ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

Why do we call the mateing season the rut for deer?? I was just tinking about this what do you guys think. Doses anyone know?

RE: WHY???
 

Good question....I honestly have no idea

I bet Rob knows...He's good at answering these types of questions

RE: ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

come on know some one has to know I really want to know this and am sure may others on here do too

RE: ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

Because when the bucks get ready to breed they get stuck in a rut finding a doe that will stand for him??????:D

RE: ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

rut - a settled and monotonous routine that is
hard to escape; groove
modus operandi, routine - an unvarying or habitual
method or procedure

rut - applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or
period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
estrus, oestrus, heat
physical condition, physiological condition,
physiological state - the condition or state of
the body or bodily functions

RE: ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

i would say because you can get out of the rut you dug your self into with the money and time you spent to get in the woods non rut season lol i look forward to the rut more then christmas

RE: ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

and where is rob at i would bet my bow he knows

RE: ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

If a woman is calling for me, I'm going to at least go and check her out!

If some guys are arguing about a woman, I might as well go and check that out too!

RE: ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

Oops, I read that posting wrong. I thought you meant, "Why do we call/rattle during the rut?"

Haha...

RE: ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

It comes from the latin scooby genre.. Ealry doe at this time of year were heard to say..RUT ROO here comes that Horny Buck.

In the post modern society with time being crucial it was simply shortend to "Rut"

Signed, Cliff Claven

RE: ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

Actually, the word rut comes from and Old French word (don't remember correct spelling) which means to roar or grunt.

RE: ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

Old French word "rut" which is translated to "heat"

RE: ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

Found it. Old French - ruit (a roar or grunt)or Latin - ruditus (a loud roaring).

RE: ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

I'm a bit of a history buff...I read a lot of books on the American Revolution and the settling of Kentucky...I remember reading an account of a hunt that Daniel Boone was on and he mentioned that it was during the time that the bucks were "rutting"...

So, it has been used a long time...I bet that the French word would be correct, and we just Americanized it...

RE: ANYONE KNOW WHY ABOUT THE RUT???
 

People still use "rutting" at least in my parts.

Anyway, my life feels complete now that I have learned the etymology of "rut." :eek: