I would like to piggyback on the thread and ask a rut question: I hunt in the western mountains of Virginia, but have only used lure scents a couple of times, last year, durng the rut, when it worked great. I think it's pre-rut right now in VA. Is it too early to use estrous doe pee or will you get more of a response now than during the rut because the bucks have been ready to mate for a while and they'll jump at the first sign of a ready doe? I've also heard that estrous doe pee will "scare" off any does no tin estrous. Is that true?