Episode 020 Gary Gillett – Hunting Film Tour “The Hunting Film Tour is the best thing to happen to hunting in a long time!”

You know, there’s so much effort and focus and buzz surrounding the rut. For me, I think one of the most interesting things I’ve learned and I can probably attribute this to some friends in Saskatchewan is a lot of opportunity arises during the rut and you see a lot of those big bucks. But I would say what I’ve learned is most people, in late August and early September, are focusing their efforts on antelope, elk, different species. I would say that you have an equally or greater chance of patterning and harvesting a really good whitetail on opening morning. And really focusing your scouting efforts through August when they’re in their bachelor herds and in their summer routines and very predictable in their travel patterns. You can throw all that out the window during the rut.