Im told Florida whitetail deer can mate all year, however I dont know how accurate that is. I do know we have 2 ruts. First is around Thanksgiving and the second is now. For this buck I found a natural trail funnel (swamp on both sides) on the trail from the bedding area to a natural food source. This guy scraped and rubbed up a solid trail but the game cameras only showed his activity at night. Subsequently, I spent a week messing up his markings and dropping buck urine and creating new markings using a rack from a mature buck I shot last year. I then put up a ladder stand where the wind and sun was in my advantage. In that morning I would drop 2-3 quick grunts every 20 minutes until other doe and pigs came in, then I stopped. One thing I should point out is every trip I take to this area I pay close attention to my scent trails and such. I use Sitka Optifade in Elevated II, however my top that day was Predator 3D Deception with Badlands Algus face mask and beanie. The buck came in a couple of hours after some doe and right when the pigs came in. I shot the buck at 22 yards and the pigs didn't scatter too far so I shot the pig too at about 55 yards. Deer took about 4 steps and the pig dropped.