I live and hunt in Ogle County in northern Illinois and the bucks have been chasing for about 2 weeks now. Just last night had 3 does run by me at light speed with a decent little 8 pt hot on there trail just grunting like there was no tomorrow. Shot a decent 9 last saturday right after he frshened a scrape. I love this time of year. Seems like it's going to get a little warm (in the 60s) the next couple of days though. Good luck to all...