I saw sporadic heavy and light rut action the last week of October through the second week of November. After that, it was like it turned off instantly. I'm not so convinced it is the acorns, but more than likely the very harsh winter with no food last year coupled with an expanding population of coyotes. They seem to be all over this year and all the scat I have seen has had deer hair in it. Just my observations. I killed a nice one at last light the first week of November and before I could get back to the truck to drag it out, the yotes were already yelping nearby. They did not get the deer but they knew there was a fresh deer kill in the area in a matter of minutes. We've had years past where there was an overabundance of acorns and never really affected the deer but the coyotes have not always been here.
Last edited by VA5326; 11-29-2014 at 06:04 PM.