How To Hunt The ENTIRE Whitetail Rut

[@MrRABland]

Shot my first buck last night at 5:50, an 8-point on his way to my food plot. Thanks to Jeff for all the info he offered us, from food plot prep, stand location and access, and all the other pointers I used to become successful after three years of being totally unsuccessful. Thanks Jeff!!!!

[@bowman8316]

That's great Rick 👍🏼

[@timhatfield6367]

Good job Rick... We all knew you'd get it done!

[@MrRABland]

@@timhatfield6367 Haha. I've been sitting in stands for years it seems, so you were more confident than I. At one point last night I was even thinking of selling all my gear and finding another hobby.

[@MrRABland]

@@bowman8316 Thanks. It sure made my wife happy! As she said, this deer has to be the most expensive deer ever shot! 😂😂😂😤

[@Last_Chance.]

@@MrRABland don't do it! Keep after it brother, the reward will be worth the wait

[@coreywhite6882]

In WV and seeing pre-rut activity right now. This, not Christmas, is the most wonderful time of the year! Good luck everybody!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Ha, so true...good luck Corey!!

[@frankhopkins3700]

I'm in the Eastern Panhandle of WV and seeing the same!

[@stephenkendall6108]

I’m near Morgantown, Wv been seeing it for about a week easy

[@Ticeracing33]

Did you get a big buck yet? Post more videos of your kills

[@mitchellgenz1373]

Solid advice and no bull, great video Jeff.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you very much Mitchell, I appreciate that!

[@randydunmire]

You do great and I appreciate you doing these free KZbin videos. I have and am learning so much from watching these and I thank you so much. These videos are making me a better hunter.

[@bowman8316]

Great video... so exciting now ! Finally getting cold Monday in WNY

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you and man I love it!! Can't wait

[@joesoutdoorexperience]

Jeff I have been implementing your method along with using HuntWise! This year I have seen and passed on a hand full of deer. And with in 29 yards of a beautiful 8pointer Sunday October 30th at 5:15pm. Thank you and Dylan for all these videos.

[@tmglvr]

Great Content. Windy, rainy out here in MI. Seeing single bucks cruising...does are definitely keeping a low cover.

[@austintrent1423]

Great video I am up north in Michigan for the Monday and Tuesday cold front got the days off work!

[@andrewschneider377]

Bagged my first buck this morning because of this channel, found success because of the good planning and good timing that I learned here. He’s a Virginia swamp monster and I couldn’t be happier. Thanks for all that you do!

[@leegreer3724]

After Kevan’s visit and changing our stand access points based on his advice..I’ve done 5 sits this year, passed on 34 deer and finally took a nice tall and thick 8pt. Haven’t even implemented the other changes yet and the activity has increased tremendously.

[@nowherespecial6780]

I love that feeling when you 1st get your 1st deer and then you feel like you understand the dear a little bit and then once you start to follow the deer a little bit you really start to track on pattern. Your videos have been a big help here in Maine I got myself a 220 pound buck and my 2 does My son which is 13 years old also watches the watches and he is taking your information and your information and running with it he got himself a 7 point buck 170 pounds it's work . It is not easy. But the proof is in the pudding I will vouch that your program is a successful program and it does work 100% it might not work the 1st year I was a little frustrated I followed it step-by-step. But once the deer knew where everything was. Now we're talking Now we have created a habitat where it holds the deer because they have no other place to want Because we have made all of the major features of the land the way is the way that you have described . We thank you . Sincerely Baker family in Maine

[@coreycatch6268]

Was able to get Monday and Tuesday of here in Michigan hopefull for this cold front 🤘🤘

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Nice Corey...good luck!!

[@kevinflaherty7592]

Very warm in ne pa.waiting for morning of Nov 8.cold front going to bring big temperature drop.cant wait.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Should be outstanding Kevin!

[@markgreeno470]

Great content, Jeff 👌 👏 👍🏻

[@mikeclement5383]

My pine trees are all torn up underneath Didn't need a mock scrape this year! Still made it though. They made scrapes all around my mock scrape. Trees got rubbed pretty good. Have a sparring match on trail cam (still photos).

[@johnlindsay8630]

And maybe you can help me out you talking about the right the pre-wrot and all the stuff about a right and I know you’re in the US but does that apply for Ontario as well as well?

[@mikeybreakz6292]

I hunt in western PA. for me the hunting this season has been tough. it seems like the warm temps and all the wind and storms have them all laying low delaying the rut here. it was 72 today. it has been very quiet out there. i hope with this cold front that is coming next week and the full moon coming on that is what it takes to get the does in estrus and the bucks chasing.

[@Outdoormaniac3123]

Same here from sw pa. Does are in heat but it's slow going with movement

[@mikeybreakz6292]

@@Outdoormaniac3123 thanx its good to know that we arent the only ones having no luck lately.

[@Outdoormaniac3123]

@@mikeybreakz6292 yeah bud, scrapes(historic scrapes from year to year) opened here Oct 26th. Still night time activity with bucks on camera. Couple of the bigger bucks vanished. On does somewhere more than likely. Then October 30th scrapes were reopened with satellite scrapes popping up. As of Nov 5th all scrapes have been abandoned. Seen minimal younger bucks pushing does early morning. The activity usually dies down after 9 am. Temps have been too warm. So it's been pretty miserable. Looks like Tuesday morning with lows in the upper 30s will be te next time I get out. Good luck to you. Let me know how you do.

[@Outdoormaniac3123]

@@mikeybreakz6292 action picked up on the 7th. Shot a 7 pt on the 8th. Bucks are on the move Courting does. Hope you are having the same action. Hope you have some good luck

[@chrisl9071]

How do I buy your books in Canada!?

[@drewharman1690]

Morning Jeff despite the warm weather just been playing it smart and had a good sit yesterday morning saw the big 7 dogging a doe and 2 smaller bucks! Still waiting for a Giant

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Nice Drew sounds like a really good sit! Good luck!!

[@Last_Chance.]

What location?

[@drewharman1690]

@@Last_Chance. SWVA

[@alexkreger316]

Great video Jeff!! Thank you! Blaze orange WHS hats coming out?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks Alex ..you know we never thought of that but definitely need to have some!

[@alexkreger316]

Stocking and caps! Would love to buy!

[@bowtech94]

Have a very busy 6 acre tract I hunt close to home. Have had my biggest bucks on camera ever there. The last week the local does have went missing and the scrapes are mostly inactive . Seeing a lot of night time activity. And then this heat wave I saw one doe today. It was also the Muzz opener in VA and man I heard a lot of shots. Weather and new hunting pressure changed the movement quickly.

[@bowtech94]

Friday 9 am had a really good daylight cruiser that I never seen before, he is one of the random bucks that have been showing up. This 6 acres is oaks above the river about 500 yards from big cedars.

[@brianoimoen5627]

Southern Mo, we’re at tail end of pre-rut or 2 days in lockdown

[@benborgschatz9525]

Saw 1 small buck and 6 Doe', even with it raining this morning in SE Mn.

[@Badkharma21]

pre rut until about November 9 in New Brunswick. Lock down and peak rut nov 9 to 19 approx. can't wait.

[@TopoftheLineTraining]

Thanks Jeff I saw a buck chasing this morning 77 degrees mid ohio valley A lot of bucks moving at night and early morning trail cams

[@dholland8941]

Im in the same area. Seeing very few bucks in daylight right now. Warm and windy today.

[@johntuset7917]

same, had 2 good ones on camera 10 before end of shooting light. Banking on 12-15th this year based on forecast

[@ohiowhitetailhunter8606]

Seen a doe yesterday with no buck , here in central Ohio it didn’t get hot until nov 11 got a few nice bucks on camera but it has been super hot been holding off until this cold front moves in this weekend Good luck everyone and be safe

[@j420-y6m]

Great video thanks for sharing sir I have learned a lot from your videos

[@randyh.6019]

You out this am Jeff? still pouring rain here in winona county looks like it breaks about 4pm should be good this evening....GOOD LUCK

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I'm out ..in a blind tho! Wish I was down in a stand but thankful we have these things! This rain is oppressive, isn't it?!

[@randyh.6019]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Its miserable. Im not out Im home waiting for the weather to break for thisafternoons hunt...watching all the details of the T.J. Hockinson trade. You a vikings fan yet? were not in Michigan anymore toto....skol🤣🤣

[@janitorialguy4436]

Thanks Jeff always informative

[@andrewbrake586]

Got a good doe last night. I took your advice about standing completely still with my bow in hand. Its crazy how much less movement it was! Thank you🙏

[@mattali4163]

Which video was that on? I’d like to check it out

[@andrewbrake586]

@@mattali4163 I'm pretty sure it was a comment made on the podcast. But Jeff mentions frequently about how he hangs his bow Infront of him for less movement, but in podcast they talk about how Dylan stands in his stand, and how you basically blend in.

[@brianoimoen5627]

Sitting and shooting is still your stillest position and least chance of getting busted from sway…

[@sureshots8155]

I seen the best buck movement in 12th rut last year. They where out looking for those hot does.

[@anthonymalueg3520]

Great thanks

[@mandoman7626]

Do you have any advice on how to draw bucks with calls?

[@robbyj1731]

Thank you for the videos they

[@KP-ed7qz]

Awesome information! I'm 1 year into my new 10 acres, surrounded by corn/soy bean fields, in mid Missouri. Lots of turkey/deer signs. Property has rows of willow, pine trees, grasses, elderberry, etc. and I recently dispersed red clover crops, (< 2acres). I do have a

[@begforme4484]

Four spikes, three 6's, a 5, a 7, and an 8 on trail cam from the past two days. They're finally out in the daylight despite super high pressure here in NC. They're avoiding two corn piles from my neighbors to munch on some brassica, chicory, and clover. Brother dropped the 7 this morning. Looking to let it sit quiet until the cold front coming on Tuesday. 🤞

[@JimBowSlice]

that's never good when 3 6s come together lol

[@SuperheroDon]

Here in NC. Half the doe herd has disappeared from camera since mid Oct, and single spikes (last years newborns) have hung around all year. 3 new bucks 2 6's and an 8, have appeared in last 2 weeks. 1st 2hrs daylight and last 2, evenly.

[@guardianminifarm8005]

Great information. Thanks so much.

[@donjaun1423]

I don’t know if I’ve missed the rut or not. I was planning on using a decoy with estrus this weekend but it’s gonna be raining they say so I can’t use scent I guess. And I’m not sure how to hunt over food if it’s raining either

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Depending on where you are at...the primary rut is over in most northern states...but about to start again for the 2ns rut

[@donjaun1423]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I’m in North Carolina and I haven’t seen any rut activity but I’m a new hunter so I don’t know

[@stevegermain1222]

It's supposed to be raining hard all day but it doesn't seem to be. Might have to get up and get out this afternoon

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Steve! Been raining hard all day here this morning, but have seen 3 bucks and 5 does

[@JGunit]

Hi Jeff, a question. Why does my huntwise app show a 👎 for "rut intensity" every single day? It's always "negative". I assume this is an error in the app?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi J I actually have no idea...above my pay grade 😊 Rest assured it is calculated in to your score for the day!

[@JGunit]

Thanks man, but if you could pass along the confusion aspect of that, perhaps it might find the right ears. Thanks and keep up the good content, much appreciated.

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

Always great info from jeff

[@johnknorr1140]

I follow you on KZbin I’ll listen to your advice I live in Pennsylvania 50 miles north of Pittsburgh when you talk about the rut I assume you’re talking about Michigan where you live where I Hunt I’ll add a couple more days to what you’re referring to in my off ?

[@ala5831]

I live 20 miles north of Pittsburgh and the rut is on

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi thanks for watching John! I would say a good 5 to 7 days after from us in MN, WI, MI, NY...

[@keithrohrbaugh2503]

Thanks for all the great videos. I hunt in south central PA. We are getting about a 15 degree temp drop from Monday into Tuesday. Would that be one of the good cold fronts to hunt? Thank you.

[@ML-ks2lj]

So did Mr Sturgis or crew put anything down yet his season?

[@rib4th]

Can you speak to establishing depth of cover and defined movement on a narrow small property with several paralelling trails which follow benches that run perpendicular to borders?

[@terrydewayne7690]

Dangit..hit send before finished..i hunt both above mason dixon and beliw..anytime i go to new area i call dnr to find out peak breeding..then overlay that with weather forcast when im planning days to go or wich phase us gonna have best weather conditions...but peak breeding date is the number that always stays same..in a given location and i like to go just before peak breeding if weather is right

[@ranhen8951]

Off topic but, does anybody tether their bow to a stand or hanger or something in case of the bow accidently falling to the ground? I use a tether when I fly fish to my fly pole in a belly boat and am just starting to use tree stands this year here in AR.

[@mikeybreakz6292]

i have noticed that last year's great honeyhole public land stands have become bad stands and the deer are doing an entirely different schedule of movement bedding and food. they went nocturnal and sporadic i dunno if it is the temp the deer or pressure. it's been a rough season. i had a buck at 25 yards do a combat roll under my arrow belly in the dirt and I missed clean over him. I shouldn't have made a meep to stop him and put him on alert.

[@nowherespecial6780]

1st rut in Maine has started to slow down the books are starting to walk around by themselves instead of being with the doe Versus 2 months ago where you saw groups of does groups of bucks Week an half ago there was Always a mature buck hanging around Pockets of doe But not so as of this moment so I think we're at the bottom slide of 1st rut I would love thoughts about this . Or from thinking correctly of the matter At hand

[@jc6077]

Hey Jeff. Do you reply on this channel for giveaways or do we have someone else posing as you. Can you confirm?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I would never do any giveaways on KZbin. Definitely scammers.

[@jc6077]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thought so…thanks

[@whitetailhabitatandhunting]

Thanks Jeff! How many times is too many when going out to hunt during all phases of the rut?

[@darrenturcotte7799]

For me I take a break when the wind is less than ideal ie chance of spooking game

[@RS-ms1bz]

Bedford County Pennsylvania this morning. Temperature at 10:30 am was 73 degrees. Drove through public hunting land to get to my daughter’s new house to lay out a fence and saw a huge 8 point chasing a doe up a hill side. Two minutes later, coming down into a draw saw another large 8 point chasing three does across the road. Finished up at my daughter’s and on the drive back, saw three bird hunters in a field just standing watching across the field. I pulled off and saw a massive buck chasing does in and out of the wood line and the field. I’m sure those bird hunters wished it was opening day of rifle. Temperature at the time was 75 degrees. I’m back at my property this coming Tuesday and temps are still going to be above normal, but 15 degrees cooler than the 80 we are supposed to have the next three days. Looks like I might hit the chase phase dead on next week. I’ll be concentrating on my water holes for sure. Good luck everyone. From what I saw today, they’re in the thick of it warm weather or not!

[@justintanner7020]

Jeff i kno what a buck bed is i kno what doe beds are but to define an actual " BEDDIN AREA" is some what hard to pin point i kno it will be an area with cover but I really can't define the area as a whole, publicland hunter & I do see good bucks but at times I feel I've been lucky its weird because most of the time I just get that feel I'm where I need to be maybenot the exact position but close enough to see the buck comin or goin anyadvice is appreciated thanks man

[@jordanhudson5075]

Have you had any clients in Arkansas?

[@redneckfarmer6584]

Are you or did you have a giveaway for a Mathews V3X?

[@douglasroseveare7295]

No its a scam. Don't text or talk with them. Report any of the replies you see like that on here and to the trade commission. It is fraud and they should be pushed accordingly.

[@auntchar101]

agreed...but for me i save all my vacation(4weeks) hunt my backyard..it is a Tamarack swamp with an urban oak ridge it is very dense and only my wife and i hunt it. prime habitat for trophys. so i am fortunate to be able to hunt basically the entire season in a 20 acre honey hole. chasing BONE!!!!

[@nowherespecial6780]

When do their tarsals really start to get tar lightar like a couple of bucks that we have seen and that have been killed that have been killed along with the ones at the tagging station they are dark but but it's nothing like mid November when it looks like a black chunk of tar and reek. Is this an indicator

[@craigmeyers4497]

Yeah. I was just at east fork. Got there an hour before daylight. In the stand. 8:40am on the ridge across from me. 100 yards maybe. A trophy worked his way down to the creek. At 9:10am a hunter came walking through the woods in front of me. Sounded like he was walking on broken glass in a gymnasium. Sure enough, that big stag ran right back up out the gully the way he came in.. Extremely angry to say the least. He didn't even see the stag at all. BECAUSE YOU DON'T WALK THROUGH THE WOOD IN THE DAYLIGHT MORNING HOURS!!

[@williedunn-rj6nq]

I hate to tell you but down south in Mississippi the deer do rut differently county to county. 100%

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Yes, when they cross the county road it can vary by up to 2 weeks👍 I bet they follow the road songs down there too 😂

[@jonfietzer302]

Thank you Jeff for sharing so much knowledge to us!

[@ala5831]

Saw a doe harassing the buck this morning. She must of been ready

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

For sure ..I've seen 2 bucks cruising in the pouring rain today...9 bucks last night all very active. Have seen 2 bucks locked down for up to 2 days this week. It's about to blow open after this weather clears around here!

[@stefanosoderi4152]

Here in the northeast it’s 74’ , nothing moving first day of muzzloader today, hewed no shots either

[@seancallan6061]

Mid 70’s here is mass. Next week should be on fire!

[@djdaniels8370]

Been following your page all year! Set up scrapes, hunted how you’ve suggested, and got it done here in Michigan on a nice 120”+ buck at 10:40 which is great for my property considering hunting pressure.

[@kyleziebarth3760]

So I have a monster 10 that I've been catching on camera and brand new rubs from him in a rub line, should I use this to hunt by and use grunt and rattling technique or does bleats?

[@brianoimoen5627]

Don’t use calls or rattle…more than likely it will bust you. Figure which side Of line is bedding vs food. Find access downwind, pick good wind, setup either bedding in am or food pm…if you want to use any xtra…I’d have grunt call to reel him back if he blows by you quickly…and for next 10 days you can get away with drag rag, or little buck bomb…but really just hunt. You got the hard stuff done now….besides, controlling your shakes and breathing when he’s right in front of you lol!!! Good luck

[@kevinleary5244]

I cant hunt mornings or nights this week but i have lots of free time midday. We are in peak rutting and getting cold front this week. Where is best spot to sit mid day?

[@Last_Chance.]

Probably near a bedding area

[@brianoimoen5627]

Travel corridor between bedding areas

[@terrydewayne7690]

Peak of breeding is the number im looking for..peak "rut" in conversation ive found to mean dif things to dif folks as in when your askin a local when the local herd peaks....thats a variable term for me ..peak of breeding is scientifically determined an , ..if i go to a new state , i look at that states DNR for that data...that tells me weather may affect what we see during daylight immensly...but peak of breeding happens pretty much same time in whatever area...i hunt above mason dixon for the "classic" rut hunt that most of tge country gets...

[@openope3156]

Tomorrow might be the morning to skip church here in Wisconsin...sorry God

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

It is definitely go time! I will be out for sure in WI

[@openope3156]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 crossing the bridge eh? Love the western side but waupaca will have to do. Good luck brother, I'm sure you'll shoot a dandy

[@christopherclay14]

The Lord: hmmm better have that buck sleep in today and not move 😂

[@dswish1730]

The young ones are coming out of the woodwork.Saw 3 last night.But got 7 different ones on camera in 2 days

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

So cool to see D!

[@dswish1730]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I grunted a small 8 in from 300 yards.He ran into 40.

[@matthewewing3496]

Saw my target tonight then had a little buck pick me off in the stand and blow…… almost

[@jameslinzmeier368]

Don't forget to cover the second mini rut. It falls about three to four weeks after the main rut. I heard it happens when some does are not successful. Causes them to go into heat again. Superstition or fact? I am a firm believer from what I have experienced.

[@jessebaker5007]

Guys in the break room laughing about how the neighbor waits till daylight to cross the field to get to his blind then switches blind midday. I just shook my head listening to them.

[@stephenkendall6108]

I’m at a loss right now. The bucks have vanished I have seen one shooter. I think I’m too far into an expanded bedding area and need to back out. We cannot figure a way into the section of land we worked so hard in last few years without getting noticed regardless of time of day entry. They are showing themselves during shooting hours on camera but one step on the property and POOF no deer. The lay of the land offers a very interesting acoustic quality even small sounds at the main gate sounds loud back where we sit. It’s odd. And literally it seems no way around it. The rest of the property is so thick. The whole piece is recovering timber cut like 8-10 years ago. Holds ALOT of really nice bucks wish I could solve this mystery land they are using the dickens out of my travel corridor I built I just can’t get close enough to hunt it😊

[@davidprygon4650]

for what its worth in Galesburg, il area. buck on camera chasing a doe today.

[@dennybirchfield]

Who is jen

[@klaybloom5542]

Way to mention Georgia. By the way they won Saturday!

[@whitetailhabitatandhunting]

First?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Maybe Isaac?

[@darrenturcotte7799]

Lockdown here! Seen a 10 point cruising yesterday a few hrs after a doe he is bedding in there with her at the moment. Waiting for his older brother to come through .

[@mntc2167]

Quit talking about the second rut! I don’t want people hunting then 😂

[@whitetailhabitatandhunting]

First?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Ummm...maybe?

[@dswish1730]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 😉

[@Last_Chance.]

Lol why would you be worried about being first? Smh