I found scrape yesterday that was fresh. 1st one seen. What I read from Charles Alsheimer is he's predicting some action early around end Oct. But its dies out in early Nov. Then picks up again mid-late Nov., of course this is based on the moon phases.
But I really hope it starts early, and remains through 1st 2 wks Nov. I haven't seen good rut action during S. bow in past couple yrs.