I hear that the Illinois (south central) rut should be coming to an end around the 20th. I have a few questions. First off, what do you think of these date calculations? How should I expect the deer activity to slow down? Taper off slowly? Or will it seem like someone nuked all the deer? I think my local deer will be semi-uneffected by the Shotgun season (knock on wood) so I'm not counting on that sending them into hiding. But because I'm on such a small piece of land I did see them WAY LESS DEER when the rut wasn't here. I guess I'm wondering is, shotgun season aside, what should I expect out of my deer as the rut ends and when will the rut end?