Blacktail wetside question

[Turner89]

Yeah You guys are right too about the last week of the general season...I have killed 8 of my biggest blacktail on Halloween ..THE LAST DAY 

Halloween has a new meaning for me. My 2 biggest bt's have been Halloween bucks.

[AKBowman]

I agree with Grundy.  Around Halloween I always see big bucks rutted up cruising around.  Late buck the swelled necks are usually pretty well gone and the buck settle down a bit, although you still see a few.

Last 4 days of general season. I believe they are the dumbest at that time. I take last week of general season off every year for blacktail.
 I scout pretty hard the month of november also and I feel I see more bucks the last few days of Oct. thru first week of Nov. Then they start chilling out it seems.

Agree 100%, trail cam pics prove the point and timing further. By the time late archery rolls around it is really hit or miss. I know a lot of guys havehad great rutting action late Nov/early Dec but its in small pockets for the most part and not nearly as wide spread action as the last week of Oct. I just pray for terrible weather the last week of Oct this year b/c I will be perched on a funnel trail in my tree stand on a creek between two cuts...with my bow! Cant wait

[fish vacuum]

Late season. Better chance for the weather to push them around.
Although, the majority of the GMUs close to you are permit only for the late season, so taking your vacation during the early season could allow you to hunt closer to home and reduce a lot of travel time.

[Kowsrule30]

I've killed more mature BT during the late rifle hunt then any other season.... Next choice would be the last 4 days of regular season since you only have 4 days to hunt....

[Atroxus]

I was hoping to get access to some private land in GMU 410 for late season but that fell through again; so I changed my vacation time to last 3 days of October and will be hunting GMU 448 which is any buck instead. Thanks for the advice everyone. Will post back if I tag out this year.