I was just giving you crap. The deer will not be rutting very hard during opening week, but there will be rutting activitiy. I sat a scrape line the first Saturday of October last year (yes, a scrape line), and saw 11 deer by nine o' clock, including three bucks (a 7-point and two 8-pointers). Both 8-points came in a different times and worked the nearest scrape to me. The 8 and the 7 had a sparring match 15-yards from my stand.

During the rut, I would see upwards of 30 deer in a morning, and 5 or so different bucks. I do not use any rutting scents during early October, but do use cover scents. I use my grunt call sparingly, and only if I see a buck.

By the way...I fished Cass county last Saturday and caught a bunch of decent largemouth.