I personally say any time in the woods is good, and pending on when crops get cut this yr and temps/weather
there the big factors
bucks are there 24/7/365, so its not like your hunting when there are no bucks there
its a matter of getting right temps weather and food to get them up and moving
little early for the main rut but they will be looking at least and some will be breeding for sure
I highly recommend all day sits, all the more so when your driving so far, may as well up your odds
as you cannot kill one sitting in a cabin hotel or where ever, have to be hunting to make it happen
I drive 8 hrs to hunt Ohio, and over the past 12+ yrs the biggest bucks I seen were always between 11 am and 3 pm, and why I sit all day there!
but I hunt normally nov 12 to about the 22 th, its always been a good 10 days for me there, always better if colder though,
warm and rainy sucks!!