Southern Ohio Rut?

[Bominiscious]

Started a thread looking for the best dates to hunt Middle Georgia to potentially hit the pre-rut/cruising phase. Got great feedback -was very helpful.

Now I'm asking for the same thing with Galia county Ohio. I have a couple of farms there that I've been granted permission to hunt and also a small property in Licking county, which is middle part of the state east of Columbus. Any Ohio hunters that could help me out? I want to carve out a four day hunt in Gallia County and possibly stretch it out and do a trip for a couple of days to the property in Licking County. I should add the Licking county property is only 50 acres and Gallia county I have over 500 acres.

This is fairly last-minute and I'm trying to decide when to go. My schedule is flexible from the last week of October through the third week of November.

 

[FlGunner]

We always shoot to be there between the
9-16…. Most always kill between them dates. Highlands and Brown County on private. The 12th has always been a dang good day for me personally.

 

[arrow179]

Yep Nov 4-18 is good unless it's 85F. Deer will be full rut then.

 

[epoletna]

I live on 100+ acres in SE Ohio (Athens County). My recollection (pretty poor now days) is that the gun season starts right after Thanksgiving. You can check this online. The rut is usually just before the gun season starts.

As for 50 acres vs 500, I think the big bucks favor wooded areas. If your 50 acres are wooded, and if you're looking for a buck, that would be a better choice. If you're happy with one or more does, 500 acres of corn would be a good place to look. If both places are wooded, the 50 acre plot might still be better, because 500 acres of woods could be pretty dense and hard to move around.

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