I was out hunting tonight, I rattled in a monster of a buck, but he skirted my stand at 45yds, I am comfortable out to 40yds, he was a beauty, he has somewhere around 12pts. And I seen some does.

But on my way back from hunting, I drive through the field by my house on my quad, there are 2 does out there, spot them in my headlights, they keep looking back, soon a small buck with one side broken off comes up, not chasing, not even lip curling, and he goes and starts feeding by them, he was not interested in the CAN, or my Grunt Call, and showed no sign of a swelled neck or anything! I live in Northern IL and I thought at least by now might see some chasing, guess not though!

My friend reported the same kind of hunt on his farm, bucks and does feeding together in large groups!

Anybody seen the RUT going strong yet?