What To Do When The Rut Sucks – #WiredToHuntWeekly 29

Hunting the Rut: What to Do When You’re Not Seeing Bucks

When you picture deer hunting during the rut, you probably have visions of does being chased and arrows being bloodied. That’s not how every November unfolds, though. There are occasionally moments of excitement like we dream of, but usually it’s just a grind. Long days on stand, early mornings, freezing cold weather, and hours of seeing no deer are the norm. When the going gets tough this time of year, it’s easy to get frustrated, upset and...

Do the Big Woods Have a Secondary Rut?

The secondary rut gets talked about occasionally, and many hunters think it’s just a hoax. I wasn’t a non-believer, but I hadn’t seen it for myself enough to truly believe in it for a while. In Pennsylvania, the secondary rut happens during our firearms season, making it difficult to know if deer are just running from the orange army or actively seeking and chasing does. Five years ago, I started leaving my trail cameras in the big woods all year...

What To Do When Your Early Season Deer Plan Blows Up

The best laid-out deer plans are often garbage. Maybe that’s too harsh, but the truth is all of that summer scouting and trail camera work often won’t directly correlate to filling your buck tag as soon as the season opens. This is the thing that we love, and hate, about whitetail hunting. It can be predictable but rarely is. One other hunter, a single warm front, or some random oak that decides to rain a ton of acorns onto the ground can all...