RE: The Rut: Believe it, or Not?
I don't think that you can use 1 case of a spotted fawn as evidence to debunk a theory. Also, as someone pointed out, the moon theory is to be applied to a certain parallel, I'm not sure which it is though. South of that line, the mmon theory does not really apply if I understand it right. It is also my understanding that does come into heat about every 28 days (hmmm 28 days, isn't that# related to the moon). That is why you will see what some call a mini rut in Late November thru mid December and quite possibly an even smaller rut in January as fawns born early in the previous year are coming into estrous (but I imagine a January breeding period would happen mostly in the south as opposed to the northern climates.