Ol' Wayne and Charlie's "Ruttin' Moon" deal as far as it goes where I hunt in southeast Alabama pretty much means squat. The does are not going to be in heat where I hunt for another month at the earliest. We have what i have heard referred to as a "Trickle" rut. Whatever that means. I have hunted in this area of Alabama for over 40 years. Where i have hunted these past 12 years, there is a definite early December cycle then a weaker late January cycle. Where I hunted for some 25+ years just about 30 miles NW of where I do now, the does did not come into heat until mid to late January. And there were a few years when there was no indication of does being in heat until well after the season has ended .... Jan. 31. I have seen scrape lines and active scrapes develop as early as about now ..... or not until after Turkey Day. I have hit the peak almost perfectly as far as bucks chasing does hard during the first week of December and missed the estrus cycles competely despite spending over 40 days in the woods during the usual December and January estrus times. A buddy of mine has 100's of trail camera photos taken over the past 12 years showing big, mature bucks "pushing" does and he has caught a few breeding as late as mid March. Many years fawns are still spotted way down into late November. It is not unusual to see 50 - 60# yearlings and 25-30# spotted fawns in the same group. It's truly a weird deal down this way.