It's is not if I am right, it is whether of not the biologists in the states did their job, because they usually get it right. But, what you see may not reflect what they know. The problem often arises because many of you interpret peak rut to mean peak sightihgs of bucks, or bucks acting stupid, and that is not what it means. It means the week when more breeding occured than any other week.

And that is not always reflected in buck sightings. In fact, because it is peak breeding, you may see very few dominant bucks (unless you are watching estrus does) because the bucks are with does, not looking for or chaising does. I hope that makes sense to you.

And the reason that deer in different parishes and counties on river basins down south breed at different times, is because they come form different genetic stock. Or Or Or the deer in one area breed at one time on dryland, while the deer on the flood plain (which may geet flooded during fawning time) breed so that their fawns are born after the floods, not before or during, or the fanws would not survive.

God bless, and good hunting,

T.R.