RE: This weather and the rut
I went out today, unfortunately late due to dropping of my son at school. Thought I might see some daytime activity. Got up in tree at 9:30 and at 10:30 saw a small buck chasing a doe towards me. He chased her around me for several minutes, and she finally got rid of him. When he left, he offered a 10 yd broadside, but he was a little forky yearling, and I didn't want to take one so small. Jumped a doe walking out. She didn't see me but heard me, so she only ran a few yards away. I squatted down behing my pack and pulled out the "can." I kept bleating, and she came back to within about 25 yard and then would run away a few. She did this several times. It was fun. And yes, it got hot.