QuoteOriginally posted by Shedrock:
I'm not being a smart a$$, but I wonder how our whitetails, mule deer, elk, pronghorns, ect, have made it without corn, beans, and food plots?      

Good point. They will survive but many many will die without the extra food that corn, beans, food plots etc. provide.

Every ecosystem has a carrying capacity. The current carrying capacity is falsely inflated because of all the extra support we give the wildlife.

As far as the season, rut, etc.

That is triggered by the decrease in light each day. So I do not think that will change at all.

maples are already getting color here in Northern Mi, ferns are yellow ,looks like Mid-Sept! Squirrels are really cutting acorns on the trees that have them,  acorn crop is hit or miss, some Oaks have alot and there are trees that do not have any! Gonna do some roving this weekend if its not 90 degrees! Hot weather has even took its toll up here!

Around here it's the drought pushing things.  Won't have any effect on deer rut though, as that' spushed by temperature and length of daylight.

Water sources are definitely looking like prime spots this year.