I posted this in the south forum earlier but I wanted more input. I was bow hunting last Saturday 10/10 here in central VA. We had rain and fog in the morning. We have not had much rain this summer and fall so that was the first weird thing to happen. The turkeys were gobbling which was a first for me to hear in the fall. However, what really got my attension was about 9:30 a.m. I had a doe come running past my stand with three small bucks(spike, 4pt and 6pt) behind her and two fawns behind them. Has anyone else seen any rut activity yet? I know it is early for this to be happening and I first thought that they were running from something or form me. They made several zig zags thru the oaks where I was sitting. The bucks stayed really close to the doe and seem to keep the fawns away. The whole group stayed around my stand for about 10 minutes before the doe went running off again with bucks in tow. I read an article in deer and deer hunting mag. about the rut being in two phases this year one in Oct and one in late Nov here in the south. I don't know how much credit i give that, but saturday was enough to make me re-think the article. Just was wondering if anyone else was seeing the same things or was I just day dreaming.