I believe the the weather and the moon play parts in the rut. Afew years ago we had extremely hot temps for NOV. we are talking upper 70's and lower 80's. The peak of the Rut did not come until the first week of Dec. Now all the years hunting here in Missouri I have never seen the Rut past the 3rd week of Nov. Last year it was the 2nd and 3rd week of Nov. Now I do believe the moon plays a huge part in there movement. Not just the hunters moon. Even though I am usually on stand if it is my day off and there is a full moon, I really only see movement during the day. If I recall the mojority of the deer I have killed during the middle of the day have there has been a full moon. Like wis if I can see the moon before dark I see a large movent right around daylight the next day.

So in my opinion I do believe the moon plays a huge part in the rut.