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 Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/21/07 11:15 PM
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bksatx
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I was wondering if anybody knows when the rut might be ought in the Coleman/Abilene area? If so, how is that determined? Just curious. I had a guy this weekend out in Runnels County tell me that they thought the rut may be starting within the next couple of weeks. Seems awful early to me, but what do I know!!! 
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/22/07 12:07 AM
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MGREEN
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/22/07 12:11 AM
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i used to hunt north of ballinger and south west of cross plains. opening weekend used to have lots of pre-rut activity. one year we had a nice cold front come through the 2nd weekend of the general season and the big bucks were chasing does. on those 2 places, hunting was the best from opening weekend - Thanksgiving. it was really slow the rest of the season until the very last weekend.
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/22/07 12:25 AM
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bksatx
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Thanks MGREEN......
exoticbob, we've always noticed kind of the same thing.....our best hunting was in and around Thanksgiving.
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/22/07 12:54 PM
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last weekend a 9 pont was allready chasing does
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/23/07 01:34 PM
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I had a guy this weekend out in Runnels County tell me that they thought the rut may be starting within the next couple of weeks. Seems awful early to me, but what do I know!!!
We must have talked to the same guy. Was he at B&B feeds near Crews? He said something about the double full moon this month and the rut should start between the 28th and the 4th...something like that?  I have hunted every weekend this month and have not seen one trace of pre rut chase or anything. Who knows.
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/23/07 02:28 PM
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I had a guy this weekend out in Runnels County tell me that they thought the rut may be starting within the next couple of weeks. Seems awful early to me, but what do I know!!!
We must have talked to the same guy. Was he at B&B feeds near Crews? He said something about the double full moon this month and the rut should start between the 28th and the 4th...something like that? I have hunted every weekend this month and have not seen one trace of pre rut chase or anything. Who knows.
We are south of you on hwy 382 and the smaller bucks were still grouped up together. I did notice a change in the deer activity at the two places we monitor with cameras. We are seeing alot more does and less bucks so something is changing. I also noticed that there was a distinct freeze line on the mesquite trees. Above 5' were yellow and falling and below 5' were as green as possible. Little minds are amszed at little things.
Last edited by DuctTape; 10/23/07 02:30 PM.
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/23/07 05:45 PM
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Nothing much going on like that around the Pitchfork. Just a couple little bucks rubbing antlers together for a sec.
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/23/07 09:50 PM
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about 2 saturday nights ago...we were spotlighting out coyote hunting place & saw 2 small 6pts sparing off some, with the cooler temps they are starting to show some but not in full swing for a while yet
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/23/07 10:21 PM
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Thanksgiving plus or minus a week
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/23/07 10:30 PM
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After this freeze we had here, I wish I would have been in the stand this morning.
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/23/07 10:39 PM
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wasnt aware thtere was a freeze anywhere in TX...wow, thats cool news, we read up on the rut and it is regional by like taco said thanksgiving is right on the mark, the date we kept seeing is around the 33nd of Nov. plus or minus, the deer I killed in 05 came in chasing a doe....it was the friday after thanksgiving, pm hunt
the man at the top of the mountain didn't fall up it
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/23/07 11:30 PM
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wasnt aware thtere was a freeze anywhere in TX...wow, thats cool news, we read up on the rut and it is regional by like taco said thanksgiving is right on the mark, the date we kept seeing is around the 33nd of Nov. plus or minus, the deer I killed in 05 came in chasing a doe....it was the friday after thanksgiving, pm hunt
I wanted to call  on myself because I thought the camera was wrong until I noticed the mesquites,
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/24/07 12:18 AM
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thanksgiving give or take a week, i hunt 40 miles from abilene and have been there every week since september 1, i have not seen any activity,
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/24/07 12:22 AM
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well for my part of Coleman county, there hasnt been a freeze yet but its been nice & chilly...usually AFTER thanksgiving it starts to pick up, they are still more apt to eat up the rest of the acorns in this area before heading to the feeders, the younger bucks are starting to get alil frisky but the big boys arnt just yet
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
[Re: bksatx]
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10/24/07 10:22 AM
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bksatx
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We must have talked to the same guy. Was he at B&B feeds near Crews? He said something about the double full moon this month and the rut should start between the 28th and the 4th...something like that? I have hunted every weekend this month and have not seen one trace of pre rut chase or anything. Who knows.
That's exactly who we talked to.....our place is right across the highway from B&B.....
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
[Re: bksatx]
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10/24/07 07:12 PM
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Two years ago, I talked to a Game Warden in Mitchell County (approx 1 hour west of Abilene).
He said that peak rut is 'generally' around the middle of November.
So I agree with the other folks with the rut being mid till end of Nov.
I'll be hunt'n there a few days before and after Thanksgiving.
I gave up Hunt'n + Fish'n...It was the worst 15 Minutes of My Life!!
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/24/07 07:20 PM
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lol we use Thanksgiving as an excuse to take an extra day or so off to go hunt, plus cant beat eating a great meal then putting on warm comfy camo & go sit in the stand lil early & get ur nap in
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/24/07 08:12 PM
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I'm in the Eastland area and have noticed pre rut behavior for the last 2 weekends. The buck we killed last week,which was 5.5, was chasing does. I also saw 3 bucks fighting last saturday. I think the rut will be here earlier than normal with the range conditions.
If you shoot a young deer because a neighbor will shoot it, you are that neighbor.
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/25/07 12:49 AM
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I'm like Tye, we've been seeing prerut activity for two weeks now. I watched a 2 1/2 year old run over and piss on a scrape that a 4 1/2 year old buck had just cleaned off and pissed on. The older buck ran over to the young buck and the fight was on. The older buck had the young buck on the ground and putting a big whopping on him. Last seen, the old buck was right on the youngsters butt, chasing him out of the area. They were trying to compete for a yearly doe that was coming into cycle and was flirting around with both of them.
The young bucks are running the dry does right now. We have some game cam pics with some bucks up to 3 1/2 years old with dark hocks.
My opinion is that the wet does should come in around the 16th to 20th of November. This is adding 30 days from the dry does cycling that we've watched.
By the way, our ranch is about 14 miles North of Coleman, on the banks of Lake Coleman.
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/25/07 02:24 AM
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awesome deer in that area hag, good country, nice & open some & rolling
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
[Re: MaggieMTx]
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10/25/07 03:33 PM
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Our place is next to Hags the same thing going on here.
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/25/07 04:30 PM
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It seems early but it usually isn't as late as thought. Saw a nice basket-8 this A.M. south of Breckenridge with a thick neck on him - wouldn't you know it, he was with a doe. It just might be kicking off next weekend - at least pre-rut....oh, is that the first weekend of November???? 
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/26/07 02:00 AM
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Novemberyet..... You didn't mention a fawn with the doe, so I assume it's a dry doe. Like I was saying, the dry does are coming in right now. The does with fawns should be the middle of November.
MaggieMTx... we love that country... it has some heavy shinery brush draws, some steep draws and some open country that was chained back in the 60's. we bought the ranch in 70 or 71 and have been extensively game managing it for over 10 years now. Just wish our neighbors did the same!! It's hard to pass on a great 4 1/2 year old that you know is hanging around the perimeter of our ranch and also knowing the neighbors will shoot him in a heartbeat. The biologists have told us that all we're doing is growing big bucks for our neighbors. We protein feed a lot, but put the feeders in the center of the ranch to make the deer get used to being in the center and not on the perimiter of the ranch.
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Re: Rut - Abilene/Coleman
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10/26/07 03:12 AM
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Noverber 15 is normally when we see the rut heating up in Albany.
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