ORIGINAL: mauser06

speaking of success rates, and quiks post that CLEARLY showed a spike, as expected, during the end of october through early november(most of our seeking/chasing phase of the rut in alot of states) on the kill date poll...

what do you think bowhunters success rate would be if the rut that we all know and love was non-exsistant...no summer feeding patterns either..just plain ole deer hunting like the middle of october...

what about mature buck hunters success rates?? or..i should say the number of mature bucks harvested...??

personally, i feel the rut changes the playing field enough to make a pretty significant impact in success...


yes it still takes some woodsmanship, shooting skills, etc etc....but it would be hard to argue that my thoughts are WAY off base.....

what do you guys say...? just curious...dont jump on me or attack me [X(] no right or wrong answers...im new at this archery stuff...but thats my observations...