I'm taking last week of vacation October 26- November 2nd. Hopefully catch some pre rut action in Illinois and then finish the last few days on my best farm.
When's your rut vacation?
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angelzd28
Junior Member
I can either do Nov 2-12 or 9-19, lets here some pros and cons. on those dates. I've been practicing with my acorn cruncher all summer, so I'm ready to go...........
Schu72
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I've always had better luck a little later. Cameras always show an explosion of daytime movement starting around November 10th. This year there is a new moon on November 7th. So I'm going to try and be on stand as much as possible from the 8th to the 15th.
I'm putting down the 27th-11th to be off . I'll probably work a couple days in that window depending on weather conditions. Hate burning vacation days when it's 70 degrees or a monsoon .
Buckmaster
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Vermonster1121
Junior Member
I'm off November 7-12 for sure and I have some flexibility to hunt the two weeks prior to that if we get favorable weather.
I don't plan on taking a week off at once, but rather play the weather and what I observe leading up to Halloween and do a day or two at a time. Likely between 11/1 and 11/15.
Oct 19th -Nov 12th
Nov 15 th- Nov19th
Nov 29th- Dec 4th
I really like the week of Halloween through the 12th of November best.
Nov 15 th- Nov19th
Nov 29th- Dec 4th
I really like the week of Halloween through the 12th of November best.
BlueSpruceOutfitters
Junior Member
I'm off from Oct. 20- Dec 15. Should be enough [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
The play I have to make is we are off Christmas Eve through New Years, so I can hit waterfowl in the AM and deer in the PM. My wife should be off then too, so I'll have a nice stretch to put some food up! I'm also considering a long weekend at Shawnee on youth weekend. Hike way back where people ain't toting kids and hunt a nice funnel. Any takers? 
The play I have to make is we are off Christmas Eve through New Years, so I can hit waterfowl in the AM and deer in the PM. My wife should be off then too, so I'll have a nice stretch to put some food up! I'm also considering a long weekend at Shawnee on youth weekend. Hike way back where people ain't toting kids and hunt a nice funnel. Any takers?
Not a bad Idea there Jesse!
Having the flexibility to take time off when weather is right definitely helps . On one property I can hunt the week of October 25-30 was great last yr based on camera Intel . I plan on putting some evening hunts in then this yr . As of this yr I should be the only one hunting there so I'm gonna keep the pressure off .
I have poor luck hunting the double digits days of Nov . I have only ever killed one good deer after Nov 12 . Nov 2-5 seem to be my best days for killing big deer . Last yr I killed on Nov 8th tho . And I was starting to get worried
I have poor luck hunting the double digits days of Nov . I have only ever killed one good deer after Nov 12 . Nov 2-5 seem to be my best days for killing big deer . Last yr I killed on Nov 8th tho . And I was starting to get worried
Actual vacation. Just like I did last year for a whole week off during thanksgiving