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i was just wondering i need to put my time off in for the archery season here in pa and was wondering when would be my best days? in order for me to hit the peak of the rut of course. should i just use the halloween time again??

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In PA it seems to be a pretty easy choice IMO..........the very first week to catch them on food before they are disturbed day after day. or the last week to catch the actual rut and the bucks put away their flashlights and night vision gear for a week or 2.;)

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I have never hunted PA before, but here in the midwest Halloween is my starting point. Normally about a week after Halloween is when thing start to heat up and keep getting better and better until about the second week of Nov. If you only have one week, I would suggest going a touch later than Halloween.

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My personal experience has been that the chasing seems to start around November 3rd (almost yearly - give or take a day) in my part of PA and that is when the hunting REALLY gets good. It also seems that by the last Saturday of archery here every buck in the neghborhood has disappeared and is locked down with a doe.

If you are looking to schedule days off the first or second week of November would be prime time to do so.

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Halloween Week on. Last year, October 29th rattled in a 110" 8 point who got behind me and new something wasn't right and hung up at 15 yards. October 31, saw 6 different bucks, all cruising and fighting. Took a nice fat 7 point.

Years prior, I have seen bucks and have video of chasing from Nov 1 thru Nov 18th.

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I agree with Matt/Pa, either the first week or last week would probably be best

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I prefer the 1st week of november, but either one should be good.

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I would say the last week of October & first week of November.;)

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here in mizzou, my best three days are nov. 7-10 which are the days i miss school to go hunting

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I would go with the 1st or 2nd week of Nov. that would be my choice!

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someday i hope as i get older and more vacation time!!:)

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This question would be easy to answer for yourself if you kept a log book. Many people I know base their hunting time off from work on their log book entries.

Before I scheduled ANY time off from work, I would look at the MOON PHASES first. I dont care who says its not true, moon location plays a MAJOR roll in wildlife movement.

Google the game movement moon phase chart before you scehedule anything.
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DT very good point i do have a log book for rifle season. And here in pa my opinion is the rifle season is so late i dont think my log from rifle season will do me much good for early bow season. Oh this is my second season of bow and my first one doesnt count for to much since i have new and better farms to hunt;).

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thanks for the posts guys. I was actually thinking a question very similar to this.[8D]

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yea i figured if i would have waited long enough someone would have started this, but i was like i wanna see what everyone says now. no need in waiting to mark my time off work to go hunting no need at all:D.