the 7 point i shot this last weekend was chasing a doe and a yearling

Not sure if you are in North Central Florida near Gainsville but I whacked a buck on gun opener(lastweekend) that was in rut. Also over the past two weeks ALL my trail cam pics of deer are from 8'ish in the morning till 3ish p.m. The nocturnal bucks have switched. Knowing that changed the way I hunted this last weekend.

i'm in Lake County and the 7 point i shot was at approximately 1110 hrs. he was grunting with every step trying to get the doe to stop.