Sept 2, 2001. Definitely Fall feeding pattern, or maybe can even still say Summer. The bucks were still travelling in bachelor groups and when I shot this guy, probably about 2/3 of the bucks were still in velvet. Certainly a good time to bowhunt undisturbed deer.


Rifle season brackets the other best time - about November 15 to 20 in the peak of the rut. The majority of my big bucks have been acquired in this time frame.