The Rut – a unanimous term that sparks excitement, anxiety, and giddiness amongst the deer hunting community. It’s the equivalent of Christmas, the 4th of July, and Thanksgiving all rolled into an unbelievable 3-week period during the fall. Can’t wait for this year’s Rut Forecast? Here to satisfy your curiosity is AJ Gall, Manager of the Legendary Whitetails Community Page. He acquired his degree in wildlife management and research from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and immediately began working with his passion – white-tailed deer.

Quite plainly, as hunters, it’s what we live for. Hunting magazines dedicate entire issues to it, the Outdoor Channel runs nonstop footage of it, and social media is swarmed with it. It’s the time when we feel good about every hunt and every hour we are on stand. The Rut is a deer hunter’s cocaine, when we’re not hunting it, we’re consuming it, discussing it, daydreaming of it, and waiting for it.