Best Two Weeks?

[HuntingEd]

Hey all,

I"™m planning my time off in the fall to bow hunt and I need help trying to decide what weeks to take off. My plan is to take two solid weeks for bowhunting.

Thanks!

[peakrut]

Last week of Oct and first week of Nov IMO for a buck.
First week of the season to fill my doe tag. (In Sept)

[txjourneyman]

It all depends on where you are going to hunt and when the rut happens in that area.

[HuntingEd]

Good point, all of my hunting will be in Maryland/Virginia

[GMMAT]

Ed....I don't know what your herd dynamics are.....but around here....with our densities.....the rut starts somewhere around the first week of November and runs throughout the end of the season (which is +/- Dec. 15th). If I were choosing time off (a week)....I'd do so somewhere around the middle of Nov.

I would "assume"....since you are North of me......yours would be a "smidge" earlier.

Good luck to you. I'm thinking this is your year.

[HuntingEd]

ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Good luck to you. I'm thinking this is your year.

Thanks, I've got that fuzzy feeling too!!! It's about time! Been 2+ years since I arrowed (successfully)abuck...

[GMMAT]

Been 2+ years since I arrowed (successfully)abuck...

Yeah, Ed....but I know you.....and I've seen your hunting areas and gamecam photos. I understand what you're looking for. The fact that you haven't arrowed a buck in two seasons does nothing but tell me two things:

1. You have a standard that you're not willing to compromise on......to the extent that you'll pass on "lesser" (deemed by you) bucks

2. It hasn't been a product of ANYTHING but "choice".

Respect. I fully expect to see you behind a P&Y buck this fall. Good luck.

[virginiashadow]

Ed, I have positively seen more bucks on their feet around November 3rd-10th than any other time. The only problem here in VA/MD that you already know is that it sometimes can remain hot(50ish) until mid November. That changes the timing sometimes.

[HuntingEd]

I agree, the hot weather is why I'm leaning towards later... But I need to get my vacation on the calendar...

[virginiashadow]

I'll be off from around October 31-November 16th-17th.