Lets say you have 10 good spots to hunt based on a lot of information. You then try and determine which spots are better for the pre-rut and which are better for the rut. Since the pre-rut transitions into the rut through a period of days or weeks, then some stands are better suited for that transitional period while others are just to be used strictly during the pre-rut and others strictly during the full blown rut.

I was thinking of trying this out this year in attempts to keep a rotation of what places I will hunt based on my experience with the areas and just some overall feelings I have toward hunting in general. I am not trying to be robotic, just trying to tip the odds in my favor on each hunt by being a little more systematic. I am not claiming to know the breakdown of the rut dates, just using the below dates as an example....any suggestions guys? Any advice or experience based strategies are greatly welcomed!

For example:

P=Pre-rut
T=Transitional period
R=Rut

October 31st--Stand 1 P
Nov 1st--Stand 2 P
2nd---Stand 3 P
3rd -No hunting Sunday
4th -- Stand 1 P
5th--Stand 2 P
6th--Stand 3 P
7th--Stand 4 T
8th--Stand 5 T
9th--Stand 6 T
10th -No hunting Sunday
11th--Stand 4 T
12th---Stand 5 T
13th--Stand 6 T
14th--Stand 7 R
15th--Stand 8 R
16th--Stand 9 R
17th -No hunting Sunday
18th--Stand 10 R
19th--Stand 7 R
20th--Stand 8 R
21st--Stand 9 R
22nd--Stand 10 R