Deerslayer,

The crops have everything in the world to do with hunting the rut which is what turkey hunter was talking about. The crops will dictate what the does are doing and the does will dictate what the bucks are doing and if what they are doing takes place in the corn then more than likely you won't ever know about. If that corn is still standing then more than likely you will see very little movement because that is where the deer will be. Also, the does may not be as scattered as they might be in a good mass year. They may be more concentrated on food sources, which would mean the bucks didn't have to travel very far or very much. I would say those things had everything in the world to do with the rut