You need to take off work today and spend it in the woods. The moon will be in the sky for much of the daylight hours, spurring activity. It’s a weekday, and hunting pressure will be low. My journal is full of awesome hunts on this date. But even those compelling factors take a backseat to this: The rut has changed. Up to this point, the bucks have been driving the car. Now the does grab the steering wheel, and any time that happens, action morphs from the exciting to the sublime. Read More