Coues Rut?
Contributors to this thread:Arizona
From: Redbeard
20-Dec-17
I just returned from a short hunt in unit 21 (my daughter's rifle tag) and saw zero sign of the rut. Bucks with bucks, does with fawns, not even little bucks following does, no rubs or scrapes but lots of sign. Has anybody else been seeing anything yet? In my experience in central AZ the rut really starts the last few days of the year but I've seen some pre rut activity by this time. We are still counting on those last few days but it seems unusually slow out there.
From: Scar Finga
20-Dec-17
1st to second week in January is what I have noticed. Pre rut stuff around the last few days in Dec. It's what I have noticed, doesn't mean I'm right.
From: Redbeard
21-Dec-17
It really varies by latitude. Usually north of Phoenix it hits hard those last few days of the year but south of Tucson not until mid January. It just seems weird that there is no prerut activity at all.
From: Coyote 65
21-Dec-17
Saw a buck tending a doe this AM on the drive in to Payson. A little guy, I am sure when that doe comes into heat he will get his butt handed to him.
Terry
From: Redbeard
23-Dec-17
Good to hear the little guys are starting to feel it.
From: notags
26-Dec-17
little guys need loving too!