Advice On What NOT to Do During The Rut | Worst Mistakes Hunters Make | The Advantage 

Glad.to hear that rut move recommendation,.im always so afraid to hang that stamd in early November, my brother says get in there as well, this year i won't be holding back from my sanctuary timber if needed,.i have been passing 2 and 3 years for to long holding out for 4 and 5.

Thanks, you’re never too old to learn-especially in the deer hunting world👍🙏

So true. Wife killed a big one last year at noon. Their were 3 bucks on one hot doe.

Gramps just said don’t hunt all day, but hunt from light to dark except 11-1:30 😂

I have 5 trimmed trees for me to climb into at anytime. Wind and doe tell me what to do. I clean them up now in September

I am 70 and in a club where I usually kill more and bigger deer than the others. When asked how do you do it I say you don't kill many in the camp and I tell them to look where other people routinely go and go somewhere else. Another tip is that if a hot doe comes by with a buck you don't get a chance to shoot or is too small just sit still. Her hot trail she left often another buck will come along later trailing her. Deer can be anywhere but probably 90% use the same trails or travel corridors. Learn where these trails and paths are and spend your time hunting them. Just because a stand looks good to you it might not be in an area where deer regularly use.

Im a couch hunter😊

I’ve killed big bucks all time of the day. I go in at dark and leave at dark.

Everything changes use sent to your advantage

Crazy how much hype and drama hunters create, take something that is 99% shithouse luck into something that requires a PHD to kill a buck in the rut when 99% of “hunters” actually hunt because the other times are to slow….aka harder!

I hunt the rut hard in Wisconsin, I save up my time away from the family to get out during the best time of the year. I tend to hunt the rut so hard that I become physically exhausted. In the past couple of seasons, I have bounced from state land to private land trying to hunt the best sign/activity which leads to my exhaustion. I tell myself every year, that I should just sleep in some days and get out there mid-morning, a couple hours after daylight and sit the entire day. It never fails though, I still get up, half asleep and start driving out to the property I'm hunting that morning at 430 AM. One of these years I'll listen to my body!

I agree 100% move. I got a decent 8 point last year in a state park on the second day of season. I was walking at the time. I always move when I'm hunting.

Pretty sure I would rather hunt 10-2 than any other time during the rut. 10-2, then 2-close, then open-10 has been consistently my best activity over the years.

I agree with the “getting out after work even for 45 minutes”! I did that last year, October 27th, sat for 1 hour after I got off work at 4, and shot a 150” 10 and I’d never seen him before

When you all day sit your scent literally permeates everything around you. Nothing burns out a spot quicker than an all day sit especially on a calm day. Guys mistake occasional success as evidence of doing the right thing. Many times guys are successful in spite of their misguided tactics…

How do you know if you have a "hot doe" in the woods? What do we look for? tks!

Most hunters will overdo their scouting and actually push a nice buck from the area. I stay out of their living room and try to figure out where and when they may step out.

I am a paraplegic hunter here in Maine. (Maine North Woods Hunter) . I believe there are instances that will happen in different regions of the country and each state that play major roles in this thought process. In Maine, we have low deer densities and tons of thick woods to hunt them in. Being a paraplegic, I have to do a lot of my hunting before the season begins. I have to search for places like you described and then hope that they produce during the season. I would have had a hard time deciding to go to another location if I had put the work in and seen the sign. In the RUT, the deer honestly can be anywhere, so being patient is something that takes time and practice. In Maine, we also get a lot of snow, and if that happens early in the season, the deer start to move closer to their wintering yards. This will also throw a wrench into the plan as well. One of the many reasons I love hunting deer is that you are always changing plans and trying to figure out what is happening. With Weather, seasonal food, cover, hunting pressure, and the RUT, there are so many constant factors constantly changing it is very hard to try to pin an animal down into a certain spot. It sure is fun trying, though. God Bless, and Good Hunting to you!

My rut vacation is usually November 1-15, and for those two weeks, I hunt from dark til dark. I only get down for an hour to stretch my legs and run some fresh scent. Most of my buck over 130” were killed before 9am, but my 3 biggest, and my only 3 over 150” were all killed between 12-3 pm. Mid day cruisers. I don’t even hunt in October, or rifle. I only hunt those two weeks, and I hunt them hard. It’s lead to success nearly every year since I started archery hunting in 2003. And I don’t shoot little 2.5 year old 8 pointers. Mature buck only for this guy. I don’t shoot doe or hunt any other animals. My whole focus for the year is on one mature buck, and those two weeks.

Watching this for sure - we could write a book on this topic 😊

Walk in circles then squares. Jk good info

Slow hunting on the ground during the rut is the way to go, keep moving and you'll find them or they'll find you

If your at a ball game during the rut…..😂😂