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Outdoors Insider, with Dale Sunderlin: Rut a tut, tut! DALE SUNDERLINStar Beacon Again, October gave us a taste of this action around the 16th to the 23rd. During this period, the buck’s behavioral pattern gets a little more aggressive towards the does and definitely less aware of his surrounding adversaries, us the hunter. Once he locates a doe near estrous he will be begin to dog her and chase her. She will run but not at full flight, occasionally looking back to see where the buck is. Several bucks may join in the chase making for heart pounding excitement on the hunters part. I once witnessed three buck of varying size come out of a swap chasing after the same doe that had exited seconds earlier. This phase to many hunters is the prime time of the entire rut period.
Tending During this phase, the does are receptive and will stand and let the buck breed her. As she moves, he will move with her and follow her every step of the way, breeding her several time over the next 24- to 48-hour period. During this time frame, if you see a doe there’s a good chance a buck will be within a few yards behind her. This phase ends abruptly after the doe is bred at which time the buck will be in search of another hot doe. Early rut wise this phase hit around Oct. 24-29. Prime Rut 2008 With all the phases explained and the dates from the early rut taken care of, you can compare notes to what you might have seen in the woods so far. As for the prime rut, my dates for the different phases are as follows: n Seeking began between Nov. 8 and should peaked around Friday, then transitioned into the chasing phase. n Chasing began right around Saturday and should last until about Thursday, then moving into the tending stage. n The tending stage lasting from Thursday until about the 28th of November being the final stage of the rut. After that comes a lull in the action when the feeding stage comes into play and both the bucks and does try to replenish their selves, especially the bucks who have run themselves ragged chasing does. Do it again Now remember not all of the does will be bred during the prime rut. Several will come back into estrous during the next lunar phase in December and the exact same scenario will take place. Hot dates for December will be, Seeking, Dec. 7-13. Chasing, Dec. 14-20. Tending, Dec. 21-28. Although not as intense as the prime rut, the action can get heated depending on your buck to doe ratio, hunting pressure and other limiting factors. 
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