Sep 18, 2026 · 21 min · 8 segments
**Morgan and Kaitlyn wrap the rut series with week four (September 22-30): the fall equinox, a full moon on the 26th, and why this last week of season calls for spot-and-stalk tactics, hunting the…
And we get to talk about what's working and what will no longer work, right? We always talk about the fact that every single week brings out different things.
Especially this week.
So what's no longer going to work the same way? Hauling in this bull from 200, 300 yards away, you can sing a beautiful bugle at the top of your lungs.
He's not coming.
So treating it like it's week two with the challenging him from afar, having him to you, it's just not going to work anymore.
Cows are only in heat for less than 24 hours, and that's why that herd bull is so locked down.
When he's got cows, he can't leave them.
Otherwise, all the work he's done leading up to this point So when a cow has that turf, it's got to be there.
Otherwise, it helps, right? And she's not able to be bred.
And we can talk about this, but then that goes into October or second.
So with that, you're rutting bulls.
Guys, just so you know, they have lost about 20% of their body weight, right? The testosterone that's grown so much has suppressed their appetite.
Obviously, they're chasing the cows, they're wallowing, they're peeing for no reason, they're covering ground all day and night chasing cows, they're dehydrated.
So we're going to talk a lot more about tactics you can implement.
No back state, that background.
Yeah.
And I think too, we're looking at the, it's a full moon again.
So we had that at the beginning of the season.
And so just as a reminder, that full moon, we're looking at the shift in how much they're out during the day.
So they have that full moon light.
And so they're able to hang out feeding and that sort of thing in the evenings using that moonlight.
And so that doesn't That shifts things a little bit where we're not going to see them as much as after dusk and dawn.
And they're going to be bedding down a little bit earlier because they had the light.
Yeah.
And guys, when you're cow calling, if you have the opportunity to use a cow call, which we're going to talk more about in a second about when to utilize.
And we get to talk about what's working and what will no longer work, right? We always talk about the fact that every single week brings out different things.
Especially this week.
So what's no longer going to work the same way? Hauling in this bull from 200, 300 yards away, you can sing a beautiful bugle at the top of your lungs.
He's not coming.
So treating it like it's week two with the challenging him from afar, having him to you, it's just not going to work anymore.
Cows are only in heat for less than 24 hours, and that's why that herd bull is so locked down.
When he's got cows, he can't leave them.
Otherwise, all the work he's done leading up to this point So when a cow has that turf, it's got to be there.
Otherwise, it helps, right? And she's not able to be bred.
And we can talk about this, but then that goes into October or second.
So with that, you're rutting bulls.
Guys, just so you know, they have lost about 20% of their body weight, right? The testosterone that's grown so much has suppressed their appetite.
Obviously, they're chasing the cows, they're wallowing, they're peeing for no reason, they're covering ground all day and night chasing cows, they're dehydrated.
So we're going to talk a lot more about tactics you can implement.
No back state, that background.
Yeah.
And I think too, we're looking at the, it's a full moon again.
So we had that at the beginning of the season.
And so just as a reminder, that full moon, we're looking at the shift in how much they're out during the day.
So they have that full moon light.
And so they're able to hang out feeding and that sort of thing in the evenings using that moonlight.
And so that doesn't That shifts things a little bit where we're not going to see them as much as after dusk and dawn.
And they're going to be bedding down a little bit earlier because they had the light.
Yeah.
And guys, when you're cow calling, if you have the opportunity to use a cow call, which we're going to talk more about in a second about when to utilize.
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