Wow that is alot of walking

I do agree rut has some to do with food, it also has to do with whether and where someone lives. If you gave a deer all the protien they need in june they would still not go into rut. See what I' m getting at, there are many factors as to why rut happens, when it happens. Up here in the north it would be easier on a buck if he could do his " thing" during the summer then he wouldn' t have to worry so much about dying in the winter because of lack of food. He would be able to get his " rocks off" then eat enough to bring his strength back up for winter. Mother nature has a purpose for why things happen the way they do, doesn' t mean we will or ever have to know why........