Oklahoma rut started?
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From: mtnman54
28-Oct-18
headed to Oklahoma (Tulsa) for whitetails. Any rut activity?
From: EmbryOklahoma
28-Oct-18
Try the Oklahoma forum.
I've seen early chasing, but just pre-rut. The little guys doing their regular pushing around. It should hit hard and heavy the next few weeks. Just need colder weather.
From: BigOk
28-Oct-18
Same as Embry stated where I hunt SW of Tulsa area.
From: midwest
28-Oct-18
I heard in some parts its been over with for a couple weeks!
;-)
From: live2hunt88
28-Oct-18
Seen some chasing the last few days, its gettin there
From: LINK
29-Oct-18
No, rut doesn’t usually start until about the second week of November.
From: Brotsky
29-Oct-18
LOL Nick....you beat me to it!
From: Habitat
29-Oct-18
Rut is when they are breeding and if breeding they will spend periods when locked down prerut is when they are chasing and that will be now till theres no does in heat
From: drycreek
29-Oct-18
In NE Texas, but this morning I saw a buck laying in a pasture in about 3" deep grass. His doe was in a patch of brush under a big tree about 15/20 yards away. I'm thinking she was probably close to being ready and he had been dogging her all night and they were tired. I stopped and watched him for five minutes or so, then continued on to my chore, which was to pull the defunct battery off my backhoe about two more miles down the road. Got the battery off and headed to town and he was still laying in the same spot and she was still in the brush.
From: Bowhunter
29-Oct-18
Rut is on in SE part of the state, Atoka Co. Been running hard on the ranch I'm on.
From: MichaelArnette
29-Oct-18
I think you can pretty much take this timeline to the bank down to the day. All good times to hunt just depends on what you are going for
October 25-31 buck movement and interest with occasional chasing bachelor groups begin break up. Scrape revisitation begins Nov 1-5 chasing and movement, scrapes will be hot Nov 6-20 full fledged rut bucks bouncing from doe to doe November 21-December 10th tapered rut (I think except for gun seasons this is the best time to be out after a truly big buck) Dec 10- post rut