I definitely don't have all the answers to the rut and I'm not good at predicting it. But some old timers tell me that it starts the closest full moon to Halloween which would be the November 12th full moon (later rut than past years). Other old timers tell me they look at the big cold fronts which down here would be getting ready to start tomorrow with another one coming in Monday (Nov. 11th). So, with both those factors being around the beginning of next week maybe they are on to something?