I've been out nearly every day for the last 2-3 weeks -- all dayer's most of this week. The rut is ON big time! Every day I've seen bucks following, chasing and grunting behind does. I've had days when I've seen more bucks than does and at all hours. The problem is, most were small dinks. I've seen 3-4 big bucks -- the most recent one on Monday. I turned to see what made the sound and saw a monster at 25-30 yards looking right through me! I finally killed a smaller buck on Tuesday evening at 3:45pm and a buddy of mine killed a HUGE 12 point following a doe. He used a crossbow at under 10 yards!