Just thought it might help some here if everyone in different areas stated their idea and their area .

im thinking ours will be about the second weekend of november.(nacogdoches cnty)

Ours is almost always the week before Thanksgiving + or - a few days(Jack County)

Thanksgiving or the week after in S. Coleman. At least that is what I am guessing this year.

here is an excellent article from the TPW website which discusses the rut, including the timing of the rut in different areas of the state.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/hunt/planning/rut_whitetailed_deer/#map

Yup, Exellent link.
Dead on for our area

Around the 20-24 of October! Northern Coke county!

Very intresting! They say the peak is about 1 month later than I have witnessed the last 2 years on our place! Heck by the time the peak hits according to that link I am already seeing Does and Bucks feeding together again!

nothing for Lamar, guess one could use the range of Piney woods and Post Oak...

Eight to ten days after the new moon in November

What about Grayson and Denton counties??

I am new to Clay County but what I am hearing is around the gun opener, first week of November.

Ours has always peaked during the week of Thanksgiving.

Fannin and Lamar peak rut is November 16 to November 30.
IMHO

Im going with the first week of gun season (Eastland County)

I dont know, I think predicting the rut is about like predicting the loto numbers for the week.

In the article it says for the region that I hunt, south texas, that a doe can be bread as late as first part of february, but that all fawns should be born by July 22... I dont know we didnt see any fawns until the last week of august and some even droped in september.

matt

The last few years in Erath ours has been around Jan 1. Seen many doe when the "peak" is supposed to be with no activity. After Christmas though they are being ran hard.

2 days after I'm back at work.

November 6th until November 20th we see most of our rutting action in colorado county

My brother's birthday is November 12 and it seems like that week is when we always see the rut in action. We are in Anderson County on the south end of the county about 20 miles Southeast of Palestine, Texas. That time of year is when the TOADS are running around chasing does through our food plots.

My grandpa says that at his ranch outside of Uvalde it always starts after the first big cold front. Anyone else ever heard this?

South Texas....2nd week of DEC

Denton is Thanksgiving +- a week

If there were deer in West TX, it would be the last week of Nov through the first week of Dec.

I can usually tell in my area because the bucks start chasing the does!

Seriously it's during the two weeks before Christmas central part of south Texas plains!