RE: When is the rut?
Crbaker, it seems to me you are the one who is insulting, not Pike. He was just politely disagreeing with you, not trying to start a fight. BTW, he is right. A first frost has nothing to do with the start of the rut. You saw more daylight activity probably because of cool weather.I believe it was just coincidence. Where I hunt, the rut almost always takes place at the same time year in year out, which is the 2nd or 3rd week in Nov., and then a secondary rut in early to mid Dec. Regardless of how warm or cold it is, they will rut around the same time each year, give or take a week. If it's warm, then most activity is going to be at night. Sometimes the rut will come and go, and you will never see any activity because of warm weather. Just 100 miles to the east of where I hunt, the deer rut early to mid Jan.