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Biologists have concluded that photo-period (length of day) is the primary driving force in ungulate hormonal changes. Personally I think the entire premise for early or late rut is wrong. Hunters think that worked up bugling bulls is peak rut, but worked up bugling bulls have all types of factors and can happen at all stages of the actual rut with hundreds of variables, one of which is weather. But the actual rut/cows going into heat happens at the same time of year every year based on the length of the day.
Quote from: bkaech on October 04, 2022, 09:32:29 PMBiologists have concluded that photo-period (length of day) is the primary driving force in ungulate hormonal changes. Personally I think the entire premise for early or late rut is wrong. Hunters think that worked up bugling bulls is peak rut, but worked up bugling bulls have all types of factors and can happen at all stages of the actual rut with hundreds of variables, one of which is weather. But the actual rut/cows going into heat happens at the same time of year every year based on the length of the day.This is spot on.
The various phases of the elk rut occur at the same time each year.