My experience in the 4 short years I’ve lived here……my sightings, shot opportunities, and kills on the same bucks I “hope” to see during the rut, are way higher during the first 5 days of bow season. Bucks are unpressured, generally daylight moving on food, and probably have been patterned on your cameras for weeks if not months. Get a slight cool down on those first 5 days and for me it’s far better than the rut, like it was this year. Grab a bow, thermacell and enjoy.