Heat Holds Back Rut, But Cool Weather Finally Arrives

After a few days of cool weather two weeks ago, our lowcountry temperatures have stayed in the mid 80’s since. And that has not helped the deer movement at all and honestly has really kept the bucks from leaving their dark sanctuaries to search for does like they should this time of year. Fortunately a cool front has finally showed up with the lows everyday this week forecast to stay in the 40s, so that should definitely help get the bucks up and going.

However, despite the unbearable summer-like heat, we still managed to put some hunters in front of big bucks over the last week. Our friend Matt, down from Michigan, took a huge 5.5 year old 10 point with long beams and thick bases while Larry shot a beautiful 8 point.

And we can’t forget about Billy, down from NC with his dad for their 8th year of hunting with Cypress Creek, who missed a giant buck that was chasing a doe. Fortunately he and David, also from NC, both ended up with 7 pointers in addition to a couple of nice, fat does. That meant that only our friends “old Coot” and Art went home empty handed when they passed on their opportunities at deer.

Like I said, the weather is just now getting right for the rutting bucks to go crazy, so this week should offer a lot better hunting. But even in the heat, we had bucks like the 7 point in the trailcam picture moving during shooting hours, so you can just imagine what else is out there that was just waiting on the heat to break!

But until I can get back here with this week’s updates, we have a great video clip of Outdoor Moment’s Bub Jackson shooting a beautiful velvet buck here at Cypress Creek just a couple of years back. Enjoy!