The author has come to believe that mature bucks are ripe for rut tactics as early as the second week of October.

The author has come to believe that mature bucks are ripe for rut tactics as early as the second week of October.
Hang onto your safety harness boys and girls, for the real deerhunting excitement has just begun in earnest.
Happy October 1, 2020, my fellow mystical-flight-of-the-arrow Fred Bear BloodBrothers everywhere! Today, all is good with the world! Everything bad and ugly in life has just been obliterated and momentarily washed away by this magical, mythical, wonderful, long-awaited traditional October 1st Opening Day of archery season.
Aim small miss small and backstrap like you mean it! This is the only October 2019 we will ever have! Don’t let a minute of it get away from you!
We can’t always set up our stands in ideal spots, especially when whitetails are following changing food sources. Hunters must stay mobile and be willing to go where the food is, even if it means breaking a few rules.
As October throttles on and wildlife activity increases exponentially, nothing says Happy Fall like October weekends in the deerwoods, bow and arrow in hand and spirit soaring on high.