Well up until about 7 days ago I had seen NO rutting action period! That all changed last Sunday evening, at 5:10 I saw a big doe cruising slowly across the side of a ridge about 90 yards from me, and then after she disappeared into the woods, I saw a BIG bodied, dark chocolate body, with his nose to the ground. He was definitely following her, I counted at least 8 points thru the bino's. I'm now a believer that the rut has started in East Tenn. That buck is the largest that Ive seen in East Tenn, and I've got Wed and Thursday off and I'm going to hunt daylite to dark and since I Bow hunt only, I hope ole big boy gets close..
Also I've seen very few rubs.