So if the bucks are trying to get fat it would make sence to hunt food sources that have nearby cover/bedding area. HoweverI think the bigger bucks are under rocks this time of year. I have been all over my lease and everytime I see a deer running across the road day or night it is a doe or yearling. The only bucks I have seen in the last 3 weeks has been one spike that had little4"long spikes. In the South during this time of year there is so much food and water available the big bucks do not need to go far to get what they need. I am just waiting for them to start thinking about something else. About the nocturnal scrapes, I did see an 8 pt come out to a feeder that had alot of doe activity all day and make a scrape. It was cool to watch. He even went so far to urinate/deficate in the scrape then reared up and nibbled on a branch. As he was coming through the woods leaving his bedding area I could hear him coming because he was tearing up trees making rubs along the way. He was all fired up that day, course it was Thanksgiving weektoo about 730am.I guess you can figure out what happened in the following minutes.