No, it was not during the rut. It was pre-rut. When I used to use scents more, I would not use the "doe in heat" type scents unless it was the rut or close to it. My thinking was that it would not be natural and may get a mature buck alarmed, since the does were not in heat yet. As far as it being weird, it wasn't for me as I've had it happen many times, it wasn't a rare occurance. But, I never had a good mature buck come in, and that was one of the reasons I stopped using scents so much. I don't think that I ever had a mature buck come to a scent at all (not that I didn't see them, they just didn't seem interested in the scent).