In the corner of the inner eye you will find a tiny black slit. Whitetail deer can leave their scent throughout the year from different areas on their body. Then the buck will also rub the licking branch (photo below) above the scrape with their forehead and preorbital gland which releases a waxy substance with his own scent. The dominant buck usually places the same scrape in the same place the following year.Īs deer pass, they will check out the scrape and may or may not urinate on it. The highest activity is usually within 2 weeks of breeding. The next buck arrives and does the same, and soon enough it becomes a very large scrape. When you put out fresh dominant buck scent on another whitetail deer’s scrape (who is dominant in that area), it tends to get him riled up.
He got a whiff of another buck in his territory and likely used his rack to snap the branches off. The reason the branch is broken? One angry buck. Do you see it? This branch has to be within their reach because they leave their scent and saliva on it. To describe what a scrape looks like, see the picture below. It is a mark where all of the grass and debris is gone and directly above it is a broken licking branch. The dominant buck in the area usually starts the scrapes in early fall and freshens them up before and during rut. I see a large scrape under a tree that has been started and every buck that walks by will check it out and leave their scent. The first signs of activity are seen way before the whitetail deer even thinks about rut.
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Learn How To Make Your Own Ground Blind (Duck Blind and Goose Blind). It’s one of my favorite times of the year. Squirrels are in high gathering mode and chattering at one another and me. The trees have just dropped the last of the red and yellow leaves and every step you take can be heard for quite a ways in woods if you don’t know how to walk quietly. The cold autumn air is like no other smell you can imagine. The fight for breeding (pecking) order is well on it’s way. The doe at this point, wants nothing to do with them. The cold air at night seems to ignite them into a fury looking for the first “hot” doe.
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I will explain this in a minute.Īs I am writing this (November 1), last night was a full moon and the bucks were seeking. It is also very important that they abide by a social hierarchy they establish themselves. They are a social animal and communicate by sight, sound and smell. Once you are familiar with whitetail deer behavior, your success rate to harvest a deer is almost guaranteed.īut what fascinates me is the whitetail deer’s behavior not only during rut, but really all year-round. They can easily clear fences almost at a standstill.
Known for that white tail that is lifted (“flagged”) to warn the others to get a move on – these deer are very graceful and strong. If you were to look for a whitetail, the buck illustrated above would give you good idea on what to look for, but I am going to go into more detail. I have interesting information on this intriguing animal and offer the best venison recipes also featured on. Curious about whitetail deer behavior during rut?
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