I'm getting ready for the VA muzzleloading season. I'll be in Georgia for the first 2 days, but I'll get in the woods Wednesday (Nov 6) and hunt through Saturday. My club is in Buckingham county on the James River. My thoughts and what I've read is that the pre rut is beginning and that breeding may begin late in that first week. The cold rainy dark weather we've been having should help trigger as well. But some pubs I've read link it all to the Moon cycles and state that this year will be late Nov 20ish.... Thoughts / observations from area woodhounds?