Do all you guys have pineal glands in your foreheads because it is uncanny how you all know when the rut is in your section of the state. If you can't take three bucks within the timeframe of Oct15-Jan31, you need to hone your skills. In areas of the state with an overabundant doe population, skewed ratios, the rut might extend into March, so should we go ahead and extend the season into March so we don't miss a chance at one of the bucks that's chasing does in estrous at that time? The dates should remain where they are at the current time, that is, unless you're 49'er, then you should have the constitutional right to hunt year-round for subsistence purposes.
Unless you are hunting if a fence somewhere it's not likely you are going to kill 3 mature bucks a year. I'm not saying it can't happen because I have seen it happen on my lease but it doesn't happen often. Now if you are talking about killing three 2.5yr old 8's or maybe even an occasional 10pt sure you can do that with no problem, but those aren't the kind of bucks that most of the guys on this forum are hunting during the rut. Older bucks are typically not going to move much until the rut and they are still hard to kill even then.
