Do you have a land owner tag ?? Otherwise the dates have already been decided . I hunted 6c twice , the first year killed a little 5x5 w/ muzzleloader , it was the first week in Oct. but the bulls were screaming nutts , drew it again the following year and just couldn't ever get into range . Its a great unit though , if I had that tough decision to make I'd choose the second as your more likely to hunt more into the rutt....NMHUNTNUTT