Keep your chin up Sproulman,
I see bachelor groups with racks in early March almost every year, so there are some with horns on their heads right now.
The little bucks are the ones to drop early, at least where I live.
The rut is over so they are back to laying low during daylight now. I see the bachelor groups usually on the first sunny, still day in March on the hill across from my Dad's place. They apparently like the warm sun on the ridge after a long winter.