is the moon the whitetail rut trigger?
06-16-2004 | 12:55 PM
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From: WARTRACE,TENNESSEE walker country
RE: is the moon the whitetail rut trigger?
i'm just saying around my area........they do..............where there is no frost..(which there as been frost).like deep south....maybe a cold front kicks off the rut....don't know about the deep south.......
06-16-2004 | 01:15 PM
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From: East Yapank NY USA
RE: is the moon the whitetail rut trigger?
i'm just saying around my area........they do..............where there is no frost..(which there as been frost).like deep south....maybe a cold front kicks off the rut....don't know about the deep south.......
Just prodding you to think how fickle the weather is how inconsistant or lacking of a true mechanism it would be.
If weather was the true or even major predictor - I could foresee years with no rut and no young being born.
06-16-2004 | 02:19 PM
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RE: is the moon the whitetail rut trigger?
silent, i believe he says it does for his area...
rack,
but how about the week before breeding begins? imo, i think there is only ONE thing that affects buck daylight activity - hot does!
would you agree to this statement?
ORIGINAL: Rack-attack
Yes - photoperiodism predicts this - the decrease in light is always consistant year to year.
so, rack, do you see the rut happening the same time every year in your area?
But daylight buck activity may be dependent on many other factors
but how about the week before breeding begins? imo, i think there is only ONE thing that affects buck daylight activity - hot does!
would you agree to this statement?