In eastern KY we often see more deer movement during the second rut. Fewer hot does usually translates into more buck movement. Also, the weather here can get pretty warm during the rut. The first day of modern gun was 70 degrees but in December it is usually much colder and calmer winds. All in all, i prefer December hunting to November.

Find the food, you find the deer.

Movement has deffinitely slowed down in Eastern Kansas the last few days. Monday I got tired of freezing my tail off in a stand and went still hunting. Shot a small deer for meat. There was a mature 8 pt buck in that bunch but I have seen and passed on him before.
Still have another tag but not sure if I will go again. It's not so much fun when it's very cold and windy.

It was so warm during the rut here in missouri that a lot people thought we missed it. The movement was slow and mostly after dark. After it has cooled off in the last few weeks, I have seen more bucks crusing, and I have my eye on a nice wide 10 to hammer with my smoke pole.

seen some scraping in the snow this week but thats about it ....to all that hunt late season......good luck

I hunt in north mississippi and the bigger bucks are just now swelling up. We just now got low temps so the does are moving a bit more. I am waiting on nice 10 I have been seeing on my cams to show up.

I hunt two different areas in Alabama. They are only 60 to 70 miles apart but the rut is totally different in each location. The public land I hunt is located in Bankhead National Forest/Black Warrior Management. I would love to see a big name hunter hunt this land. It can be TOUGH! These deer were introduced to that area in the 40's or 50's from Michigan. The whitetail population that was already here was thought to be almost extinct but my grandfather is 96 years old and he says there were more Alabama deer in the area than most people thought. So he says the deer mixed and I suspect thats why I have such a hard time pinpointing the hot period in Bankhead. Most old fellows I've spoke with say that the rut in Bankhead was hot the first gun hunt on November 21. But I've saw rut activity there up until the second week of January. I also have private land in Marion county near Hamilton. These deer are Alabama deer and I'm hunting this land hard right now. It's only 70 miles from Bankhead where the rut is almost dead but its just now starting to heat up in Marion county. Jan 2 I heard racks bashing on a couple of occasions and had a decent 8 point come through yesterday following a doe.