| Peak Whitetail Rut Dates | | | | fact suggestion but there is no better way to predict |
| Nobody likes to sit in the stand and see absolutely | | | | where the deer will be feeding when the acorns are |
| nothing, but often times that is a reality with late | | | | gone than to create and excellent food source for |
| season hunts here in Georgia. We are blessed (or | | | | your deer. I like to plant mainly oats as they are |
| cursed) with an exceptionally long whitetail deer | | | | pretty easy maintain and provide an excellent source |
| season here. Now that the first and second rut has | | | | of nutrition for your herd. Peak Whitetail Rut Dates |
| come and gone many hunters find themselves | | | | 4. Hunt in areas that maximize your visibility. During |
| struggling to see deer, much less have a successful | | | | the rut I don't mind hunting in areas that are what |
| hunt. Here are several tactics that I utilize to make | | | | many people consider too "thick". I have had great |
| every trip into the woods more productive. | | | | success in the thick stuff while chasing those really |
| 1. Find the food sources. The food sources you were | | | | big bucks, but in the late season I want to be able to |
| hunting in the early season most likely have been | | | | see as far as possible. Think about it, when the |
| depleted so find the new ones. Bucks are moving | | | | movement slows you can offset that decrease by |
| pretty much only to feed now and they will find the | | | | increasing the area that you can see from your |
| closest sustainable food source to their bedding area. | | | | stand. |
| Position yourself between the food sources and the | | | | 5. Use drives. This is one tactic that is almost never |
| bedding areas. Get as close to the bedding areas as | | | | used here in the South. Late in the season this is a |
| possible making sure that you pay attention to the | | | | great way to get the deer moving. Just make sure |
| wind. | | | | that the standers know where the drivers are |
| 2. Pay attention to the lunar tables. I am a firm | | | | coming from and vice versa. I have had good |
| believer that the lunar table is an excellent predictor | | | | success with late season drives. |
| of deer movement. Make sure that you are in the | | | | These are a few of the tactics that I have found to |
| stand during the peak hours. If the table says that | | | | be most successful in the late season here in Georgia. |
| deer will move at noon then I make sure that I am | | | | Take them and use them and let me know if you |
| there. I have documented the correlation between | | | | find similar success using my advice. |
| the lunar table and deer movement. | | | | Now get out there and hunt because you can't kill |
| 3. Plant food plots. I know that this is an after the | | | | them at the house! |