I have hunted 4 of the 7 days out of last week (during the warm spell) and saw no indication of the rut starting aside from a few scrapes. This cold snap came through on friday night and i gave it a shot saturday morning.

I went in the woods at 6am (in largo by my work) and I let out 4 estrous bleats. I waited a few minutes and let off 15-20 " tending" grunts with my grunt tube. within 5 minutes i see a buck peeking from the brush at me. It wasnt really a shooter (kinda small) but it got my hopes up. After about 3 or 4 minutes after that deer ran away- I hear a loud snort from behind me and another deer (assuming it was a buck) goes running away! I was only planning on hunting for 2 hours but all this happened withing 20 minutes total including me walking in!.

Anyways- just wanted to let you guys around me know that i think this cold spell got things rolling again! good luck to all!