample size, however, it is somewhat telling that I got the data points so spread out over the course of the entire rut. Thanks,
Great "Reduction" of what goes on with older bucks during the Rut...especially around the 45 to 50 degree parallel here in Michigan. I have for a while now, adopted Nov 1 to Nov 10th as "my spot" on the calendar to be in the woods seeking the oldest buck in my area. Great work! I believe that this data is a reflection of "Testosterone Flow" ( and estrus) and herd dynamics...animal husbandry, if
you will... as it pertains to ( local) Photoperiodism.
Love your stuff!!!
Great work. A lot of time and dedication put into this. I can agree though, that last week of October kind of starting around 21st there is an increase in daylight movement. I hunt Western Wisconsin.
@@AnthonyXiong thanks- good luck this fall!
Good stuff.
I'm beginning to like last week of October .
The older I get, the less I like sitting in cold temp.
I'm hunting 2 older bucks now and they have been cruising in the daylight lately.
Thank you for this information. I appreciate your efforts.
@@fishtraphunter5607 you bet I appreciate you watching. Good luck this fall!
Appreciate this a lot - subscribed!
Thanks for the data, now are you hunting all day sits in the core areas "same stand", or hunting all day but moving around the area trying not to blow out the core areas like hunting the fringe/ transitions.
Great video, we hunt east central Minnesota, I agree with your analysis. Thanks for sharing. Now if there was something that could be done with the wolf population. Good luck hunting!
@@Ranger-Al no kidding- too many wolves. Something has to change. Good luck to you guys!
You know what to do.
Here in Missouri, (St. Louis Co.) I’m seeing pretty much what you’re saying. This week I’ll be hitting it harder, morning and afternoon hunts. Typically here 💩really hits the fan on Halloween. A big plus, our morning temps are around 43*. Good luck all.
@@markj8016 good work and good luck!
I've shot most of my big bucks the week before or the week after Halloween here in Pennsylvania
Thanks for making these videos, it’s helpful to see content from a similar landscape to mine.
Very interesting data. It confirms what I see here in Maine. After the majority of does are bred the big boys go on the move again.
I know this to be true also here in WV. Our peak rut is between November 10-15, and slows down drastically by the 22nd. Right around December 1, new rubs pop up and the most mature and biggest bucks are on their feet during the day and covering a lot of ground. It happens every year, and when I take my biggest bucks.
I’m from the northernmost part of Maine and I see the same patterns as well. It’s very interesting to see the same thing happening in Northern Minnesota, although I’m not super surprised as it’s big woods public land much like it is here.
Love your dedication and hard work to this. The bar graph is cool as well! Great work
Have you seen the study done in New Brunswick where they took all the road killed does and looked the fetus development which shows the exact date of conception? I did a quick search and couldn't find it but this link shows a graph of the findings. It shows most of the breeding take place around Nov 23, which makes sense here in New Brunswick. The latitude is about the same as Minnesota. As you say it's a bellcurve but IMO the peak is later as the study indicates, and yes your sample size may be too small. ruclips.net/video/R2w-kNI29k0/видео.html&ab_channel=StevenCain
Most of my big bucks have been killed between Nov 14 and 18th when they are searching hard. Then the lockdown occurs when the big boys are in the thickets with hot does.
25 data points isn't anywhere near enough to draw good conclusions.
@@mikesmith6838 yeah I wish I had more but that’s just the reality when you pare it back to daylight only and that age class. I agree that we need to be careful drawing conclusions from a small sample size, however, it is somewhat telling that I got the data points so spread out over the course of the entire rut. Thanks,
2nd,thanks for the videos
Looks like your comment is first! You bet and good luck
IT'S THE PEAK OF RUT LAST WEEK IN OCT. FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER IF LIVE IN NORTHERN STATES. IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!
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