Mid to late December works for me. Or rut is over by then. By December 15 at the latest or deer are back on feed patterns.

U can just about set your calendar. By December 5th, chasing is over. From November 25 til then u better be in a tree.

Where I grew up hunting in NW Colbert, it always started before Christmas there to. Weird how the SW part of county is mid January.