I have to disagree. Here in WI the chasing phase is picking up rapidly and within the next week or so the deer should be breeding. Also one counter argument to the moon phase theory... If the rut is based on the moon phase, why is it that the peak of the rut across the US is different from one region to another? Isn't the moon phase across the country the same no matter where you are at? I think it mostly has to do with weather and temperature, not the moon phases.