In Maine deer season starts mid Sept,(expanded archery) by the end of September beginning of October I see bucks looking very interested in does. This interest lasts through December but peaks somewhere in November. If you hunt food and does, they will come. Regardless of the peak of the rut....
A good week is any week you can spend extended time in the woods. When I have to piecemeal little bits of time in the woods the results are not as good.