YES YOU DO!
The Rut is the most powerful time of the deer season. It occurs during the first 2 weeks of Nov.around Nov. 8-15th is prolly the best time in my opinion. It was dwindle down and end at about the 1st week of Dec, however is still lingers until Jan...

For a beginner, one of the best places to hunt is a bottleneck or funnel. This is a place where deer are "funneled into a small area, hopefully in bow or gun range of the hunter. These often occur around creeks, fields and fencelines. Hope this helps and good luck, PM is you have any other questions, I would be happy to help you out any was that I can, and I am sure that this is true for most of the fellas here!!!