15-week video program that profiles the White Tail Deer Rut in North America

North American Deer Hunter released the next episode of the Rut Report, a 15-episode video profile that chronicles all the stages of the White Tail rut over the next 3 months. September typically means velvet bucks are beginning to peel, and whitetails are still off limits to most hunters across whitetail country. However, some states like Kentucky, Montana, North and South Dakota, South Carolina and a few others, all have early start dates offering great early hunting opportunities coupled with the chance to score on a velvet trophy.

Most bucks, even mature ones, often follow a daily summer feeding pattern right into late September and early October. Many of those patterns dissolve as summer comes to an end unless you have a fresh green food source to transition them from green-to-green food. The best way to use summer food sources is to hunt them while they remain pleasing to a deer’s taste. The first week or two of September are probably the best for killing a buck on an early-season food source. Linking known fall to summer traits is useful for patterning home body bucks for an early season opportunity. You’ll decode those patterns by taking notice of a few small clues from summer and putting them into an early season huntable pattern.

See Rut Report – Episode #2 Velvet Bucks

Read the Rut Report Article – September Velvet

This week, the moon phase leads the way to peak feeding times in the morning and secondary moon activity being in the evening hours. Capitalizing on a giant could be a strong possibility, but the low-pressure systems and heat crossing much of the country will most likely keep the deer activity subdued until the last minutes of daylight. Hunt Stand is predicting moderate to average deer movement across much of the areas in season now, but come this weekend, a large high-pressure system followed by unseasonably cool temperatures is predicted to roll through, getting those big boys on their feet. They may have lost their velvet, but they’re still on a bed-to-feed pattern and are still susceptible to your arrow.

Just as in life, timing is everything in deer hunting. If you have limited time for deer hunting, then make sure you give priority to evening hunts rather than morning hunts when hunting in the early season. During the early season, a hunter is more likely to encounter a whitetail buck during the afternoon/evening hunt. It’s also easier to get into a stand without bumping deer, which is step one when trying to tag an early season buck. Another huge factor in chasing early season bucks is being a profound weather watcher. Watching for massive cold fronts is easy, and we need to understand the subtle changes in weather that get bucks on their feet during early season is a huge clue to seeing mature early season bucks. Staying undetected and as scent free as possible will keep you in the game on a patterned buck who is consistently visiting an early season food plot or ag field. Follow along all fall as the Rut Report will be delivered via email newsletter, plus Facebook, Instagram, Outdoor Lab YouTube channel, and over Carbon TV networks.

Rut Report uses current trail camera footage from approximately 100 trail cameras from industry heavyweights Spypoint, Reveal, and Stealthcam, positioned throughout North America and Canada showing actual deer movement activity, which will be used to help hunters make decisions on the best hunting times, and when to spend their valuable hunting time in the white tail woods.

Rut Report also contains hundreds of years of knowledge, tips and tactics from North American Deer Hunter staff writers and hunters. This episode features Larry Weishuhn discussing how to score on a velvet buck in the states that have open seasons in time to catch them in this phase. Stories of hunters from across the continent will also be featured as they recount how they scored on some of the biggest deer of their lives, and the tactics they used to be successful.

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