I seen a small bucking roaming alone then rubbing a cedar,then he started doing the lip curl thing, a little later he walked off passing 2 does like he didnt even see them..I think it will get good here soon

Just trying to clear the air a bit on swollen necks. The neck actually dosen't just swell up because of the rut. It is because deer are using there neck muscles more which cause there neck to grow during the rut not swell. Like when you work out your muscles more they buldge and grow. The neck isn't actully just swelling up.

Sounds good to me! Thought maybe they had a sore neck from fighting, or their hormones going nuts.

A week ago today I was in the woods in Western WI and there were tons of scrapes made during monday night/tues morning. Always gets the blood flowing!!!

The bucks here in N/W WI are showing Rut, Bucks roaming by themselves and comming out earlier. I still don't see does, maybe they are hiding from the enevitable.

Saw a nice 8 pt (about 16-17" spread) just walking down the middle of a road at 4:00 in the afternoon yesterday, broad daylight. So yeah, they are starting to search bigtime.
Drag rag and hitting your horns.

seen a small 4 point chasing a doe 2 weeks ago..wasn't doggin her real hard...but he was definitely followin her...he had his nose to the ground and wouldnt stop for anything..after i shot the doe he trailed her to where she layed dead.

I'm getting excited just talk'n about it. We are about two weeks ahead this year. I'm hit'n the woods!

Good luck. Remember, don't shoot any doe since there aren't any, and you don't want the buck population to crash, so don't shoot any bucks.

Been seeing plenty of rubs and some half serious scraping including licking branches.