<font face='Arial'></font id='Arial'>Here in Central VA and Buckingham Co. scrapes are abundant. I've heard lots of reports of chasing, but last week in Buckingham bucks weren't moving freely all day just dawn/dusk.
Early breeding seems to have taken place and round 2 (and height of rut) should coincide with the Nov full moon if you believe in those theories....
So starting this weekend (another rainy day) and all next week bucks should be chasing those does. My club will have lots of dogs running so that screws up the "natural" movement somewhat. I like tree stand hunting with muzzleloader during the rut, but this year the rut is a little late and is running into gun season. I enjoy hearing the hounds too, but I wish they'd hold em up until Dec. Fat chance on that
