To bag the biggest buck of your life, now is the time to learn the well-guarded secrets of hunting all three phases of the rut. Each year, the rut is responsible for helping hunters take some of the most mature, largest-antlered, wary bucks in the wild. Season after season these reclusive, almost totally nocturnal, trophy-class bucks are vulnerable to those hunters who know and understand how to effectively hunt the nuances of the white-tailed deer"s breeding season: the rut. In this, his latest book, John Trout, Jr., shares his most well-kept secrets on how to consistently tag out on rut-crazed bucks. Trout shares countless strategies within the 23 chapters including Anatomy of the Pre-Rut, Pay-Off Rubs, Luring "Em In, Decoding the Rut, Opening Day vs. Last Day, Cold Fronts and Moon Phases, Hot Scrapes vs. Dead Scrapes, Tracking a Rutting Buck, Second Rut Madness, The Midday Advantage, and Strategies for the Post Rut.