I plan on taking 5 days off to bow hunt the rut. I've been trying to do this for 4 years and I think it's finally going to happen!! What 5 days should I take off?

I would take the 7-11th off but I am hunting Kansas. Good luck.

I'd pick the later the better. When I shot my '06 8-pointer......it was almost mid-Dec......and he was still chasing late estrous does. There's so many does, here.......there's almost always going to be a few in estrous. The bucks, here, were chasing all the way through our season (late).

The 7th-11th are the dates that i see the most action on my Ohio farm!

All those days should be good...I chose Nov. 2nd through the 9th for my IL hunt.

The best two days ofmonster bucksbein put in the dirtherehas always proven to be the closest weekend to the 3rd and 4th of november (actually the most book bucks taken are typically registered on the 3rd and 4th of december here). So I guess this year its lookin like the 3rd through the 7th. or maybe Id say the 2nd through the 6th. WCL

7th through the 11th assuming you can hunt Sunday the 11th. I'm off regardless that week with our season ending on the 10th.

In the words of the Drury's "cough", they've taken more mature animals on the 3 days of the 8th through the 10th of Nov.

I was leaning towards 7-11, seems like I remember a post where a lot of guys were taking bucks on the 9th. I rarely ever get to take this many days off together.

Last year I took the first week in November off and got mine on the first day of vacation about 2 hours into the hunt. The rut hit here hard the next week. This year I'm taking the first week in November off again. You don't mess with success.

Early rut this year according to everything I have read. I'm taking the 5th - 9th and of course the Saturdays of the3rd and 10th.