Rut

The buck i missed on Friday night before i shot that one was chasing does 2 days in a row.  The woods is all rubbed up too.
 

I agree, Oct 31st is when I start to hunt every night

Agree with esox near Halloween is when I see the bigger bucks really start to cruise and I start to see a good numbers of bucks on stand.  But I do have an area that always seems to have a hot doe the 1st week of season. I have arrowed a couple mature bucks all over doe (one was trying to mount the doe) the 1st week in this location and have seen multiple mature bucks pushing the same doe during that time a few times. Anyone else have an area that seems to always have an early hot doe?

Nothing around Pittsburgh that I have seen as far as rutting activity. Woods are still terribly thick and green. Need cold and frost to start to turn things a bit. Probably my slowest start ever as far as deer seen. Surprised by the lack of rubs and scrapes in my areas as well. Bucks are there on camera but not very active.  Yet..................

Had a real nice 6/7 pt. come in last nite rubbin trees and makin scrapes. grunted him in to 16yds .Passed on him twice due to the sprinkles. Glad I did cause 5 mins. later the torrential downpour started.
Mike

They're still in their bachelor groups where I go, a little head buttin each other, but definately not very aggressive towards each other.
 
BH

dpms
Why is the word s c r a p e s censored? 

 Probably because r a p e is in the middle

Why can't you just say feces... I'm soooo offended.

Had 2 buddies shoot bucks on Fri night, one was chasing a doe on the other one was making a rub on a tree. Both smaller 8 points. NO activity for me yet. Ed

lol if by dogs you mean coyotes ill be over!

That sucks Eman, hopefully the cooler weather will start to keep the idiots at bay for you. 
 
Yesterday was a rough one for me.  It was ridiculously bright yesterday morning with the full moon and as expected I didn't see anything.  The afternoon brought rain and high winds with it and I only saw one lone doe.  I did see quite a few new rubs and "scratches" so I'm thinking that things are going to be picking up by next weekend.   

Emans,
Was that you in the stand when they went through?  Did you say anything to them?  Kind of a funny pic...hunting quads...that looks like a trophy!

Ok, 1st thing I see wrong here is, your stand is parked on the atv trail. You had similar issues last year If I remeber correctly. Gotta move it. 2nd thing is your trail camera is still up. That camera should be scouting for you in a different spot on the property. As bad arse as the cameras are the deer know they are there. When you know for certain your hunting a certain spot, time to move the cam. 3rd thing is, yer stand has no backdrop. You stick out like a sore thumb in the sky. If yer gonna hunt in that stand, yer best bet is to stand up. Dunno if yer seat folds back or not. The stands I have like that, I try to become 1 with the tree and use it for cover to hide from oncoming deer. Best of luck, I gotta get my shower and haul azz to the woods.
 
BH

Esox_Hunter
That sucks Eman, hopefully the cooler weather will start to keep the idiots at bay for you. 
 
Yesterday was a rough one for me.  It was ridiculously bright yesterday morning with the full moon and as expected I didn't see anything.  The afternoon brought rain and high winds with it and I only saw one lone doe.  I did see quite a few new rubs and "scratches" so I'm thinking that things are going to be picking up by next weekend.   

  Yeah, had this guy running around last night in an old ford pickup with his GF told me later he was muzzleloader hunting ...not sure ...lol... figure I go back out next week, I've had several 4 wheelers  caught on my camera too.

Uh Oh, I found one more thing that could be helpful. Need to raise that stand another 5 feet. Doesnt look up high enough. I like to go minimum 20-22 ft. I have a buddy, back in his younger days swore if you go 30 you wont ever get busted.
 
BH