So every year I say I'm going to hunt HUNT HUNT when the rut arrives. Every year by the time it does I have several deer. Every year I have a trip planned near enough to the rut to curtail my hunting around home. This year for example. I knew it was coming the second week in November(like the 10th-20 or so) SO, I have a trip planned to NY the 15-19th. I take the week off from hunting before I go. I always take at least a week off when I return to appease HER.(you know who) Anyway, I get to NY and hunt the afternoon of the 15th, and all day the 16th, AM of the 17th and sat with my buddy with his gun on 18th. I don't hunt the 19th..I drive home. I'm going hunting finally again tomorrow AM with Len. So that means the only hunting I've done was the week ending the 9th(but I was taking care of the guys in from Florida and not worried about my own hunting) and then I had the Vietnam reunion 8-11th. I bowhunted the 15-17th and here it is Dec 3rd. I forgot I took last week off because my son and his honey were in town for TGiving DANG... I missed the rut again. I did get a 7point but haven't really hunted the rut. Heck... I almost missed November.

<font size=4>NEXT YEAR..... I'M HUNTING THE RUT!!!!!</font id=size4>