I hunted the last 5 days in Zone 18 and saw very little evidence of "THE RUT" . There are some scrapes around but nothing on a grand scale. We hunted up in Monmouth County (zone 51) on the last day of regular season and me and my father both saw large bucks (one around 160 and another in the 120 class) chasing does. I am seeing plenty of does and small bucks and my father had a small 8 pointer near him 2 days ago but just feeding and not interested in much of any thing else. This might be one of those years that the rut is spread out. Good luck