What Zone are you headed to?
Aside from the chance of bagging an early season Buck on the opener, I'd lean toward as late in the season as possible where you'll see the biggest weather change if your lucky. Those Buck get stupid and make fatal mistakes when there chasin' tail during the rut.
I just got back from 4 days of "A" Zone punishment on a potentially great property. Lots of Doe....LOTS!! We also saw maybe 7 or 8 decent Forky's but on this ranch we're limited to 3x or better. I usually hunt it later in the season and we always see more Bucks.
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