When to take off

[RobbyW]

In northern middle TN if you were going to take off 3 days when do you take them.

 

[.243 Deer]

I'd take off sometime in mid November. Maybe opening day of gun season.

 

[EastTNHunter]

Do you hunt heavily pressured public land, or controlled access private land?

 

[BSK]

Every property is unique, but I've found peak breeding in northern Middle TN usually falls in the 10-day window of November 8 to 17. So, if it were me, and I didn't know the exact peak dates for the property I would be hunting, I would choose three days somewhere in that timeframe.

 

[deerhunter10]

Do you have to put in for them this early? If so what bsk said and narrow it down with your history. If you can hang on to them til the last second wait for a cold front in those days.

 

[Wrangler95]

Week before Thanksgiving!!

 

[74MOPAR]

Nov 13,14,15

 

[Livin2hunt]

Nov 13,14,15

^^^This^^^

 

[jman 125]

November 18 till after Thanksgiving

 

[backyardtndeer]

First week of muzzleloader is typically a great time to catch a lot of good bucks on their feet cruising here, and that's when I would take off here. Not to sure about there.

 

[ImThere]

Last week end of muzzle loader

 

[Gravey]

First week of muzzleloader.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

It used to be Thanksgiving here but with the advent of cell cameras, thermal scopes, thermal drones, you better just try to go when you can cause the big deer aren't lasting until Thanksgiving very often anymore.

 

[double browtine]

I know of 3 mature deer that have been harvested on Nov 13 in the last ten years in southern Montgomery County. The muzzleloader season is probably the best time to kill a mature buck in northern middle TN. I saw 13 different bucks out of the same stand once. Only climbed down once to grab my lunch and stretch my legs. And the weather doesn't seem to matter much. I would hunt all day if you could. Woods in the morning and food plot in the afternoon. I'm off the entire first week of muzzy this year and hoping for a good cold front!