take time off work??
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: pa soon to be greenup county ky
Posts: 315
take time off work??
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??
#2
RE: take time off work??
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.
#3
RE: take time off work??
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.
#4
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 79
RE: take time off work??
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.
If you are looking to schedule days off the first or second week of November would be prime time to do so.
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southwest PA
Posts: 1,244
RE: take time off work??
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.
Years prior, I have seen bucks and have video of chasing from Nov 1 thru Nov 18th.