I think your right on with what your saying....On opening day of rifle season in OK the rut is going hard and any "Joe Blow" can go kill a buck....and thesad part is they do..not that killing a buck is a bad thing, but there are lots of bucks taken that will never get the chance to be mature...I agree with what your saying, and I think if date of our rifle season ever didchange (not that I think it will) we would see better management and more mature bucks