I don't know about in the rest of the state, but in South Florida we don't have a hard rut like up north. According to the local FWC guys, breeding occurs from August through December, with most of it occurring inSeptember. Reason being that our rainy season starts in June. Normal gestation period for deer is 240 days (8 1/2 months), so if the rut was in mid-November, fawns would be born in late July to early August which right in the teeth of rainy season. It would bemore difficult for newborn fawns to survive during this time due to annual flooding. A doe coceiving in August or September would fawn in April or May, giving the fawn a few months to grow and better weather the rainy/hurricane season.