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Help me.. Should I Switch

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  1. Tony

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    Vacation planned this Sunday to next Sunday but the weather looks way too warm for my liking. Should I take the chance with the weather and push it to the following week?
    Will the rut action be better?
    Thoughts?


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    Does the weather matter when your shooting from the couch?

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    No seriously. In my area and the time frame for when I've shot my biggest bucks has been from November 7 -12 time. But could be different because your farther north?

    Maybe if you know of anyone local to you that has shot a lot of rut bucks. Ask him what days he shot his biggest. Then go off that. But if me and not knowing any local Intel. I would push it back a week.

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    I would take my chance on the cooler temps if the forecast and flexibility are possible.
     
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    I’d bump it back. I’m a big fan of the 2nd week in November
     
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    I'd bump it back if temps fall.
     
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    Wish I could change my vacation from this week to next week. I’ll take warm temps over dealing with the orange army though.


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    I would bump it a week later as well.
     
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    My best day has been 11/7 overall

    Earliest I have shot a mature buck Nov. 5th and the latest Nov. 14th.
     
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    Had to edit that, 11/14 latest I have shot a matyre buck, with archery anyway.
     
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    I'm gonna kill one before the clock strikes midnight on Halloween.
     
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    It’s official, I am pushed to the week of the 6th…. I cannot wait!


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    I was on vac. this past week, sucky movement, warm temps, state land, did pass a 2.5 9pt this morning by himself moving thru ...... vac#2 starts next Fri.... it best be cold !! (yea, right, the first 3 days next wknd shows 70's ... WTF !! ) ..
     
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    I'm on vacation now but am going back to work for a few days.
    Will resume when it cools off.
     
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    IMO the weather this time of year doesn't matter. Deer need to breed now, and that's it. They don't stop just because it warms up a little bit.

    I killed the deer in my avatar when it was 72 degrees on November 7th. Based on trail cameras, he covered more than 2 miles throughout the course of that day before he got to me.

    When the time is right, the time is right.
     
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    So that being said… I think next week the time willl be more right than this week…


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    yup ... and THAT ^^^ being said, while I use 3 or 4 weather sites for wind, etc. one I use is windy.com and it is showing wind gusts to nearly 50mph Saturday evening with a high of 76 on Tues/election day ...no 'cool down' really till Thurs ... I'll be checking to see what the other sites/predictions show as time goes by, right now another isnt showing the high winds. I usually dont trust the sites unless within 2-3 days or so ..
     
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