The rut playing out to Alsheimer's prediciton this year?

[WNYBuckHunter]

I rewatched the episode of D&DH with Charles Alsheimer's rut predictions for this year, and I have to say, at least in my area, so far, he hit it on the nose. He said that 3 days prior to the rutting moon, we would see an increase in activity, mostly at night, but one sign would be that we would see a bunch of bucks getting hit on the roads. I can say that last week, I saw 10+ freshly hit bucks on the sides of the roads. I have also noticed a bunch of doe freshly hit on the roads in the last 3 days, including 4 new ones in a 10 mile stretch this morning, which makes sense according to his predictions. According to the prediction, now through this Sunday or next Monday is the time that the chasing is going to be at its peak. For the next 7 days after that will be peak breeding time.

It will be interesting to see how the activity plays out in the next 2 weeks. Im not a huge believer in any of the prediction models, but find it fun to see what people say and then see if it holds true.

[Dave]

In my area his predictions for last year were was off.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Yeah it was off for me too last year with the exception of him predicting it was going to be a trickle rut, or kind of slow and dragged out. I never really noticed the usual flurry of activity I see most years. Could have just been that I wasnt in the woods for it though.

[G-Man]

Well i finially saw 2 shooters today.. not chasing just cruising.. they young ones have been doing that for last week or so.. but i dont consider them as part of the rut i look for mature deer activity and so far hes right on.. i expect the big ones to be chasing good by weeks end...

[Dave]

Hope things get better in my area, will be heading up on Wednesday and will hunt hard for the last few days of bow season.

[QB1]

Same here...have seen several small bucks chasing but the big boys have still been hiding.

[bushnell]

I will be happy if they hold off til this weekend when I am in the woods. Activity is really picking up in PA now. Almost had an 8 point around 11:30 in the morning on Thursday with the front end of my car.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Had a mature 8 pt. breed a doe on the 9th eve, 60 yds in front of the stand. Tried to film but light conditions wouldn't allow. I would say that is when the main rut kicked in here. Mature buck activity has increased all weekend. I don't go by any of that prediction stuff. When I see it with my own eyes, that's when I know it's happening.

[Cabin Fever]

The woods have been completely dead for me. Charlie said from the 12th-20th would be the ruts "sweet spot". God I hope it gets better than this!

I've been out 32x so far. The rut seemed to be simmering up until ~10 days ago, then it seems like it has shut down for me.