Warm Weather VS the Rut

Fighting an unusually warm rut in New England can be both disappointing and tough.  During the rut in New England I believe in order to have high activity we need temperatures to be below fifty degrees. Unfortunately for any hunter in the woods this year during the rut knows that it has been too warm. I hunt in North Andover Mass and I can remember sweating in my suit while climbing into my stand. I wear a scent lock suit but these suits only work so much. Scent control will be one of the biggest challenges, even with all of the odor control precautions we can take when we sweat you might as well be hunting in your birthday suit, you simply can’t mask all of that scent, so already the deer have the advantage. 

                How heat affects the rut:  I know a lot of people say that when bucks are rut crazed it makes no difference how the weather is, the deer will move.  In my area I never have any problems seeing deer but this year was different, either the deer have just completely left my area or their just not moving.  For me I was attempting the Rut during an average afternoon temp of 55 and on two days it even reached 60. I don’t care what anyone says when it’s that warm deer simply don’t move in New England. And for those of you who say that the bucks will always chase a doe in heat your right I completely agree with you. Unfortunately the does actually determine how many deer you see during the rut. In hot weather the does have no reason to move and when the does don’t move the bucks bed down right next to them.  Now I can see lots of deer movement in my area via tracks, droppings, and scrapes. So why aren’t I seeing any deer, it seems to me every day I go in there it had been all torn up again. Well after setting up my trail cams it’s easy to see the big bucks have gone nocturnal and for the majority doing all of their rutting at night when temps have dropped down back into the 30’s.

                I will admit that I can’t read a deer’s mind and that everything I have said is just my observations. To throw a wrench into my own theory here’s a little story for you. On Wednesdays I usually get to hunt around noon after leaving work early. On this particular day it was 54 degrees and I decided I wasn’t going to waste my time in the woods, so I went home. Now here’s the kicker I got home and standing in my back yard was a beautiful eight pointer just looking at me and I swear he had a smirk on his face.  In conclusion it goes to show you even though you’re telling yourself it’s too warm for the deer to move you just never know and the only way to better chances is to just put the time in and to hunt the cooler mornings.

  I encourage comments from other hunters experiences VS warm weather Rut in northern states in order for every to hear other opionons.

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