What week should i take off for the rut?

[welded34]

Should I take off Oct 29th-Nov 6th or Nov 5th-13th? What do you guys think? I'm leaning towards the 5th-13th. I'm hunting central wisconsin. Thanks.

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[Peeps22]

If it were me, i would take off the earlier week. I never had much success the second week of november. I think my favorite time to be in the woods besides early season is the last week of october.

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[tbunao]

To me either week could be good. I'm still on the fence about moon phases but it could be just one more thing to kind of go with. The 2nd week looks good in that regards.

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[msailor]

Do you know the area well? What are your standards?

[whitetailassasin]

Oct 27-nov 4

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[DaveT1963]

Oct 27-nov 4

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X2 Halloween has for me traditionally been my very best day to hunt - but I am going to take every opportunity I can to be in a tree 25 Oct - 15 Nov

[Buck snort]

I'm taking 8 days...

Oct 25th-28th
Nov 7th-10th

Plus I get 4 weekend days for free.

I've always had the best luck with mature buck sightings that last week of October, and then after the 5th of November. Not just while I'm hunting, but trail cam pics also. Those time frames seem to dominate my mature buck sightings. So that's what I go with for taking off work....

[vermonthunter16]

I say you take off October-December

[phade]

Part of this should really be latitude based - where I hunted in Ohio, the peak activity time was almost always one week behind where I am in wNY. And, I'm not talking only about the rut.

I could see the difference in deer actions in October and late season as well.

That said I prefer the 5-12 timeframe usually; however, my cams have really shown that the biggest bucks have been daylight visible between the 4th and the 20th. Every once in a while we'll get an encounter between the 1st and 3rd. Last year the 9th was our best morning to see bucks amongst me and my hunting partners. All three of us encountered mature bucks within the first two hours of daylight. Cameras showed the biggest target buck on his feet religiously between Nov. 16 and 19.

Year prior there wasn't a "day" that stood out to me. It was a tough season for all of us.

2013, Nov. 2nd and Nov 4th were solid days for the group. November 9th saw the biggest buck run by almost all of our stands without an arrow being let loose. Same buck was found on cam running wild through the parcel the morning of Nov. 6, a morning after three people grid searched the same spot for a buck hit on Nov. 4th evening.

[Ack]

I would usually say the earlier week, but for what it's worth I've heard we may get a warmer than normal fall this year. It's a gamble.....all it takes is one good cold front and its game on.

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[Bucky]

5-13

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[seazofcheeze]

I'd really hate to miss the 7th-10th, so I have to vote for the later week.

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[Jcol6268]

I much rather hunt the pre rut then the rut. Mature buck sightings for me are greatest last week of October.

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[Nocturnal]

5-13

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I love the last week of October. In Wisconsin I've seen a lot of big deer on their feet after Nov. 10
Either way taking 8 days off for hunting is awesome. Good luck to you!

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[Hawthorne]

I've taken the last 3-4 days off in October and the first two weeks of November off for the last twenty years. That's a hard question to answer really. For seeing more bucks on their feet I would say the the last few days of October and the first week of nov. I've shot most of my bucks that time period. I've killed like 6 bucks on oct29. But I will say this, I've seen the biggest and oldest mature bucks from nov10 -nov14 during lockdown. Our gun season opens nov15 and the deer hunting usually sucks after that .

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