Early rut?

[Elmo]

Didn't see any dead deer before but today I saw two dead does and two bucks locking horns all within a 1 to 2 mile stretch of highway. Enough to indicate rut activity or is it still too early to be possible?

[phade]

A little early, still. It pretty much happens the same time every year...just what we see of it changes based on the enviornment and other conditions.

Look at does like a bell curve...10% will breed early, 80% will breed in the normal November time, and 10% will be bred late or during the second rut.

[josephmrtn]

got some trail cam pix of a buck following two does around

[growalot]

Had a neighbor show me a pic of a buck that was killed by a friends truck while still in velvet...I mean huge10pt with a 24" spread....the guy said he saw the doe run past ...next thing he knows the buck crashed into the side of the truck...That had to be Sept.