Wild Encounters What is a Rut for Whitetail Deer? Posted: January 25, 2025 | Last updated: January 25, 2025 "James Bigley Ranches offers unique insight on ranches, Western history, sustainability ...

Here in the Northeast and the Midwest, the 2025 whitetail rut is set to peak in early November, in sharp contrast to last year’s spread out “trickle rut.” Here, as winter is on its last legs ...