I killed a nice 12 point Sat morning in East Alabama. His neck was almost as swelled as it could be and his tarsal glands were soakin wet, and man did he stank! I found 3 fresh scrapes still steamin' on Thursday last week and followed his trail that circledaround a pond to find over 6 or 7 nice sapling rubs. I've never seen this much sign this early in the year where I hunt.Maybe the cold weather had somethin to do with this one gettin riled up this soon?? I doubt the does are comin into estrous already. Either way I'm glad that buck decided to start postin his signs up everywhere. My buddy killed a nice 6 point down here in Auburn yesterday that wasn't even close to ruttin'.