Last Friday (10/30) in Powhatan Co. I bumped a doe and a wide racked buck rolled out with her. Never left her tail as they both ran across the field. Saw the first scrape and rubs there, as well, which is beyond late for that farm. Sunday (11/1) heard tending grunts in one of the ditches as I walked into the field before light and had a doe and buck come sneaking in behind me before rolling out again. Might have been the same buck and/or same doe. Hard telling. Had a small six come across the field with a cruising look to him. I would say things are moving there.
Hunted Caroline Co. on Halloween and found several fresh scrapes in a couple different scrape lines. Buddy killed a wide 5 that came in with a smaller buck. No color to the tarsals. Same buddy killed a 22.75" wide 7 3.5 yr old in the same area that was just barely getting color to the tarsals.
Drove the BRP from Floyd to Roanoke yesterday and there were plenty of does out at 3:30. Plenty of does still hanging out with fawns, too.
I would definitely say things are about to start. With the cold front coming in I would say that Saturday could flip the switch and get things going for a few days. I might be taking my rutcation to see what its all about.
Nov. 4 seemed to be the day for bucks to die. Saw a lot of pictures on Facebook of big bucks killed that day. If there is any doubt that VA is a big buck state, check out the pictures posted on some of the FB pages. Will blow your mind. Or just take a look at Freddy's man cave
Good luck and happy hunting!
Royce