November 2nd MN Rut Report

I just spent 4 days hanging in the tree and all I have to show for it is a nasty Deer Tick Bite that required some Doxycycline to prevent Lyme's Disease again.  I am not sure how those tiny little ticks even find their way through all your hunting clothes, but man do those bites hurt when you pull them off.  OK enough of that, here is my report.

Overall the temps were much warmer then I prefer for good deer movement but that really is not the issue.  The small bucks are really starting to get active and by Monday morning I saw them constantly harassing does and moving them from their bedding areas.  The small bucks are keeping the activity level in the woods at a much higher level now when compared to Friday when I first crawled into my stand.

The trail cameras show lots of activity at night and like always the mature bucks are very active throughout the night.  New scape's continue to pop up nightly and the bucks can be seen at dark harassing the does on the food plots.  I have yet to see a mature buck during daylight hours though.

The best is not far off now and that is becoming evident by the increase in buck activity during daylight hours.  In the next few days the big boys will be on their feet it looks like and the chase should be on.  There is still a lot of available food in most parts of the state which is keeping the does from having to group up on food sources and thus the deer are very spread out.  But, the best is yet to come!  Good luck to all the MN Rifle hunters this coming weekend.