Arkansas Rut

ARriverdog · November 05, 2015, 05:58:00 PM

Last week in the Hot Springs area I had 6 deer in front of me. 2 old nanny does both of which had twin yearlings with them. There was no sign of the "early rut" this year that I have been reading about. What are others seeing in AR?

JW

ymountainman · November 05, 2015, 06:01:00 PM

we seeing some chasin, The weather is tropical though, This is the time to get after them!

November 05, 2015, 09:59:00 PM

Don't know about AR, but it is usually on here now, and I have seen nothing yet!

Bisch

TexasStick81 · November 05, 2015, 10:31:00 PM

Last weekend I had two younger bucks grunting and chasing does. A bigger buck came through later but he was more interested in working rub lines hard.

TexasStick81 · November 05, 2015, 10:35:00 PM

Last weekend I had two younger bucks grunting and chasing does. A bigger buck came through later but he was more interested in working rub lines hard.

m midd · November 06, 2015, 03:40:00 AM

Saw a few smaller bucks pushing does around 2 weekends ago. The mature bucks i have seen have been very early in the morning. Hopefully this cool front coming in this weekend will have them on their feet.

Dave Lay · November 06, 2015, 08:55:00 AM

2 weeks ago is normally when I see the first signs of rut activity, I have seen some cruising and a friend killed a nice 8 that was chasing. but we had a full moon and warm weather. I think we should see a real increase in activity these next 2 weeks

D. Key · November 06, 2015, 09:48:00 AM

I was hunting a couple of afternoons ago and saw my first buck of the season. He was just crusin' and looking for a girlfriend. I grunted to him and he did turn but never came close enough for a shot. It's been in the 80's lately and too hot for much action I presume.

GANDGOLF · November 06, 2015, 10:13:00 AM

Seen several does- I lil spike. Very little chasing going on.

ARriverdog · November 09, 2015, 09:31:00 PM

Well an update from Saturday afternoon. I was in my stand had been watching 3 does for about an hour feeding on acorns. They were from 50 to 15 yards at times. I decided to try to take the largest doe at last light. I heard a crash on the ridge across from me and then some relatively high pitched grunting. I refocused on the doe that was now at 15 yards when a yearling ran right to her side. Then out of no where a monster buck came in thrashing and throwing his head not even sure how many points but his body was huge and he was bristled up. Then in a split second they were all 3 gone up the draw. It was crazy how fast it happened. I do believe the chase is on.

truck24hr · November 09, 2015, 09:53:00 PM

I hunted Sat and Sunday evenings. Nothing Saturday, and watched a big doe yesterday evening about a half hour before dark. Had a large 8 point come in right at dark, that I screwed up and bounced and arrow off his back. Buck was interested in acorns. Rut normally runs later than normal here in the Fort Smith area river bottoms. I quit hunting when duck season opens due to all the traffic, and I rarely see any rutting activity. I do start seeing some bucks though, come late October.