I don't know how accurate the map is but it's interesting. I hunt in south Russell County and I can firmly say that our peak rut is the 2nd week of December. Since there were no northern deer released in that area, it kinda shoots a hole in that theory.
I believe that the biologists are on the right track when they surmise that it has a lot to do with the sex ratio of the herd. Studies have suggested this is true.
"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."
