thanx for the good wishes bear and our deer season starts i believe the 6th or 7th or november whichever day lands on a saturday which i wish it was about the 15th or so of november actually cause it seems like right after our 9 day season starts and muzzle loader starts the bucks really go into rut and then it is easier to call them in with a grunt call but i seen a buck chasing a doe on saturday night out at our land so that is promising early rut i guess and good luck with the deer hunting