I have noticed a couple of real nice bucks in the fields near my house with single does. Also, second week of the season I got a nice 6 point - I saw him a couple of other times chasing a doe and he never slowed down enough for a shot. I put some doe in estrous sent out in front of my stand and I saw him coming in at about 60yrds - he stopped smelled the air and ran right in to my sent marker at 5 yrds. Story over. I am thinking that by Thanksgiving they be into rut real heavy - NYers hold tight on those doe for the first week of season and wait for the big boy comming behind them.