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Old 11-19-2017 | 10:50 AM
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YTCLT
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The rut has nothing to do with warm or cold weather. It has to do with photo duration (amount of sunlight) and is consistent regionally every year. While warm weather may stifle deer movement during the warmth of the day, the rut is still happening. As for your question...all does do not come in at once and there are 2nd (killed a nice 8 on December 27th as he was trying to mate w a doe) and even (I’ve read) read 3rd ruts as younger deer come into heat so I’d say you have nothing to lose.
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