Here in Northern Va. the buck I killed Oct. 26 was rutting hard, chasing does, and man he was stinky. That was the first cold front. They say all the does go into heat in around a two week period. I've never seen a buck sniffen a doe past gun season, I believe late Oct. to first two weeks of Nov.! Yes, the bucks are still horny as helland running around crazy, but the does are finished with them. This is my theory, of observing them.