I know the rut has been off the past few years on our place in Live Oak county so, what are yawls predictions of when the chasing will start this year?

Probably will start around the 4th of November which is the 2nd full moon in Fall. That would bring the peak (YMMV)around Thanksgiving to the first week of December.

Based on

edit Missed the part about South Texas. Day time temps will impact your area more than up in say Val Verde County. Those temps also tend to have the rut go on most of the nights.

Never that early, its usually mid to late december

Guess eveyones guess is as good as mine. Hoping I catch it this year because I was working last year. Can't decide on before of after Christmas.

I am in Live Oak County and i back tracked my does and counting back the pregnancy period last year it started on or around the 16th of December. Would have to assume it will be within a few days of that this year one way or the other.

The best info I have been able to find and backing out from when fawns hit the ground and we start seeing activity every year all says late December first part of January for us.

Most accurate thing I've ever seen ---> TPWD rut in whitetail deer

I've seen it early part of the second week in Dec and during Christmas. Just have to play it by ear.

Redchevy and SPG you both are in Live Oak County as well correct. SPG IIRC you are closer to Three Rivers? Redchevy where are yall at?

I'm pretty much in Three Rivers or Simmons

Ok I am kinda in no mans land in the middle of freer, george west and Alice

Good area Ricochet, Dam its been hot out there! We should meet when we're all in the area and tell some lies.
I love me some Tomi Lahren 2. Baw its been hot out there!

Yeah it has been really hot. I was down this past weekend doing some work and it was bone dry but the rains have come at good points so still lot of green Forbes and beans all over the ground. I'm down to meet for sure

I'm working until Aug. 18th going to try and make a trip sometime between the 18th and 1st of September.

Yeah i would imagine i will go down the hole labor day weekend to put up tree stands and tripods and get corn feeders back slinging corn again.

Three rivers is our 1/2 way point from San Antonio. We are in southern Duval County.

Yelp I'm going with the upto the 4th of Jan, I still had mature bucks chasing last day of season last year, think it was just wishful thinking on thier part

That's actually pretty close Western Webb was hardest going from about 28-4th last year.

I hunt right across the border from Valverde, Kinney County line and this last year our Rut was almost a month earlier than normal it seemed to start the first week of December and was the heaviest about the 13th through 17. I have usually seen the most activity in past years from the first or second week of January. Just have to wait and see.

I'm out of Zapata County and have filled more tags in late December to Early January then any other time of year in my entire life.