I don't think killing a deer to do a fetal study is very smart? Couldn't they keep a camera's out and get the data? Hell, I saw 2 tiny spotted fawns on April 19th last year, and another covered in spots the week after Christmas last year. I don't think there is, or ever will be a defined rut in Alabama. I've hunted places where it was '' hot '' during certain weeks every year, but I've killed and seen buck chasing does hard from the end of October through the first week of May in a lot of different counties.