MY HUNTING AREA OF NORTHWESTERN NJ, WE HAVEN'T SEEN NO SIGN OF THE RUT. I HAD A SMALL 4 POINTER WALKING BY, SMELLED THE DOE IN HEAT SCENT FROM JAMES VALLY, CAME IN SMELLED IT, AND WALKED AWAY LIKE HE WASNT INTERESTED. 2 FRIENDS SAW A SPIKE HE TO HAD NO INTEREST IN THE DOES. SEE THIS WEEK IT WILL PICK UP.