early in that deer is a freak. i was out with my daughters over the weekend. One of them shot their first deer ever, a doe. The other 2 saw deer, just didn't have shots. We were hunting public ground and it was a little tough to say the least. People walking around 45 minutes after daybreak and half hour to an hour before dark. I have hunted the last 3 days without seeing anything. This morning i had a buck come in at first light, just light enough to see he had a decent rack, but not a shooter. 3 does came in 15 minutes later. None of them acted like the rut was on yet. Nothing is responding to any calling yet. I have the rest of this week to make something happen before heading back to work on Monday. Good luck and Good shooting!