I was hunting this afternoon and a few does came in. While I was preparing for a shot, they took a different route and into a thicket. I figured I would givethe grunt call a chance. I blew it twice real softly and the old doe perked her head up. She quickly walked away, so I bleated and all hell broke loose.

I saw the 2 does jump up from the middle of the thick stuff and in a full sprint come a 130 8 pointer. This buck puts on a show for the next 5 minutes or so. He is literally on the tail of the doe like it was Novemeber 1st. He continually grunted non stop the whole time. By the time it was finished, the does were off and the buck made a scrape about 40 yards away. No shot was available through all the brush.

After the hunt I went to an archery shop to practice a little, and told one of the guys in there about my hunt. He said he had people coming in all week saying they had seen mature bucks bumping does in the early mornings and late evenings already. I have found this very strange, as usually I see very little if any buck movement at this point in the year.