Originally Posted by
buckfever8991
Idk about anyone else but a few friends of mine and I talked all year last year about how the rut never really seemed to get intense and peak around here, maybe it did and we just didn't notice but I wonder if maybe the unusually warm fall/winter through off the timing of the rut and that led to her being bred late?
Join the club! We felt the same thing where we hunt. It never seemed like we had a solid rut by us either. It just seemed like no one in my area saw a full on rut like they are used to. Compared to the year before it was a lot different.