The southern rut isn’t hard and fast as it is in the North. This leads to variations in peak conception dates, even in areas that are close to one another.

The southern rut isn’t hard and fast as it is in the North. This leads to variations in peak conception dates, even in areas that are close to one another.
Throughout much of the whitetail’s range, the rut is fairly synchronous , occurring roughly about early to mid-November. As you move south, things change — sometimes dramatically. There are numerous mitigating factors, including climate, genetics, nutrition, sex ratio and radically different day lengths. One of the biggest confounding factors involves adaptive strategies. Natural selection has […]