For the last 3-4 years I have been doing a case study on the "October Lull". It seems to always follow one week after the full moon in October and lasts about 4-6 days thereafter. We are in it now in Wi and many other areas in this region. Although it may be hard to hunt the Lull, it is possible though most of the mature bucks are active after dark, they still move during daylight hours. I have found the best time to hunt the lull is between 10am and 3pm if at all possible. The lull is pretty much a resting point so the deer can build up the fat resources needed to make it though the rut and through the winter,after 4-6 days from the beginning of the lull the bucks will go into a good pre-rut routine, making more scrapes, rubs, seeking and some chasing.According to my recent studies these past few years, if my calculations are correct, this Thursday shoudl be a good start to the end of the lull. Get out there and hunt like you mean it.