Rut Activity?

[1eyeReD]

Hunted Sat night and Sun morning in SE MN. Saw a buck per sit. Small lil guys. A fork on Sat evening and a very deceiving 8pt (6pt with additional crab claw point) on Sun morning. Both were checking scrapes within 20 yds. During the evening hunt, the lil fork came checking scrapes around 4 in the afternoon. The miniature 8pt buck in the morning came through at 8. The big boys should start wandering around at those times soon.

[tracker x-2]

Hunted central and SW MN over the weekend with very little deer sign..... only say 3 does a long ways off

[fishattacker]

Hunted the evening of the 19th in Kandiyohi county. I saw a nice buck chasing a doe. Should be interesting the next few weeks.

[Shu]

Saw a couple small bucks trailing does over the weekend. Also starting to see bucks at scrapes during the day.

[maros91]

Hunted yesterday in the morning. Saw 4 does and 2 fawns during the early part of the snow. They were just walking through the woods. No scrapes yet. This is in the Cambridge area.

[Rippinlip]

Last Wednesday when I harvested my doe, there was a 2.5 year old buck in the area and he seemed uninterested in the does that were around me.

We did in another area last week, seen a 1.5 year old checking out a few scrapes, so I am not really sure what he was doing?

Young and messed up hormones maybe? We were there I guess.

[paceman]

Sat last night. No scrapes/rubs yet in this area that usually does and will have them. Going to be a little while yet in my area.

[ZachD]

I will be going out this afternoon hopefully they are moving today

[rbs]

all this scrape activity makes me want to hit the stand! Headed to NoDak this week for ducks so next week I will hopefully hit it hard! Good Luck guys!

[tazimna]

Did a 4 day hunting marathon this past weekend with some success. Filled my bonus tag friday morning with a doe, and then saw 7 different bucks rest of time. Saw numerous scrapes and watched an 8 pter make one near my stand, so atleast their thinking about it. I did lay a little estrus out, but the 2 small bucks that came to it sniffed it and then darted off. Got to watch an 8 and a 10 spare in my field last nite while on stand. Fun to watch. Happy hunting.

[ZachD]

Just rattled and 5 mins later heard a crash and looked over and a nice 8 was cruising across the woods about 75 yards away. Oak grove area

[chasin_walter20]

Scouted my SC MN farm after work this evening and watched a nice 2.5yr old 10pt feeding and show some slight interest in some does feeding in the same plot. Headed up north this weekend to try and drop one of my big boys I have been chasing the last 3 years!!

[surewood]

This morning I had two young 8's crash their antlers together a bit then go separate ways. The smaller one grunted once. Starting to get interesting.

[Greenhornet84]

Deer we're moving on Monday came to full draw on a nice 8 from the ground. Then got busted trying to get the weeds that were stuck in my sight out! That night there were at least 20 does feeding on he neighbors beans with a couple little bucks sparring. Just thinking about packin up and I spotted a big ten headed for the beans at about 200 yards gave him a few grunts and he would only stop and stare. Kept doin that for a few minutes before he had enough and went on his way. We're almost there few more days and they should be cranking up.

[erikwells]

Not a ton of beans in western mn still. A few fields here and there. Mom was driving home from work Monday in Willmar and said she saw a couple of combines taking corn. I'll be sitting in stand this weekend for sure. Get those crops out so the deer will care about all of the acorns in the woods I hunt.

[FISHINGURU]

Sounds like just the beginning with all the little buck activity, the Big Boys are just building up waitin to go off.

Starting this weekend until gun opener I will be bow hunting hard lookin for one of the Big Boys.

[Lunker]

Deer activity is picking up in general. Lots of scrapes around, seen 20+ deer over the last 3 sits. Hunted in a snow storm tonight. Not seeing much for bucks though

[paceman]

Sat over a fresh combined corn field last night. At last light 8 does/fawns came out. Saw 1 small scrape.

[Sota2Florida]

Put on about 5 miles today looking for sign and moving a stand. Found one legit rub and no scrapes.

[rkhinrichs]

checked a spot out i have not been in all year. scouted part of it. all i found was one rub. besides that i found some nice trails and a lot of bed. in a small clear cut. any advice on how to hunt it? the lack of sign makes me want to hold out for a week. i made some mock scrapes. but idk if is worth a sit yet?

[Archerysniper]

The scrapes and rubs have started popping up here in the last 2 days.

[eyeguy 54]

scrapes and rubs starting here. watched a dandy 8 point licking a few branches today 50 yards away. gonna check it mid day friday. sure wish he woulda been at 20!

[tracker x-2]

hunted Sibley co. last night, saw 3 does with no bucks in sight!!

[eyeslayer20]

Any activity in the metro area? Around Minnetrista / Victoria area??

[Bear55]

Should be an amazing weekend to be in the woods!!!!