I mean I have hunting the same general area going on 6 years now,I know, it's crazy! And from 1 day to the next too it can change. I hunted first 3 weeks of season last year almost everyday in a couple of different areas and heard maybe 7 bugles the whole time. My buddy went a couple of times in the last week and bulls screaming everywhere, smh.
Year 1: 0-5 bugles until after Sept 15 then lots
Year2: 500 bugles from Sept 1-23, 2 bugles the last weekend
Year 3: quiet the first week, crazy bugles starting around the 7th, quiet for another 8 days lots of bugles after that,
I think you can catch my drift, every time when I think I’m going to time something like the rut, the stock market, the housing market, my wife’s moods I end up off and feeling silly, just go when works for you and figure them out when you get there.
Last year i had one of the most insane bugle fests on Sept 3/4 and little to nothing on the 25-28th so who knows?