A month too late/soon!! DANGIT!!

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Rut in September? Weather change kicked it off? Lol.

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[PondPopper]

Now the GS deer biologists have showed up... LOL. Sweet!!

[SabineHunter]

Well this rain and slight cool down has the rut kicking off big time here in Brazoria county... Bucks are now tending and chasing pretty hard..
The rut will be near the tail end before we can legally sling an arrow...
It happens early every year now for the last 20+. It used to peak in October back in the day..

Awww....you gotta love the Bar X

[Gumbo Man]

All of you skeptics need to move to Brazoria county for a year or 2 and get back with us with your opinions on the September rut.

[buck_wild]

All of you skeptics need to move to Brazoria county for a year or 2 and get back with us with your opinions on the September rut.

I think they are poking fun at the "weather kicking it off" type comments, not the timing, as it has been well documented by scientific studies since the early 90s that indeed this areas peek breeding in early Sept. I'm also sure the OP knows the weather doesn't start the rut and was making an observation that bc of the recent weather, the day time activity has been more prevalent.

[PondPopper]

All of you skeptics need to move to Brazoria county for a year or 2 and get back with us with your opinions on the September rut.

I've never understood why so many call BS on this.. TPWD will verify.. Actually they will say it starts in August based on their studies.. Every year the "GS biologists show up" to debate what some of us know to be fact and no not just on BarX Ranch..

[AgHntr10]

I've never understood why so many call BS on this.. TPWD will verify.. Actually they will say it starts in August based on their studies.. Every year the "GS biologists show up" to debate what some of us know to be fact and no not just on BarX Ranch..

I wasn't calling BS on the rut activity, I understand the rut happens earlier on the coast than everywhere else in the state. I just didn't understand your comment about it being related to the weather when it obviously is this early every year.

[Smart]

I'm just here to hand out awards.....

[Landrover]

Weather doesn't impact rut timing. Weather impacts how much rut goes on in the daylight hours.

I think they are poking fun at the "weather kicking it off" type comments, not the timing, as it has been well documented by scientific studies since the early 90s that indeed this areas peek breeding in early Sept. I'm also sure the OP knows the weather doesn't start the rut and was making an observation that bc of the recent weather, the day time activity has been more prevalent.

.........this would be correcto mundo! More importantly, BE READY on October 1 to sling an arrow down in that country.

[bakin7005]

I don't know how anyone can enjoy the hunts down there if it's the same way for 20+ years. No rut during season? No thank you.

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[gingib]

Just an FYI!!!! The rut doesn't change

What changes is yalls in person sightings.

[gingib]

So the rain and slight cool down triggered the rut?

[PondPopper]

For the knuckle heads who always want to argue.. Look at Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes

https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/planning/rut_whitetailed_deer/

[PondPopper]

So the rain and slight cool down triggered the rut?

NO.. Never has and never will.. But It definitely has them on their feet more during the day now instead of night..

[OleTomTalker]

Oh wow, I was just messing with ya bout the spotlighting and such. I guess there really is lot of people that don't know about the early rut in the northern coastal region. Here in Victoria we're considered southern coastal region and seldomly make it out of October without rut peaking.