Anyone in Illinois seeing bucks chasing does. The last 2 nights in a row i have. Rut should be early as predicted!

Will let you know after this weekend.

NO Not yet just the first sings of some scrapes and rubs.

I saw a buck dogging does 2 weeks ago, it had no indication of the rut.

I'm suprised a people....bucks will chase does that are not in estrous just because...every year we get...

THE RUT IS ON..[8D]..just because a buck "chased" a doe. [&:] In PA, nothing as far as the does go....the does regulate the rut, not the bucks.....it'll be close to the same as it always is, maybe a week earlier but no more. It's NOT happening now.

Perhaps IL is an anomaly.

Rob, I like your answer. The deer aren't rutting here in IL either. Just as you stated, bucks will regularly chase does. I'm so tired of the "RUT" questions/threads. People, it will happen same time as always.... when the does go into estrous!!!!!!!!!!! By the way, I did see a buck chase a doe across a picked bean field about 10 days ago. Not only that, I had two 130"-150" bucks come into my rattling and grunting last thursday to that I couldn't close the deal on. Does this mean the deer are "rutting"?? NO it doesn't.

The only thing I seen was a small buck rubbing and licking some low branches. 30 min later larger buck came by and was not sounding to happy about it. Infact there was a doe going by when the little guy got done and he just looked at her and walked away.

Well I won't see any today, Southern Ill is about to get hit with one hell of a storm, maybe a tornado even. Wonder if the deer will be moving.

Last weekend while in stand also saw youngbucks hanging with does, but just hanging out together. The storm's a comingin a big way, the deer might be flying if theyare out...

End of the month and I will be there. Starting my trip day before Halloween and hopefully hunting Halloween day.

Keep me posted....

Around the 25 or so of October you should seem some of the bigger bucks coming out and the smaller bucks should be pestering the heck out of the does. Chasing shouldnt really start until about 5 to 7 days after that.