I saw a buck dogging does 2 weeks ago, it had no indication of the rut.

I'm suprised a people....bucks will chase does that are not in estrous just because...every year we get...

THE RUT IS ON..[8D]..just because a buck "chased" a doe. [&:] In PA, nothing as far as the does go....the does regulate the rut, not the bucks.....it'll be close to the same as it always is, maybe a week earlier but no more. It's NOT happening now.

Perhaps IL is an anomaly.