This past wknd I found several new scrapes. I like to keep track of the activity, and mark it in a log for future reference. When I've found numerous scrapes in specific areas I mark it as "Heavy Scraping", and its never been long after that the full rut starts. I watched a small buck chase a doe around, but she eventually ran off, and he returned to feed on some hawthorne leaves. If she was in heat she'd been run all over by several bucks. So as of 11/5 in my area of Region 7 they weren't quite there yet. But its definitly hard Pre-Rut. I also watched a beautiful 9pt make a scrape that sameday!