I thought TExas was one of those strange states that didn't get a rut until late Dec or Jan or something like that. Always thought it odd. Then too, look at Georgia and Alabama. Most of Georgia the rut is in November. Not so for Alabama. Theirs usually runs about a month later I think. Strange deal. We used to have a guy come over and visit and hunt our camp on one side of the Chatahoochee River during the rut because they wouldn't have theirs 75 miles away for a month. Strange deal.