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Rut begin

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#1 ·
Just getin time to get out in central illinois - are the deer acting like rut is beginning yet
 
#2 ·
getting reports of does being dogged by bucks and a deer got hit by a car yesterday morning.sounds like its almost time:boxing:
 
#4 ·
Here I've seen about 4 or 5 deer laying on the side of the road (hit by cars) but the bucks are just, just starting to trail the does...seems like the young bucks (1 1/2 to 3 1/2 yrs. old) are more interested than the bigger older bucks...
 
#5 ·
That's normal for the younger bucks to take interest before the older wiser bucks.
Young bucks can and do breed doe's but when the time comes by virtue of their age and body size
the older more mature bucks take over and end up tending to the girls.
 
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