I'm just now getting back into deer hunting after a 6-7 year hiatus but it seems like here in Central VA it is now peaking, or just did.
We're seeing Bucks just about every night near roads. One was in the woods behind my house last weekend shadowing a doe and a couple of fawns. We see does and fawns pop out of the woods here pretty often but rarely any bucks. He was probably around 30 feet away before he finally saw me crouching down on my deck.
Wife and I saw real healthy 8 point cross the road right in front of us last night on the way to buy a lottery ticket. He sorta watched us while we slowed down to gawk at him then took off. He was a REAL good looking deer, probably 3.5 yrs and healthy looking. Hope he gets to mate a bunch before someone takes him or runs him over.