i agree! you hear the weather thing from a lot of hunters,but it is just coincidental that it about time for the rut.does are going to come into heat every year at about the same time.weather only affects movement in my opinion.here in north ms.,the deer gun season opens the week prior to thaksgiving but the rut begins during the muzzleloader season the first week of dec.while i have taken some good buks the second week of dec with a ML, my best bucks have all been from dec. 24-jan 5th. since does start dropping fawns here in june,the younger does that were not born until the previous july/august cause the rut to continue into the end of january andd into feb. but the activity is not as furious as in dec.