Setting up a stand on travel lanes – between feeding and bedding areas – can often increase your opportunities to encounter bucks leading up to and during the rut. (Terry Owens Photos)
September 29, 2016
By OutdoorChannel.com Staff
The whitetail rut can be one of the most exciting times of year, or one of the most frustrating, depending on if your tag has some ink on it by the end. Knowing where to look, how to stalk, or how to call in the clever bucks can mean the difference in a freezer full of venison or an empty spot on the wall. That's why the staff at OutdoorChannel.com pulled together some of the best whitetail rut tips to help hunters capitalize on the rut and enjoy their time in the field.
1. Choosing the Right Stand Location for the Whitetail
Moving away from feeding and bedding areas, setting up on transition lanes could be the key to tagging your buck during the rut. Click here for tip .
2. Strategies for Big, Aggressive Bucks
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Bucks have egos? Absolutely! Ever seen a buck with their back hair raised up, ears laid back and walking stiff-legged? These tough guys might think they own the place, the fact is they might be some of the most vulnerable and easy to take this hunting season. Click here for tip .
3. 6 Tips to Beat a Mild-Weather Whitetail Rut
If facing the challenges of a whitetail rut in above-normal temperatures, there are strategies to tilt the odds back into your favor with a little extra effort. Click here for tip .
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4. The Chess Game of Rut Phases
This year, to increase your success in the stand, make sure that you attack each phase of the rut independently. Ultimately, the encounters you have may not be as luck-driven as you originally thought. Click here for tip .
5. 7 Tips for Deer Hunting a Warm, Slow Rut
Warm or cold weather, the rut will happen; just be ready to change your strategy if you find yourself sweating while hunting in a t-shirt. Click here for tip .
6. How and When to Use a Grunt Call
Don Kisky, an expert Iowa whitetail hunter and host of Whitetail Freaks , relies heavily on grunt calls to bring big bucks within bow range. Click here for tip .
7. With the Peak of the Rut Coming, Here's What You Need to Know
When whitetail breeding is at its peak, it doesn't necessarily mean you'll see more deer and have a better chance at tagging a buck. Click here for tip .
8. Whitetail Hunting Tips to Bag a Smart Buck
When whitetail breeding is at its peak, it doesn't necessarily mean you'll see more deer and have a better chance at tagging a buck. Click here for tip .
9. Whitetail Hunting Strategy: Waterholes Produce Big
From the warm, early days of the autumn bowhunting season to the frenzied peak of the rut later on in the year, an often overlooked tactic by some whitetail hunters is that of guarding a waterhole with bow or rifle in. Click here for tip .
10. Use Deer Sign to Understand Whitetail Rut Stages
Part of being good, consistent whitetail hunter is having the ability to decode the signs bucks leave behind, understand what it means and use the information to increase odds for success during the different rut phases of fall. Click here for tip .
