Colorado 3rd or 4th season?

4th season is the pre rut in my area nowhere near the peak.last week of nov. 1st week of dec. is peak rut.
 
Are you hunting private land or public. Depending on pressure and snow, a lot of the deer/elk can be on private by then. At least in unit 71.

txhunter58

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LAST EDITED ON Oct-16-09 AT 08:09PM (MST)[p]Bottom line is that the dates for the 4th season this year are pretty dang good. You should see some bucks starting to rut. Find the does, and there should be some bucks nearby. Good luck.

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)
 
Co. doesn't offer a rut hunt for mule deer intentionally. The best you can hope for is heavy snow and some "early" rut/migration behavior, which does happen sometimes just not the last few years.
 
I had a 3rd season tag two years ago around Gunnison and we watched several fights break out, butt sniffing, bucks chasing does out of the trees and posturing going on and it was only November 3rd. I talked to one guy that had the 4th season tag in the same unit and he said that he saw very little rut activity going on. It is so different from year to year in Colorado.
 

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