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Can heat cause deer to follow out of rut activity ?
Posted on 12/25/21 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 12/25/21 at 1:39 pm
In Bama it appears so but most of our deer of Michigan or Pennsylvania stock, but it is debated here too. Maybe just difficult to find in heat etc
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Posted on 12/25/21 at 1:40 pm to TutHillTiger
I think regardless of what happens to the does, the bucks are ready to knock boots and will be looking for it.
Posted on 12/25/21 at 1:45 pm to TutHillTiger
I don’t think temp makes a difference. It’s more of a biological clock
Posted on 12/25/21 at 1:56 pm to TutHillTiger
Rut is the same time every year, you just may not see daylight activity based on weather temps and moon phase.
Posted on 12/25/21 at 1:59 pm to Jack Daniel
That makes sense.
Posted on 12/25/21 at 2:19 pm to TutHillTiger
Exactly. Mostly night running. Morning hunting still good, but i bet South winds puts many upwind if they don't move the stand. And moving stands in this heat makes u sweat, and is causing you to stink up the place.
Under normal winter weather, you would have stands all set for north wind, and slip in & out with little contamination.
The whole sheet & shabang is messed up this week
Under normal winter weather, you would have stands all set for north wind, and slip in & out with little contamination.
The whole sheet & shabang is messed up this week
This post was edited on 12/25/21 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 12/25/21 at 2:20 pm to TutHillTiger
According to the fella that has collared deer all over the US for years, does come in heat within the same one week window every year. The further North (earlier) and (later) further South due to survival. Now, when that peak movement occurs is a different ballgame as stated above.
Posted on 12/25/21 at 2:23 pm to TutHillTiger
True, although deer movement is definitely down when it’s warm/hot, the actual rut is determined by the does , which is due to the amount of light in the day, triggering their pineal gland to go “ in heat”…so the temp doesn’t change it…that’s why it’s always the same time every year, for the most part, as daylight gets shorter
Posted on 12/25/21 at 2:26 pm to TutHillTiger
Follow out?
But what bucks seek during rut is like gravity - undefeated
But what bucks seek during rut is like gravity - undefeated
Posted on 12/25/21 at 2:28 pm to CamdenTiger
Bingo.
Right answer.
Right answer.
Posted on 12/25/21 at 2:33 pm to TutHillTiger
I consider my old self comparable to a rutting buck. Little hot weather never slowed me down.
But what CamdenTiger said, it is supposed to come down to the amount of light in the day. However, Louisiana has a rut going on from September - February, so try to make sense of that with the amount of light argument.
But what CamdenTiger said, it is supposed to come down to the amount of light in the day. However, Louisiana has a rut going on from September - February, so try to make sense of that with the amount of light argument.
This post was edited on 12/25/21 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 12/25/21 at 3:00 pm to SkintBack
I don’t know if i can find the article again. But several years back i read about why the Louisiana rut is so out of whack. Biologists believe it has to do with the imported deer that LDWF used to revive the Louisiana deer population. Most of these deer came from Wisconsin. Because of the rotation relevant to the earth’s axis , Wisconsin gets less daylight on any given day in the winter time compared to Louisiana. So in some parts of the state where these deer were imported it led to a much later rut, closer to the winter solstice. Which are some of the shortest days of the year in Louisiana.
This is something along the lines of what i read. If i can find the article again ,I’ll link it.
This is something along the lines of what i read. If i can find the article again ,I’ll link it.
Posted on 12/25/21 at 3:01 pm to TutHillTiger
I’ve always been told when it’s hot, they will rut during the cooler temperatures of the night. When it’s cold, they will move during day when it’s warmer.
Posted on 12/25/21 at 3:10 pm to TutHillTiger
They still rut. Temps will restrict them to cooler night temps, though.
Posted on 12/25/21 at 3:11 pm to Yukon7
Yeh louisiana makes no sense
We rut around nov 15 in Union parish where we hunt. Fawns drop early June
Around where I live in Mandeville it’s late December rut and bitches still be pregnant in August
We rut around nov 15 in Union parish where we hunt. Fawns drop early June
Around where I live in Mandeville it’s late December rut and bitches still be pregnant in August
This post was edited on 12/25/21 at 3:12 pm
Posted on 12/25/21 at 3:21 pm to lsupride87
The Wisconsin deer did not make it. Alot of the restock came from the mouth of the Ms, and from Tensas & Madison Parishes.
Posted on 12/25/21 at 4:06 pm to Yukon7
Yes I've read and heard the same thing about the transplanted deer. You would think 40 or so years later they would adapt. Like everything else in Louisiana, shite just has to be different.
Posted on 12/25/21 at 4:43 pm to SkintBack
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But what CamdenTiger said, it is supposed to come down to the amount of light in the day. However, Louisiana has a rut going on from September - February, so try to make sense of that with the amount of light argument.
Individual does have different photoperiod trigger points, and it has to do with her genetics.
Perry county MS has the latest rut in the state with full chasing still happening in mid February. Leaf river WMA there was high fenced and used as a restocking site with deer from Mexico. The fence came down but the genetics stayed, with the average breeding date getting earlier in concentric circles around the WMA boundary. Does do not disperse unless forced to and will die less than 1000 yards from where they were born if allowed, so the genetics are being carried outward by yearling bucks.
Posted on 12/25/21 at 5:02 pm to Jack Daniel
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Rut is the same time every year, you just may not see daylight activity based on weather temps and moon phase.
Yep. Does going into heat is based on length of daylight hours, not temperature or weather.
This post was edited on 12/25/21 at 5:04 pm
Posted on 12/25/21 at 5:03 pm to choupiquesushi
quote:What does this mean?
Follow out?
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