The moon is should be up around October 31st. After that there is usually a 48-72 hour period before serious chasing starts. Following a 3-10 day period of heavy chasing. To me chasing is the best time to be out there.

I took off Nov. 3,4,5,7,9,10,11 so I'm putting all my eggs in that basket.Historically the 3 biggest bucks have I killed with my bow have came in this order 1.) Nov 7th 2.)Nov 8 3.)Nov 6. The first 2 fell right in line with the rut, but last years buck that came on the 6th was about a week before the rut started.

I figure that they will go into lockdown mode right around the 12th or 13th with a secondary rut coming in the first week of Dec. It is very common to see chasing going on all the way through the shotgun seasons in late Nov. and into Dec.

I had a 140 class 9 pointer last year at 40 yards chasing a doe around. It was December 14th.