I beleive the rut is really heating up right now. I saw a dandy buck on Sunday hunting, but was 125 yards away and 2 on the way home behind does in the headlights in the Antigo area. This past weekend I didnt see any bucks near Crandon (didnt hunt), but while scouting I saw 2 huge areas in the snow where bucks were fighting hard. This type of agreesive fighting is usually a good sign of the rut in near full swing in my opinion. Good luck!