Well, I had typed a pretty good response to this, but it disappeared when I went to post it.
Anyway, it looks like they' re getting fired up. I hunted Dunn county Saturday night(was only able to get out for an evening hunt), and both Dunn and Chippewa county on Saturday. The T-Zone kept me out of the best woods I hunt in Chippewa county(and the wind was perfect for that area all weekend...dang). One small buck got within 25 yards before I pulled my bow into the stand at about 2:15 Saturday night. Another small buck was pretty actively scent checking trails on a logging road and pawed out a scrape, and another responded to a grunt/bleat combo, but he hung up and I never got a good look at him.
A 1 1/2 year old buck showed up at a waterhole at 12:15 on Sunday, but to my surprise, he was the last deer I saw that entire day. I did get a little arded by some less than silent squirrel hunters, and had gunshots all around me(birdhunters?). That may have had something to do with it, but I was sure I would see more action later in the day.

So, the action last weekend was hot and cold. I didn' t see a lot of activity, but I did see some rut behavior. It was nice to see a buck on his feet in the middle of the day, even though he was young.
The only downside is that I haven' t seen a shooter buck all year, and by this time I' ve usually seen at least a couple decent 2 1/2 year olds. I' ve found the sign from the mature boys, so I know they' re there. I just have to wait for them to get stupid enough to show themselves. I' m planning on this weekend to be a good one. The bucks should be pretty fired up, and on their feet all day long. That' s my prediction, we' ll see how close I am.

Good luck out there guys.

peashooter