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The Rut Science Whitetail Hunters Ignore Every Fall
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The Rut Science Whitetail Hunters Ignore Every Fall

Kaitlin Lospinoso
It’s that time of year when the term “rut-crazed” not only applies to deer but also to hunters. Every fall, Google sees a 2,000 to 3,000% increase in searches related to the whitetail rut in the US alone between September 8 and November 8. That’s an unfathomable amount of brain power the whitetail...

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