Went to Zone 2 in the 70 degree heat today and had 4 different buck around my stand. 3 were small rackers and one huge spike (15 in long). I saw only 5 doe but the bucks were on the prowl. All of the bucks came in from 7.30--9.00am but the rackers would not come closer than 40 yds and I could not stop them with a grunt. The spike came by twice and I could have shot the second time but passed.

Looks like the rut is heating up but I am disappointed that our lease has no decent bucks this year. The last 3 years we have had a lot of small racks and spikes due to lack of quality food and a bad buck/doe ratio/

Hunting the wilds of Jersey