Deer Rut 2024 Iowa 2024. The crop harvest, cooling temperatures and approaching rut, should increase deer activity leading to greater harvest success. The rut follows predictable stages of deer behavior.

This is week 5 of the 2024 game & fish regional rut update, a series of exclusive weekly rut reports from the field by whitetail contributors doug howlett (east), brandon butler. The rut follows predictable stages of deer behavior.