Exactly. I remember the condescending way people like myself were talked to by biologists when we used to state that the rut was occurring in late January and into February on our land in south Alabama. We were treated like a half retarded child that had wandered into a conversation about the moon and then suggested it was made of green cheese. No, they said, what we were seeing was a mild secondary rut. The main rut was occurring in mid December. And they knew this because.....well.....I guess they had read a book about it. And that's what the book said.

And then somebody finally conducted an actual study and found out.......the average date of conception for does in my region of Alabama was the first week of February. Gee, imagine that.