DaveC, I know excactly what you mean. I often feel like I over hunt my good spots in early and mid October when I know that the real buck activity isn' t going to pick up until late October or the first week of November. I think I shoot myself in the foot doing that. Also sometimes I will hunt so much (as see so little) in early October that by the time the rut really picks up, I' m getting tired of getting up early and hunting the same old places. Know what I mean?lol

Oh well this year I' m going hunting a few times up in NW Oklahoma on the Kansas border, so I' ve that pumping me up!