This is my first year hunting Runnels county but I have heard the rut is usually on the week before thanksgiving through the week after.
Spot on, but someone will pipe up and say its in bow season or something stupid
Well, I dont wanna be that guy, but 20 miles north I've seen bucks running does like it was his job and he was going for employee of the month a week before rifle season all the way to two weeks after the season is over. That being said we have WAY too many does in our area. I had a fresh fawn walk up to the feeder with spots last week so she was a late bloomer. The heavy rut out this way is about three weeks into the season.
Its very funny that you post this. I believe the original poster was speaking of ME!
About two years ago I replied in a thread with the same title. I Posted that I'd seen two different bucks breed doe on opening weekend of bow season.
I was basically called out as spouting B.S. and so on and so forth. Listened to a myriad of crap how I didn't know what I was talking about, and that the rut possibly couldn't have started, I was just seeing young bucks chase doe.
What really strikes me as funny is I have never mest Jasb, that I know of, except here online. Come to find out, his hunting place actually adjoins my hunting place.
Better watch what you type Jasb, those Runnels county Boys will tell you that You're Cuckoo for cocoa-puffs.
I've also seen deer breed a week after season is over. We have lots of fawns with spots on them as I type.
Chaos ( apparently Not nuttier than squirrel [censored])
FWIW
I also hunted a place on the North side of Ballinger some 20 years ago. So close you could hear the high school band playing. Ed Gottshaw ( SP) owned it along with another spot in Crews. One particular year up in Crews, the Rut seemed to kick off last week of December. Never saw a single deer on that place until they started chasing