Nice going! That's a dandy. Mtn hunting is tough here in Va. It seemed to me that the rut happened a little later this year where I hunt (Grayson Co), and aligned better with the firearms season.
The rut has been really slow and later than usual on the Western side of the mountain also.Rut was unusual in my neck of the northern blue ridge. Seemed to be really sporadic and spread out. Lots of early activity w little bucks which seemed to taper off fast. Then it became sporadic. Overall its been a fairly tough season in the club on the properties I hunt.