Old tom has very little to do with feed during the rut,and has one thing on his mind this time of year and thats as BT said those little ladies!!An old tom either has hens already with him in the roost or heads to his strutzone immediately thereafter leaving the roost!I have seen a dam on a pond be a strutzone before but the water had nothing to do with him being there!From my past experience if he leaves the roost and heads directly to water its because his hens have taken him there!<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Monarch isn't a butterfly it's the King of the Spring!