Back home now. Before I left the property today, I did another walkabout and disappointingly found nothing. I totaled 9.5 hours looking for this deer. Saturday morning was quite a morning and nothing happened until 8:00. The buck I shot was the first deer I saw of the day. Shortly after that, I shot a doe and could have easily shot its companions. They just hung around snorting. Around the same time a 7 pt chased another doe past my stand and he stopped broadside at 20 yards to see why all the commotion. A cow horn strolled up the hill as the 7 pt left. I've seen the cow horn all three days, he's got the sense of a stupid juvenile! While following my bucks blood trail, I came across numerous fresh scrapes. One of the doe I shot had that glandular odor, that and all the scrapes makes me wonder if this is some type of early rut. Even though I didn't find him, I still consider this hunt a success! Hopefully, he's still alive and will limp by me in the near future!