I've hunted my whole life n I hardly ever see mature bucks outside of the rut unless it's very early in bow season...I'm not talking full blown rut but a couple weeks before and then from there on until the end of season...basically all January till end of February...that don't stop me from hunting December but I've only killed 2 that's on the wall during December


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