EPISODE · Sep 16, 2025 · 59 MIN
Peak Rut Dates for Your Area!
from The Bowhunter Podcast · host Bowhunter Magazine
Believe it or not, peak rut dates across the whitetail's range stretch all the way from July to February — an incredible span of eight months. But when is the peak of the rut where YOU hunt? Big-game biologists Brian Murphy and Jim Heffelfinger from HuntStand join us to discuss how they compiled breeding data from across North America to map peak whitetail breeding dates across more than 5,000 counties and parishes, along with peak breeding dates for mule deer, blacktail deer and elk.
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Peak Rut Dates for Your Area!
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