ORIGINAL: Germ
Last year, we conducted a site-wide poll, and it turns out that this timeframe was not the best time, statistically. With 133 recorded buck harvests, it turns out that 35% of the bucks harvested fell between 11/1 and 11/10, while only 18% died between 10/21 and 10/31. Weird.
Not really IMO the peak rut is the same time every year. Right around Nov 15th by me.
My dad said the EXACT same thing when Alsheimer first came up with his theories. So, of course, I agree with my dad (not to mention every year I have checked Alsheimer has been wrong except for when his predictions putit in the middle of November
). In his defense though he doesn state that his theories are for the "north".
Right around November 4 is my favorite day to be in the woods. The does aren't quite in heat, but the bucks are going nuts.