It’s your patriotic duty to cast a ballot for your candidates of choice today. But be sure to hit the timber before and after you visit the voting booth, because bucks are certainly going to get active today. We’re in that frenetic little transition between the seeking- and chase-phases of the rut. There’s been some breeding going on; the first early does have come into estrus and the most dominant bucks in the area have cut them from the herd and bred them. The rest of the bucks have seen, smelled, and heard the action are now deadly serious about finding the next doe that’s ready to breed.