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Thread: Rut pads in august?

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    Rut pads in august?

    Was hunting last weekend and found a fresh sika rut pad..

    sat and gave a couple of single calls and mews. Sat for probably half an hr watching the area, with face veil etc on but had no joy.

    Did i make a bad call in doing so? Is there anything I could have done differently? Has anyone shot rutting sika at this time of year before?

    Cheers
    Hebe

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    Its often a young fella that diddnt get a cuddle

    You did the right thing as you never know where he is

    It’s likely he’s shadowing a hind if he’s still feeling like that, she’s likely some distance away, usually lower down the hill than his rut pad
    A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time

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    Sika hinds that mis on first heat come in again couple of months later. I have a nice head on my wall and he had four girls with him late July; several years ago.
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    We had a couple hee haws late July during a hunt and watched a stag rutting with a hind start of this August. Definitely still a chance but it’s significantly reduced as time goes on.
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    I heard a hee haw in early August years ago. Could have been another hunter but sounded like a real deer.

 

 

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