Yup, That Time of Year...

[FOsteology]

I went out to my patch of hunting ground late this morning to check my trail cams and freshen my mock scrapes. A couple minutes just before 1pm I heard some brush crashing and the sound of hooves....

A wt doe and her yearling passed in front of me no more than 40 yards away. Hot on their tail was a young 6pt buck that was grunting up a storm! lol

Looked on my trail cams, and noted that as of last night I have images of bucks with their nose to the ground. One young buck looks to have been tuckered out as he had his mouth wide open in almost a dozen pictures.

Yup..... looks to be that time a year again! Looks like the rut will be in full swing next weekend when the rifle season begins! 

[bambam]

the bucks are getting wound up here too. found 5 fresh scrapes the other evening.