We've said this time and again. You cannot judge the rut by a bucks behavior. Sure the bucks are gear up in anticipation of the ruts begining but the does control and determine the rut. The bucks can do all the chasin, all the lip curlin, all the rubbin, all the scrapin and all the battlin they want...it means nothing until the does come into estrous and in the northern hemisphere that PA and WI are in, the prerut is near it's start and "the rut" or peak when most if not all the does are coming into estrous is all but a month out.

I'm glad your mom and the vehicle and...the buck escaped injury.