It wasnt that the rut was late cause it wasnt....it was short, very short. I saw very little rutting activity through out the entire bow season. And I hunted every single day except 3 of the days when it rained. Also sat every day during the gun season and hunted every day muzzle loader and herd reduction.....what a flop.
ORIGINAL: _Dan
Though I wasn't in WI during the gun season, I believe some peoples lack of deer sightings had to do with the rut being late this year. I believe the deer were on lockdown the first few days of the season because of the rut and then were on lockdown because of the numbers of people in the woods.
Just my theory.