yea it was....i was in complete shock aint never seen nothin like it...thats the biggest downfall of huntin in them bayheads too thick...yea they really need to realign the season in the swamp to go into February I read an article in whic the biologist for greenswamp confirmed the rut peaks in Feb...I think this is why every season there are very few "trophy deer" taken they are there but we cant hunt em when they are really on the move....from what i was told very few of the 44 bucks checked out 471 have been in rut and all sign in activity i have witnessed through the past 2 seasons have been nothin more than pre rut.