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Post by "BIGTYME" on Jan 16, 2005 18:27:11 GMT -5
Hey guy's I was going to check one of my feeders today and seen a freash scrape not more than a day old. Has anyone else seen any this late in the year before? I am just wondering how many have ever seen one I have never seen a scrape this late in the season.
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Post by TXBOWHNTR on Jan 17, 2005 13:54:02 GMT -5
I've seen them as late as the first weekend in Feb. before! I think it has something to do with the weather! I have noticed deer getting "frisky" on a good crisp morning, well after the rut has ended, on occasion! I don't think is too uncommon!
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Post by bucknrut on Jan 17, 2005 21:31:32 GMT -5
My friend was just telling me last week that he was checking his trail cam and on the way in the woods he walked by a fresh scrape. He said that the buck had tore the ground up and he rubbed several of the surrounding trees. Ive never seen a scrape this late myself. Maybe it has something to do with a bucks hormones changing when its time for him to shed his antlers. Because his hormones causes him to rub trees and make scrapes during the rut so why wouldnt the hormone change trigger a lil bit of the same behavior when its time for him to shed? Thats my guess
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Post by Okiehunter on Jan 18, 2005 16:35:10 GMT -5
Bucks will make scrapes during the second rut, this is when the Does that did not get bred come back into estrus.
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Post by "BIGTYME" on Jan 18, 2005 18:51:34 GMT -5
Yep but the bad part is this would be our 3rd rut around here. But i did notice when it got colder is when I started seeing the scrapes again
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Post by bucknrut on Jan 19, 2005 9:53:34 GMT -5
If the deer were still rutting all the way into the middle of Jan. and were successful in breeding wouldnt the fawns be born too late in the year? They would still have spots on them in november? Heck I dunno!!  |
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Post by "BIGTYME" on Jan 19, 2005 11:10:47 GMT -5
I got some pics off my trailcam with fawns still haveing remnets of thier spots I will bring to work tonight so you can see. But yes some fawns would be born later in the year which creates another obsticle If the deer were still rutting all the way into the middle of Jan. and were successful in breeding wouldnt the fawns be born too late in the year? They would still have spots on them in november? Heck I dunno!! |
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Post by bucknrut on Jan 19, 2005 21:58:55 GMT -5
I have seen a few fawns that still have some of their spots left in bow season but thats the latest that I can remeber. There would be a lot of fawns that wouldnt be able to survive the cold weather if the deer were to breed this late in winter. Ecspecially if someone shoots the "momma" doe. But who knows, the way the deers behavior was this year, it could happen. 2004 was a hard year to hunt deer!! Never been that frustrated before over deer hunting!  |
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