as kind of a guideline i also go by age class and sex of deer... kansas: summer through about september there is a posabilaty to catch a big buck out during some daylight ours in the morning and evening. october comes and things slow down for a while, patterns change, i try to set outside of a bedding area to rattle in some curious bucks. november heats things up to the max and around november 10 you can catch a dominant buck trying to herd does away from other deer. november 15-20 all the bucks are running all over all the time, i rarely get out of a treestand during daylight hours. right after the last does go out of heat you can start looking for those bucks trying to regain weight on any of the highest protein diets during the day.

when it comes to does and younger bucks (3 years and under) they are a completely different animal, they are much easier to find and usually use different trails as the mature bucks.

this is only my own observations, it isn't 100% fool proof, this debate over timing and rut patterns can get pretty lengthy.