Game and Fish released the second of its five 2026 Regional Rut Updates, reporting that November bucks in several Eastern and Midwestern states have begun traveling farther. Southern Ohio trail cameras recaptured deer absent for weeks, West Virginia bucks extended their nighttime circuits, and a Kansas farm recorded mature bucks moving at 10 a.m. Maryland Eastern Shore mature bucks appeared mainly at dawn and dusk, New York farm scrapes drew mostly young bucks, and Mississippi hunters noted building sign with peak hunting still weeks away. A New York dairy manager found scrapes busy with younger bucks while mature deer stayed scarce, as a late alfalfa cutting plus plentiful acorns and apples shifted some animals off familiar fields. Pennsylvania Game Commission examination of more than 6,000 does from 2000 through 2007 placed peak breeding in mid-November, leaving this week ahead of that window.