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  1. Apr 12, 2023 · November and early December are the peak period of deer hunting in Northern Ontario. In fact, more trophy bucks are taken during this time than at any other period of the open season. The reason is simple. The deer rut gets into full gear. This is one of the rare times when wily old bucks make mistakes. The rut can expand well into December ...

  2. Apr 5, 2022 · According to Wikipedia: “The rut is the mating season of certain mammals, which includes ruminants such as deer, sheep, camels, goats, pronghorns, bison, giraffes and antelopes, and extends to others such as skunks and elephants.” The key words here are “mating season.” It is not defined as a day or even as a few days, rather a “season!”

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  4. Dec 29, 2023 · Rut Rundown: The Whitetail, Muley, Elk, and Moose Breeding Seasons Explained. For members of the deer family—and for hunters alike—the annual rut is the most exciting time of the year

  5. Oct 30, 2023 · The answer is simple. Whitetail deer are known as short-day breeders, meaning day length plays a role in the hormonal balances that drive the rut. This causes an increase in observed movement and allows hunters afield during the peak of breeding season to harvest more deer. This leads to more deer being harvested for population control, more ...

    • Clint Mccoy, DVM
  6. May 30, 2017 · According to Deer & Deer Hunting’s 2017 Whitetail Calendar and Rut Predictions, “ The rut predictor is based on a model that links cyclical changes in the Earth’s solar and lunar illumination to the whitetail’s reproductive cycle. Laroche and Alsheimer hypothesize that sunlight and moonlight provide environmental cues that set, trigger ...

  7. The rut refers to all behaviors and activities associated with the breeding season. There are several behaviors associated with the rut. Rutting behavior typically begins around the time that velvet is shed from the antlers (coinciding with decreasing day length and increasing testosterone levels) and ends when antlers are shed (coinciding with ...

  8. Sep 15, 2017 · THE WEST. Montana — mid to late November. Colorado — November 1-15. SOUTH ATLANTIC. North Carolina — Statewide: average peak rut is around November 15; Lower Coastal Plain on October 25; Upper Coast Plain on November 1; Piedmont on November 15; Foothills on November 21; Mountains on November 11/28.

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