Hunting down south we have a lot of experience with warm weather unfortunately.The rut is triggered by photoperiodism or the amount of daylight.However,when deer are wearing their winter coats and it' s 80 degrees out they don' t move around alot during daylight hours.How would you like to run around with a coat on during warm weather?Since the does are not moving around you don' t see bucks on the move as much.Harvest data here confirms that deer kills and big buck kills are down when we have a warm winter.Hunting closer to bedding cover is a good idea.


CB