RE: Stage of Midwest rut.....
Last weekend I saw 13 deer. 12 of those were bucks.There was a monster, there was a nice 9 and 2 8 pointers. The rest were 6 or under. The one doe I saw was chased for a hundred yards by a spike buck. The monster buck walked over to where she was bedded down and sniffed. Other than that he could have cared less. There were also the two other 8 pointers in the pasture and he did not pay attention to them either.