First you don't want to hunt the peak of the rut...This is the time bucks are usually tied up with a hot doe and not moving much....You want to be in the woods at the peak of the Pre-Rut when the bucks are seeking or chasing does. I usually try to take vacation the first or secondweek of November. This year I will be hunting the big woods of northern Wisconsin Nov.5-9. I should find some big boys on there feet during this time. I think either dates will be good for buck activity. The rut should peak the week of Gun Deer season. Should make it interesting. Find the does and you find the bucks.