Best 3 days??
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cspot
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Another thing is can you take the 3 days to coincide with a weekend or Veterans day so that you could take more days off?
In my tree time and trail camera time, I've seen the most activity of mature bucks Nov 5-10. Last year was a tad later. Maybe 10-12. This is NW Ohio.
so by consensus here, the best three days are November 3 through November 15. rotflmao I love these kind of threads. I repeat, there are no "three best days". every minute counts during the whitetail rut. knowing when to hunt is largely a matter of experience in YOUR particular hunting area, and even that is not a guarantee. hunt every possible minute you can.
Bigcountry40
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I know I can argue with you without either 1 of us getting mad or upset. I hunt NW Ohio and Tusc County pretty heavy, last week of October, first week of November North West Ohio is hot (typically), i travel down to Tusc County a day later which is right down the road from you and the deer are typically a week away, Ohio has vastly different terrain and weather conditions can vary tremendously, to think this doesn't effect doe hormones and estrus cycles is ludicrous, malarkey, poo-poo!
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Bigcountry40
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I should of read your post closer, I thought you were originally saying that bascially rut happens at the same time everywhere across the state!Damn I am dumb
Hortontoter
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Best day is the one you take your buck on. The other two don't even matter. My philosophy is hunt as often as possible from Oct. 20 thru Nov. 20. Sooner or later in that time frame you should have an opportunity at a quality buck.
cspot
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Yep. Actually even outside of those dates, the more times you spend in the woods, the better your chances are.
nis1
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I've got to disagree with you slightly. I understand your point, but spending too much time in the woods you hunt can certainly have a negative impact on deer movement.
There are two guys that hunt the same property that my wife and myself hunt. They hunt their same two stands all weekend every weekend of the season. We don't go in until rut and have nonstop action hunting our spots where the other guys haven't hunted. They in turn think that our spots are the best because we always kill nice bucks when in reality it's because the deer have patterned those two goobers and won't go near their stands so they travel our spots to stay away from those guys.
Good point. Stay away as long as possible until go time, I like that. TC mentioned that to me when I posted about a spot that seems like it's perfectly located terrain-wise. Leave it alone til rut. This will be the first year I have the luxury of having a piece of ground to hunt where I can do that. Now for the other goobers hunting there...we shall see lol
Yep, I started hunting a lot smarter last year. Stayed out except for cold fronts during early and mid October then hit it late October. Those spots next to doe bedding areas are perfect for late October.
cspot
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I prefer to have many setups. The "best" setups I stay out until the time is right. I have others that I hunt more often. Where I hunt in pa it is less of a concern as the deer here get harassed as there is a lot of non hunting human activity. I love to hunt so sitting on the couch isn't an option. Honestly I don't think human activity matters all that much when the rut is in action. They are cruising regardless.
I also have spots I can hunt to scratch the itch, and are also easier to access. But I save my best farm for late October.
cspot
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The area can make a big difference as well. At our camp the deer are more sensitive to human intrusion vs where I am at in PA where there is alot of human activity on a daily basis
Let me put it this way , the 2nd to the 6th I truly expect to kill a good deer . From the 10th on I feel lucky to to see nice deer . From youth season to gun season I have seen some of the nicest deer
But unfortunately , they've either been too far , or I have been tagged out
But unfortunately , they've either been too far , or I have been tagged out