OK, I'm all in. The rut comes during the general rifle season here in Montana. Every year I see does out in the open making themselves available for bucks and making deer noises. Then, usually during the night they disappear. If you hunt enough, you will find them fairly close by in the thick stuff, playing chase the doe and having deer sex.

Whether they think about it I have no idea. If you hunt right. this is the time I find the biggest bucks. MV out!