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Early rut? Bowmar Bowhunting opens a woods-wide conversation

Josh's Iowa lease preparations accompany four new uploads, with viewers comparing deer activity across states.

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Is the RUT EARLY this year? 🤯Is the RUT EARLY this year? 🤯

Are other hunters seeing bucks chase does already? Bowmar Bowhunting's newest question has turned the comments into a collection of field notes, from Pennsylvania and Illinois to Quebec. Not everyone reports the same thing: viewers in Maine and Texas describe signs of activity without the chasing others are seeing.

"Is the RUT EARLY this year? 🤯" was the biggest draw among Josh and Sarah Bowmar's four new uploads, reaching roughly 90,000 views. Those accounts make an interesting conversation, not a verdict on whether the breeding season has shifted everywhere.

Josh supplies the practical companion in "Big Buck Tactics W/ Josh Bowmar". He says he went without a buck in Iowa last year, passing deer to give them another year. This time, the work starts around his blind: clearing mock scrapes, adjusting overhanging limbs and connecting deer trails. One particularly useful detail is his trail-camera positioning, covering a scrape, a trail opening and a food-plot edge from a single spot.

The other uploads turn to broadhead selection in "Which BEAST Broadhead is Right For You?" and a deer encounter titled "Holy crap that's a BIG 6 🤯". The rut question currently has the strongest daily momentum, while the earlier first-deer family upload remains another substantial source of views.

Across the channel, the week brought about 2.6 million additional views and an unchanged subscriber count. Daily viewing is a little below its usual level. Woodsbound Outdoors had a larger viewing week among nearby outdoor channels, while Mav's was quieter. For the Bowmars, the new discussion is firmly seasonal: what hunters are seeing in their own patches of woods, and how Josh is preparing his.

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What viewers say

  • South central IL here, I’ve been seeing lots of young bucks chasing does and a few older bucks not chasing but on the move in daylight.
  • I live in Quebec Canada and i saw 3 bucks fighting yesterday and chasing does never saw that in mid October 😂
    @BuckhorizonSee it on YouTube
  • Down in Texas! Bucks are checking does but not chasing yet!
    @clayton1379See it on YouTube
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  • Oct 17 I saw some pre rut running around this morning. Pa
    @TimFrantz-s7tSee it on YouTube
  • I haven’t heard grunting yet but I saw a buck chasing a doe this morning!
    @KiaWilson-n8xSee it on YouTube

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The facts
Subscribers
2,630,000
Channel views, last 7 days
2,626,688
Videos published this week
4
Video published
October 17, 2026
Video views so far
89,993
Views on its first day
66,430

The numbers

Here is how Bowmar Bowhunting's week adds up.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
Mav
791,018
subscribers
2,630,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
1,420,528,280
views per day
333,937
typical day: 382,016
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Mav
2,720,000
As of October 19, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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