ORIGINAL: davidmil
Location can have some effect no doubt. There are a couple states/areas that just defy normal patterns. That said, there are so many "EXPERT" out there now days. I have seen the same stories written over and over for 50 years. Everyone is trying to get published or meet a deadline. I honestly have seen some stories over the years that are just plain Bull Hockey. These "Experts" I feel sometimes get all besides themselves trying to come up with a new revolutionary(the eXPERT ) thingy. If you were to try and prove this guys THEORY??? or is it an EXPERT SPECIAL SUPER DUPER OPINION????Well if you took it across the country I think you'd find it so full of holes and bullcrap he'd be laughed off the presses. Yet, he's a respected(let's call him a writer.... not necessarily the ultimate expert). So his latest attempt to be different, or tell the old story differently was published and people(experts like yourself) are saying... WOW.... how about that. I never would have thought. In fact, we probably shouldn't ever think it. We've been doing this for 50 years and never seen it once in our woods. Personnally, I wouldn't want to put my October season to a test with it.
davidmil,
I think you're on to the same thing I was thinking.
I don't believe in a "Mini-rut", I believe it is a comon occurance that has been happening all along. Some does do come into estrus early...... in October. I call it the start of the rut. By him calling it a "Mini-rut", I think it could mislead people.
Second of all, him hunting in mid-October BEFORE the October lull kicked in, must have been a mistake. His outfitter buddy even refutes his statement.
I believe that mid-October is when the bucks start coming out of the lull.