I hunt in Hocking County near Laurelville. Last Friday night (10/24), I watched a nice 8 pointer follow a doe across a ridge. On Sat. Morning, I had 2 does around my stand for about 15 minutes. They took turns rubbing their foreheads and faces on an overhanging branch over a scrape. They both began getting a little antsy and looked back into the woods in the direction that they had come from. Soon I caught sight of a deer body sneaking along the trail the does had used. I caught the glint of an antler but couldn' t really see how big he was. He worked a scrape and thrashed a couple saplings. Suddenly he moved closer to the does. I could see then that he was a brute. He grunted at the does and paused in one of my shooting lanes. I took the shot with my Lightning Strike crossbow. He never knew what hit him and he only traveled 40 yards before falling. I figure that he will probably gross in the 130-140 range (11 pointer). According to the chest girth chart that I have, his live weight is estimated to have been 250 lbs (chest girth 44" ). Man what a buck!! It seems like the rut is kicking in early this year. I found lots of scrapes and saw 2 nice bucks already with does. I' ll try to post a picture as soon as I soon as I can get the film developed.