RE: Will the rut start early because of weather?
-deerslayer-..listen to campo..its all about the shortness of daylight.. Thats how its almost the identical time frames each season....weather..hot weather may lead to bucks chasin at nite...after all who likes it all sweaty and funky....Nothin stops the rut...........Meanwhile..bucks will spar and chase...thats all a prelude (pre rut)to the rut...part oflearning and instinctivebehaviors.......