Yes Sir, that is good one and a great story. CongratulationsThe most exciting rut activity I saw while hunting this year while hunting was the week of Thanksgiving in Va (Tazewell County). Saw numerous bucks actively trailing and chasing does.
The buck I killed on Thanksgiving morning had given me the slip the evening before. He pushed a doe into a thicket about an hour before dark and they bedded down. Was in the same stand the next morning and saw them bedded about 20 yards from where they were the evening before. They stayed put til around 9:30 and then he got up and nudged her til she stood and he bred her. They bedded back down. Around 11:00 three does came out of the thicket and began feeding about 75 yards from where the buck and doe were bedded. One was apparently in heat and he caught her scent. He bolted upright, abandoned the doe he was with and charged into the field after the other doe. He cut her out from the other two and chased her across the field away from me. About 5 minutes later she came back my way and he made the mistake of slowing down long enough for me to gauge his pace and estimate my lead. One shot and he crumpled mid stride. Before I had even cycled the bolt another buck appeared( he may have been there all along, I wasn’t really paying attention to anything but the buck I shot)and promptly chased her out of sight.
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Found some scrapes opened up two weeks ago while out scouting
