Kilgore’s Corner

While drivers must always be alert to animals on the roadways, they must be especially vigilant during what is called ’the rut‚. The rut occurs during times of fewer daylight hours and cooler weather which signals white-tailed deer to enter breeding season.

Over several weeks from late October into December, deer movement increases as bucks are chasing does with just one thing on their minds. Claiming that the deer hit her, my wife came home several years ago with a nasty dent in the ...