I posted a "rut schedule" earlier this year based on moon phases here:

http://forum.hunting.net/asppg/tm.asp?m=743530&mpage=1&key=2004&#743530

To add to this info, I've found a moonrise and moonfall schedule that relates to when Drury schedules his own hunts (per the link above). It basically says that the best times to hunt are when there's a rising early afternoon moon or a falling morning moon. You should hunt these periods in conjunction with high pressure systems.

Based on what the moon schedule is for Pennsylvania, I've listed the following dates as what should be the best times to hunt based on Drury's expertise:

10/18 - Moonrise @ 1242
10/19 - Moonrise @ 1347
10/20 - Moonrise @ 1440

10/27 - Moonset @ 0649
10/28 - Moonset @ 0755
10/29 - Moonset @ 0922
10/30 - Moonset @ 1007

I know I'll be taking some vacation during that second string of dates since that also coincides with the seeking phase of the rut. Now all I need is to have a high pressure system fall within these dates!

Does anyone else have any speculation on what dates are supposed to be good this year? Anyone have any thoughts into how reliable these predictions are?