I'm talking opening day until the rut. ANY time leading up to the rut.

Our season opens here in early September (it' slate, this year). What the does are eating now is NOT what they'll be eating come the rut. Heck what they're eating at the beginning of the rut might be different than what they're eating near the middle or end.

I don't think "mast crops" is definitive enough.....or at least it isn't here.

But....that's for a different thread.

My point was.....where you see does in the early season is not necessarily where you'll see them come the rut.