After reading this again, I agree that Halloween on would be great. I was thinking you were asking when was the peak of the rut and to me it seems that the dates I gave above are usually the peak. But catching or calling one of those monsters in would be better before the peak in the first week of November. I do see alot of Halloween bucks takenon shows and stories from other hunters on Halloween. So if it were me just taking a week to hunt go with the dates you mentioned. Thats the perfect time in my opinion here where we hunt.