Rutt

allan450

Anyone seen much movement with the rutt

Richard308

allan450 wrote: »

Anyone seen much movement with the rutt

Thanks to the frost Sunday Monday it’s definitely begun. The stags are beginning to roam

steyrman

Temps way up today 16 degrees here what had the chance to start has being put back on simmer mode now Sika wise weather looks to fine for the next few days but if your not out you will never know

garv123

buck we got yesterday was fairly smelly already.

Hunter456

seen 5 fallow bucks on the hill Monday morning 2 were rutting, we got within 250 yards decided to watch on for a half hour absolutely stunning to watch first time witnessing the rut in the wild.

cookimonster

Just back in from the wood in Wicklow, 20 degrees Celsius up and beyond last light.... no sound or sign of rut, old stands are as dry as a bone.

Two Sika stags taken off the hill last weekend, no sign of rut either, clean animals except for ticks. The hill stag groups are breaking up but no roaring or challenging yet.

We think it will be piece meal this year, day by day dependent on conditions. Last year we ended up on a large bunch of hill side animals roaring away and holding Hinds but it was over the following weekend.

Keith2828

cookimonster wrote: »

Just back in from the wood in Wicklow, 20 degrees Celsius up and beyond last light.... no sound or sign of rut, old stands are as dry as a bone.

Two Sika stags taken off the hill last weekend, no sign of rut either, clean animals except for ticks. The hill stag groups are breaking up but no roaring or challenging yet.

We think it will be piece meal this year, day by day dependent on conditions. Last year we ended up on a large bunch of hill side animals roaring away and holding Hinds but it was over the following weekend.

I was out last night took a 8 pointer he had a hind with him prior to taking him he was head on with another stag not to aggressive just briefly then they were side by side at the time their were 4 to 5 stags and prickets together when the light went down i could hear roaring as well so i take it the rut has just started?

cookimonster

Out in wood and on the hill this week end gone. Took a six pointer from the wood, very little staining and smell off him. But his neck was big, the cold snap has certainly got the woodland stags moving, but still no calling.
The hill groups have been knocking heads but are still quite comfortable in small stag groups. One lad was chasing another around but the majority where peaceful. Cold North result wind on Sunday but still quite on our patches. I think it was late into October before we had stags roaring in our neck of the mountains.